5 Uncommon Archery Hacks I Use

[@AWILDKYY]

Quick method to prevent the string untwisting when storing it. Find the large and small loop, the small loop goes through the large then the large through small, pull tightly, then you have a string stored without worry! Hope this helps :)

[@johncom1971]

It's not a fancy knot, but I use regular garbage bag twist ties to keep my strings from twisting when off the bow. Little less bulky than a plastic clamp. Great video as always. Thanks and cheers from Nova Scotia. :)

[@DerSascha]

Great Hacks, thanks for sharing! One can also take a karabiner instead of a clamp to keep the string from unwinding.

[@JosephTodd-ms6rf]

You’re the Man Kramer! Thanks for all your videos!

[@jonathanbennison9220]

Clipping the loops was great advice. One can use a hair tie elastic. Or a weak rubber band. A very cheap key chain carabiner. And a sandwich baggie, unzipped, open, can keep the string in a neat bundle.

[@denniscleveland669]

Leave the string on the bow! Put the small loop on the bottom and the large loop on the top. When you unstring your bow, instead of taking the loop off the bow, just let it slide down the limb. It won’t twist.

[@blue_tree_meadow]

Great hacks. I've always used step through to string my bows, but I only shoot flatbows, I stop the string untwisting by always leaving them on the bow and about 5 or 6 years ago I tried building half a dozen arrows completely with standard super glue, points, nocks and fletchings just to see him long they'd last, honestly I wasn't hopeful, but I'm still shooting them today and it saves a load of time. From start to finish I'd say each arrow takes about 5 to 10 minutes to make. Great video.👍

[@danielremel3417]

When unstringing, just turn & slide the top loop down the top limb... it doesn't twist and stays on the bow. I've never had a need for a stringer on my recurve.

[@snotgobblerific]

Rubber band through it to the nock you took it off helps on slimmer bows where the string can slip off

[@mocheford]

i use the step through method to string my Turkish and my Manchu bows. I worry each time about limb twisting. Check that your string is in place on the bottom limb, secure this limb on your leg, put the riser behind the knee and bend both limbs in the same direction... so far so good. but I do worry each time.

[@bh24x]

I do a modified version of the leg method with recurve but specifically rest the limb tips between my toes to better distribute force and prevent anything from twisting... Only downside is you need to be either wearing shoes which allow this or take off your shoes and specifically set the tips down on thick socks so that no part of the limb tip is touching a hard surface.

[@JimD-h8s]

Thanks for this, specifically the tape thing for finding the nocking point. I'm relatively new to archery. I opted for three under because I have a less than functional index finger on my draw hand and split finger is impossible, or at least extremely inconsistent. I initially tried string nocks after watching your video on how to tie them. They moved on me and I didn't want to glue them for fear I might have them in the wrong place. I went to brass and have mangled a few strings trying to remove and readjust their position. I'm getting tail kick from my new bow. I realized the brass I installed is a touch too high. I do use a T square, but I'm obviously not doing it correctly. The tape method makes a lot more sense. I only discovered the problem after buying some neon green arrows which are much easier to see in flight than the black shafts I was using. So if anyone else is in a similar position, maybe add some bright colors to an arrow or two so you can better see how it flies and rule in or out equipment as a cause of whatever issues you're experiencing. Thanks again and have yourselves a great day.

[@matthewmeckes1744]

Love the video in the hunting woods nothing to hunt stump shot a while glad I watched you

[@Barcodum]

I just leave the string on one of the ends and wrap it ‘round the bow. I have a compound recurve so I take the other loop and set it over one of the limb screws. Seems to work for me.

[@Gail-v7i]

you should make a hydra bow

[@VikOlliver]

Honestly, I've always used the leg method on everything bar compounds - it's all I knew! But there's much less chance of tip damage than many of the cack-handed stringing attempts I've seen, so I have left a trail of people leg-stringing recurves in my wake...

[@yunusemreciftci2749]

3:40 Hey, i really dont know about the recurved bow u are talking about but, for Ottoman style recurved bows or any recurved bow in the east of the world (I'm not completely sure) it's the traditional way to string a bow. At least Ottoman style.

[@jonathanbennison9220]

I keep a spare bow string, inside a spare toque. (Canadian cold winter hat) I don't think I can have too many. But a bandana could work in hot weather climate.

[@darrinrebagliati5365]

I split my layered target into 3! I use brush on superglue for fletching. I always leave my string on the limb.

[@trollforge]

Kramer, for the bowstring, is there any disadvantage to taking the string loop out of the groove, but instead of off, just slopping it down the limb? Bowstring is always on the bow so it cannot twist. I've been doing this for about 50 years and haven/t noticed any downfalls...

[@enriquemontfort9065]

To avoid string twistinh/un twisting , I made a short double loop bungee cord. one loo is connected to the string and the other fits in the the string grooves while unstrung.

[@johnwheatley8548]

One loop through the other then the other loop back through the first one

[@HomeOfMacWoeffie]

Putting on or off a string works perfect on a recurve to like that....I do it for years now....look at both sides if its good and give it a little pluck...

[@misterbalrog]

For the string, I go with loop through the loop and then again. Then I fold the string near the serving and put it down into a pen-slot in the gear-backpack. It doesnt unwind and because the loops are intertwined in eachother and in a pen-pocket, it doesnt open and untwist either.

[@Matt-d8m]

One of the reasons I prefer a longbow is for not needing a stringer. If your longbow has carbon in the core that makes the limbs even more resilient to twist!

[@Kuhtlass]

Same. As a hunter, I can string or unstring whenever I want, instead of looking for a stringer.

[@sonnybonowig7538]

I want to order your black hunter inspected recurve. Does that come with a fast flight string?

[@DavidJoyce-ek2cx]

With heavier recurve the peg method can damage the bow because you twist both bow of course. Mostly with super Kodiak style bows. Fiberglass over wood with a wood riser. You have to bring the bow up and closer to your body to push straighter.

[@markturner1220]

I have a horse bow and always string it with the leg method only it’s safer and better for the bow to knock on the top first then hold it in place as you bend the bow and then knock on the lower limb.

[@selador11]

I don't understand. I learned to string a bow that way in the late 60's. I have never strung a bow in any other way. I didn't know there WAS any other way to string a bow. How else is a bow strung?

[@Kuhtlass]

I just leave the string on the bow. Unstring, then slide the loop down the limb, then take a piece of cord and tie it taut, keeping the string from moving. Never have to worry about rechecking things; pop the cord, string the bow and go.

[@darrinrebagliati5365]

And a covered screw in the wall will hang it nicely!!

[@salmon85]

nice video as always

[@trevorstewart1308]

Stay shatterproof

[@snotgobblerific]

Elastic rubber band through itself around the string loop and then over the nock you took it off, leave the other end on the bow and put them away together.

[@musikSkool]

What if you get a nocking point wide enough so that nocking the arrow below it makes it so targeting with the arrowhead will hit the bullseye at 10 yards, and nocking the arrow above it makes the arrow point-on target at 20 yards? I've never done it but it makes sense to me.

[@Jbzero999]

I use a paperclip for storing flemish twist strings.

[@ludodg]

For preventing unwinding your string: use a clothespin to clip both loops together, Or … thread the long loopthrough the small one, then thread the small loop through the long one, bob’s your uncle

[@scatterbrain9490]

Good stuff

[@marctull3596]

My archery coach, Tom Clum, Sr., yelled at me for using the step-through stringing method. I was so emotionally hurt that I was in therapy for years. In fact, I did not fully recover until I watched your vid, which I found oddly validating. I showed your vid to my therapist at our final session and she is going to start practicing archery.

[@syncringe1885]

To be fair. there may be times where you don't have a string jig. Learning to string it without one is a lot better anyway at least imo it is.

[@dwaynecupp1370]

How is the easiest way to do arrow wraps I wrap more crooked ons than straight ones

[@CamelCasee]

Super glue can make arrow nocks brittle from the fumes.

[@billmartin3441]

Put loops together, tie with a bread tie

[@ioresult]

Prevent untwisting with a simple loop through loop knot

[@monokheros5373]

leg method for stringing a bow... first time i shot was on my mothers bow over 40 years ago... she strung the bow using her ankle and leg... she had been doing it that way for 30 plus years at that point ... heaviest bow ive used leg method was a 70#. not used a bowstringer

[@garrettschienschang7898]

Just got my first ever buck with a recurve

[@WeAreAllDoomed-n5i]

Absolutely hate shorts!

[@peterwilson1295]

That’s what she said

[@treecooper8557]

​@@peterwilson1295 Perfect usage of that sir lol

[@KingKiller-y8o]

How to buy this

[@ArcheryGuy2]

Cool

[@jensdavidsen4557]

Fortunately my target will last forever because I pretty much never hit the same spot more then once...heck, past 10yds I don't always hit the target at all 🤣

[@DragonScorpio31]

just use a paperclip for the loops.. :p

[@ludodg]

Dude, for crimping the brass nocking rings wwith that plier, put the brass ring into the hollow beaks of that plier, not on the edge

[@michaeldinardo2519]

Too much talking.

[@Sn33t]

Then shut up?