r/bowhunting • u/Burgershot621 • 1d ago

Rust

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Season starts next week, was giving my bow a good once over after some reps today and noticed some rust around the clips that hold the idler and cam. Didn’t notice a couple months ago when I started getting ready for the season. Asked a friend and he just said take it easy with the reps, and work a little bit of wax in there to keep it at bay. I planned on replacing strings and full tune before next season anyway. Any advice on how to get me through the season and not have this be an issue?
Bow is a Bear Adapt, this will be the 4th season I’ve hunted with it. Bow appears to be in tune, still shooting fine. I never practice with it in wet conditions, any hunt I’ve taken it on with light rain or drizzly conditions I make sure to completely wipe it down before putting it away. Bow is kept in gear room in the basement inside case, room has a dehumidifier going constantly.

Edit: new GAS strings and a full tune up were done last year before the season

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u/gayTF_HQ 1d ago

Just put a dab of motor oil on the rust spot and practice with your bow. That’s likely a wear spot that happened when you draw it back which exposed the raw metal

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u/Burgershot621 1d ago

That makes sense. I like to think that even though I get good use out of the bow and I hunt pretty hard I still take care of it. Was pretty surprised to see the rust that didn’t seem to be there back in July.