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Never - “Dryre"yourbow(shootitwithoutanarrow.)Thiswillresultin
damagetoyourbowand/orpossibleinjury.
Never - Letanyonedraworshootyourbowiftheirdrawlengthislongerthan
yours.Overdrawingofthebowcancausecabledamage.
Never - Draw,aim,orshootyourbowunlessyouaresurethatthelineofre
isclear.Remember,onceanarrowisreditcannotberecalled.
Never - Shootanarrowthatislessthanvegrainsperpound.Forexample,
an80#bowrequiresaminimumof400grainsofarrowweight.Less
thanvegrainsperpoundofarrowweightsimulatesadryreeffect
andmaydamageyourbow.
Never - Exposeyourbowtoextremeheat.Excessiveheat,suchasyourcar
onahotday,couldleadtolimbfailureandprematurewearingofthe
stringharness.
Always - Checkallofyourarrowshaftsandnocksuponremovalfromthe
target.Ifthearrowsshowdefectsorbrokennocks,donotshootthem.
Always - Carefullyinspectyourbowaftereachuse.Besureallscrewsare
snugandaccessoriesaretight.Inspectyourstringandcablesfor
wearordamage.
Always - Drawyourbowwhilepointingitatthetarget.Aprematurerelease
ofthearrowcanbeverydangerous.Ifyoucannotdrawyourbow
whilepointingitatthetargetwithoutexcessivemovement,lowerthe
peakweightofyourbowuntilyoucandrawsmoothlyandcorrectly.
Overtimeyouwillbuildupstrength,andwillbeabletoreturntothe
higherweight.
Always - Drawyourbowwithanarrowonthestringwhilekeepingitpointed
inasafedirection.Neverdrawyourbowwithareleaseaidwithout
anarrow.Areleaseaidfailurecouldresultinthedryreofyourbow.
Always - Backyourlimbboltsoffvefullturnsfromtheriserbeforeputtingit
inabowpress.OnlyletaqualiedprofessionaloraMartinauthorized
dealerputyourbowinabowpress.
InexperienceduseofabowpressoraT-stringercanresultindamage
toyourbow.Thetypeofdamagecausedbyapressisnotcovered
undertheMartinArcherybowwarranty.
Ten Commandments Of Archery Safety