Bows and arrows can't catch arrows. Pull the rope back slowly after opening it. (Not empty. ) Will it hurt your bow?

No, put the open bowstring back slowly without hurting the bow. The reason is that the energy stored in the bow is offset by the energy of the arm reaction, and is not directly transmitted to the bowstring.

The principle of the bow is simple. It slowly stores energy and then transfers this energy to the arrow and releases it. Empty, the stored energy is not transferred to the arrow, then it is only transferred to the string and bow, so that the bow can be released through vibration and deformation. However, limited by the material, this explosive vibration and severe deformation will destroy the internal structure of the material, cause cracks or crevasses, and then destroy the strength of the bow. If it is serious, it will break. For bowstring, bowstring materials are generally made of materials with low flexibility, and excessive relaxation and contraction caused by serious deformation of bow body will lead to bowstring fracture.

When there is an arrow, the energy stored in the bow will act on the arrow and be converted into the kinetic energy of the arrow, so the energy naturally released to the bow and chord will be less, and the vibration and deformation will be less.

So there is a saying that the number of tension pounds should match the weight of the arrow.