Post season now maintenance???

[Desk Jockey]

Post season bow maintenance???

So I am a new bow hunter. Winding down the season, my first, with 3 whitetails on the ground, and already thinking about next year.

My bow is a 2105 hoyt Carbon spyder turbo. Bought her mid summer and put in a pretty good amount of practice. She probably has 15-18 days in the field and 3x that in practice sessions.

As far as components, I am pretty happy. I may try out a few stabilizer options but overall I am not planning to change much. I still have a lot of work to do before I can ring all the performance out of my current rig. So, I don't want to start playing too much with the setup.

So what type of maintenance should I do between now and next deer season? If I am going to do anything like change strings or what not, I want to do it now and ring it out before next fall.

Shower me with wisdom o mighty ones.

DJ

 

[justin davis]

Shoot it every day until next season ! Lol

Changing strings is fun. As well as tuning your setup to shoot the best it can

 

[LostArra]

I'm not experienced enough with compounds to make a recommendation but if you killed three deer your first year I would say you are dialed in.
I'm not sure I would change a thing except maybe get a bigger freezer.

 

[5MilesBack]

I'll generally get about 2-3 years on a set of strings, and I shoot about 10k arrows a year on average. Keep the string waxed well and if the bow is tuned it should stay in tune. I put a little gun oil on my screw heads on the bow and components to keep the rust down, but other than that I haven't done squat to my bows between hunting seasons other than shoot the heck out of them.

 

[StrutNut]

I just keep shooting as much as I can. Outdoors during the winter can be fun and realistic as in most seasons I encounter several hunts where the temp can be as low as -20. Just keeps my muscles working right if nothing else. As far as a stabilizer goes, I love my B-Stinger!

 

[JP100]

I'll generally get about 2-3 years on a set of strings,

wish I got that long out of my strings!!!
If it aint broke dont fix it! no need to change anything if it works, congrats on 3 deer in not many days hunting!!!

 

[cornfedkiller]

I put a little gun oil on my screw heads on the bow and components to keep the rust down..

This is great advice. Actually, I keep mineral oil on all my screw heads all year round. I had a bow that got rusty screw heads once and vowed to never let that happen again!

 

[Desk Jockey]

I'm not experienced enough with compounds to make a recommendation but if you killed three deer your first year I would say you are dialed in.
I'm not sure I would change a thing except maybe get a bigger freezer.

Thanks. Definitely a combo of beginners luck and hunting an area with a very liberal doe harvest policy.


So...wax the string, oil the screws and shoot, shoot, shoot. Anything else?

 

[OR Archer]

If you haven't had the timing checked since you bought the bow you need to have that done. Also any serving separation issues should be addressed as well. Check the D-loop for fraying and replace if necessary. Those are just a few things I tend to do.

 

[5MilesBack]

Here's something I do every time I get a bow set up perfectly. I mark the cam orientation in relation to the limbs. Then I measure every single thing that I can take a measurement of......ATA, BH, distance from bottom cam to my nock point, distance to peep, also from the top....etc, etc......and write those down. That way when I put new strings on, I have a good reference point to set the bow up from, and then tune from there.

You can also tell immediately if your string or cable stretched or if your cam timing is off from where you had it.

 

[cornfedkiller]

Here's something I do every time I get a bow set up perfectly. I mark the cam orientation in relation to the limbs. Then I measure every single thing that I can take a measurement of......ATA, BH, distance from bottom cam to my nock point, distance to peep, also from the top....etc, etc......and write those down. That way when I put new strings on, I have a good reference point to set the bow up from, and then tune from there.

You can also tell immediately if your string or cable stretched or if your cam timing is off from where you had it.

Excellent advice!

 

[larryschwartz]

I would shoot in a spare/backup bowstring too. That way if it breaks in the field you have one that is already tuned to the bow.

 

[MattB]

A little string wax never hurts.

 

[rhendrix]

Just a question to piggy back on this thread. I've got some serving separating on my bow string, is there any reason I should buy new strings, or can I just have it reserved?

 

[OR Archer]

You can have it reserved as long as there are no damaged strands underneath the separated area.

 

[rhendrix]

Thanks buddy.

 

[5MilesBack]

Where is the serving separating? The serving separated around the cams on my stock strings on my Bowtech Old Glory within a few months of shooting it. I shot it over two years with them separated without any issues. I never saw any string damage, so didn't see a need to replace it.

 

[rhendrix]

It's separating around the top cam.

 

[Violent Hippie]

Ive used the same setup for the last 5 years and Ive only tightened screws, waxed the string, and applied a little lube. I shoot year around and hunt / backpack with my bow in challenging terrain that includes bushwacking. The setup still holds the same groups that it did 5 years ago and just keeps on going.

 

[OG DramaLlama]

This is great advice. Actually, I keep mineral oil on all my screw heads all year round. I had a bow that got rusty screw heads once and vowed to never let that happen again!

Great thread and great advice. Love the mineral oil recommendation for screw heads.