May as well admit it now

[Dave]

no doubt word will slowly filter through the grapevine that is the Bowmen of Pendle &amp; Samlesbury - so I'll get it out of the way before Goldy can humiliate me....</p>

Shot on Sunday for 4 hours and couldn't understand why I had to use my 50yrd site mark for a target set at 60yrds, also had to wind my sight to the left a good 2 inches! The arrows were still nicely sprayed everywhere Cursed for 4 hours, complained to everyone; made sure it wasn't me, checked my button and site*... at the end of the day I was taking down my bow and had destrung it when Fred asked to take a look.#He commented on the lower limb being a tad loose. I'd not clipped the lower limb in properly - it was just hanging on the bolt.... </p>

Also, it's not really the done thing to approach the line after the whistle and have it pointed out to you by a fellow archer that you'd forgotten to collect your arrows after the last end...</p>

Sunday was not a good day </p>

^{*yes I should have checked by bracing height and tiller but I didn't....}</p>

[clickerati]

Bring out the rescue cake...
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[TJ Mason]

I would mock, but I did exactly the same myself with the top limb once...

[JohnM]

Do you find that most people take down the bow each time they finish shooting for the day? I keep my limbs attached to the riser for the season, and just re-string it each time - I've seen recent comments on other forums (even from a US Olympian) that keeping a bow completely strung for weeks/months at a time is perfectly fine, as long as it isn't stored in an area that gets too hot...

[Dave]

JohnM - 1/8/2005 5:28 PM Do you find that most people take down the bow each time they finish shooting for the day? I keep my limbs attached to the riser for the season, and just re-string it each time - I've seen recent comments on other forums (even from a US Olympian) that keeping a bow completely strung for weeks/months at a time is perfectly fine, as long as it isn't stored in an area that gets too hot...

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The only reason I take down my bow now is that it's too big for the car My last bow was fine and I could just shove it in the back of the car - even with the stabilisers left on </p>