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Title: Of the two...what you you buy!
Post by: Oliverstacy on March 23, 2009, 10:12:00 PM: What would you get?

Option #1: An arrow cut off saw…professional one with a dust collector. I build lot arrows for myself and friends, granted it doesn’t cost much to go get them cut but it would be nice to have one.

Option #2: Badlands Monster Fanny pack…I have a 2200 and love it but I’d like to replace a cheaper smaller backpack I have with this one. I’m not going to sell the 2200 so I’d have both.

I’d use them about the same…pack during 2-4 months a year off and on. The saw could be used anytime but not often in the scheme of things.

Both would be nice to have but I only have the money for one or the other.

I have a gift certificate to Cabela's so they'd both be cover.

Josh
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Post by: Tim Fishell on March 23, 2009, 10:15:00 PM: I would get the pack. You can get a cheap cut off saw from Harbor Frieght and it works just as well for the number of arrows you would cut on it. But that is just the way I would look at it.
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Post by: Guru on March 23, 2009, 10:18:00 PM: You want the gang to make up your mind? No disrespect bud....but why? How in the world can we possibly do that?
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Post by: ishoot4thrills on March 23, 2009, 10:19:00 PM: Go with the cut-off saw. I don't have either one but I would rather have the saw. Very handy to have around.
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Post by: Bjorn on March 23, 2009, 10:19:00 PM: Get the pack-you can cut arrows with just about anything. I use my 10" chop saw with a fine blade and cut a bunch at a time. Or, do what Tim suggests above.
Title: Re: Of the two...what you you buy!
Post by: Oliverstacy on March 23, 2009, 10:34:00 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Guru:
You want the gang to make up your mind? No disrespect bud....but why? How in the world can we possibly do that?
I guess I just don't know what I want...I have a $200 gift card and nothing pressing that I really need...bunch of things I want.

This isn't a lot of money but it kind of is if you know what I mean...just enough to do some damage so to say. I've always wanted a cut-off saw for the arrows I build...5 dozen or so a year and now that I'm shooting carbon you need a good saw. I could save up and get a bigger ticket item but in this economy I don’t want to over extend. Both would be covered with what I have.

I love my Badland 2200 and the Monster would be great also so that is on the list…some camo is on the list but not much else.

I’ve had two different items and took them both back…just can’t make up my mind.

I know this is like asking what truck to buy…it’s kind of a personnel choice thing, but I’m on the fence. Might just wait and see if anything just jumps out at me that I need but it’s burning a whole in my pocket :rolleyes: …hate it when they do that!

Josh
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Post by: Chuck Hoopes on March 23, 2009, 10:53:00 PM: Arrow cut off saw??? You gotta be kidd'n-- We don't need no stink'n arrow cut off saw. Come on, how hard is it to cut off an arrow?

Definitely go w/ the backpack--its what you want anyway.
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Post by: saltwatertom on March 23, 2009, 11:07:00 PM: Send me the gift certificate and I'll suprise you!

Ok, just kidding, the pack of course, for the reasons above and.... if you want to do nice deads for your friends you can carry stuff for them in the pack. :bigsmyl:
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Post by: Frank V on March 23, 2009, 11:08:00 PM: I'd get the pack not much use for the cutoff saw using Split Hex shafts. Frank
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Post by: blind one on March 23, 2009, 11:35:00 PM: I would get more use from the cut off saw, but thats me not you.
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Post by: elknutz on March 23, 2009, 11:48:00 PM: This one is simple. You need to find a friend with a cut off saw. They sit most of the time. Or you can be that guy, and let your buddy buy a new pack! I guess I got nothing.
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Post by: longbowjim on March 24, 2009, 12:08:00 AM: A very cheap miter saw with a cutoff wheel will do 1 dz. arrows at a time. I would go with a Bison Gear pack and support one of the TG sponsors instead of the 2 other products made over seas. Just my opinion. :knothead: If you do use the gift card, buy American. JD
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Post by: jacobsladder on March 24, 2009, 12:12:00 AM: buy a starter bow and some arrows for a youngster...
Title: Re: Of the two...what you you buy!
Post by: Oliverstacy on March 24, 2009, 12:13:00 AM: Okay since I’m getting torched on this one I’ll turn it around on you.

Since almost everyone on here has gotten a Cabela’s catalog in the past what would you get if you had $200?

I’m thinking about a Badlands Monster Pack
Arrow saw
Left wing clamp for my Jo-Jan fletcher
L-wing feathers, R-wing feathers
Broadheads
GPS Nav. Unit
New scope for a gun
Boots for the cold weather
Camo…always looking to get camo of some sort
Fishing supplies

I can get most of the smaller stuff whenever I have some extra money but a lot of above takes a lot of money…I could save up and get a more expensive item.

So what would you get? Not from above but from your list of “wanted” items.

Josh
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Post by: ishoot4thrills on March 24, 2009, 09:39:00 AM: Go with the GPS as long as it's a Garmin, you can't go wrong.
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Post by: mooseman76 on March 24, 2009, 01:38:00 PM: Josh, I'd get a couple of targets for the backyard range. Maybe a strutting turkey and a deer or coyote...Mike
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Post by: Oliverstacy on March 24, 2009, 02:56:00 PM: Quote
Originally posted by mooseman76:
Josh, I'd get a couple of targets for the backyard range. Maybe a strutting turkey and a deer or coyote...Mike
That is not a bad idea...a 3-D target would be great practice!

Might get a turkey and a deer...hmmmmm.

Josh
Title: Re: Of the two...what you you buy!
Post by: ishoot4thrills on March 24, 2009, 03:11:00 PM: Yes, now that I've thought about it, I like the 3D target idea too. Yeah, do it Josh!
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Post by: Lechwe on March 24, 2009, 04:19:00 PM: I would have gone with the saw until they mentioned the 3D targets. I have a saw and it is really nice to have anytime I want.
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Post by: George D. Stout on March 24, 2009, 04:54:00 PM: I have a military issue pack, and a hacksaw so neither one for me. I think you need to sit down and think it out for yourself. You can see some of these guys already forgot which two items you mentioned. You make the decision.
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Post by: RC on March 24, 2009, 05:02:00 PM: I got all the hunt`n stuff I need. I`d buy the wife something then I could go hunting more...RC
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Post by: George D. Stout on March 24, 2009, 05:08:00 PM: I like the way you think, RC. *^).
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Post by: ishoot4thrills on March 24, 2009, 05:11:00 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Oliverstacy:
Okay since I’m getting torched on this one I’ll turn it around on you.

Since almost everyone on here has gotten a Cabela’s catalog in the past what would you get if you had $200?

I’m thinking about a Badlands Monster Pack
Arrow saw
Left wing clamp for my Jo-Jan fletcher
L-wing feathers, R-wing feathers
Broadheads
GPS Nav. Unit
New scope for a gun
Boots for the cold weather
Camo…always looking to get camo of some sort
Fishing supplies

I can get most of the smaller stuff whenever I have some extra money but a lot of above takes a lot of money…I could save up and get a more expensive item.

So what would you get? Not from above but from your list of “wanted” items.

Josh
Okay, George D. Stout, this quote is for you. We are no longer limited to the two items at the beginning in the first post. So throw that out the window. You use a hack saw to cut your arrows? :confused:
Title: Re: Of the two...what you you buy!
Post by: Oliverstacy on March 24, 2009, 05:40:00 PM: Quote
Originally posted by RC:
I got all the hunt`n stuff I need. I`d buy the wife something then I could go hunting more...RC
Funny…if I buy something for hunting I’ll usually hand my wife an envelope of cash...never hear a word about what I buy if I do this. If I sell something to get something that is okay…but if I use neutral funds then she gets to spend the same in return.

Granted this costs me more in the long run and my friends think I'm absolutely nuts...but it's "our" money so she deserves things to.

Josh
Title: Re: Of the two...what you you buy!
Post by: Oliverstacy on March 24, 2009, 05:42:00 PM: Oh and buy the way...

PLAY NICE!!! :goldtooth: This is a friendly thread!

Josh
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Post by: Shawn Leonard on March 24, 2009, 07:12:00 PM: Have to agree with LBJim, by a Bison Gear pack and set up a jig and buy a cheap dremel tool! Ya can have both for $200. Shawn
Title: Re: Of the two...what you you buy!
Post by: Oliverstacy on March 24, 2009, 07:33:00 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Shawn Leonard:
Have to agree with LBJim, by a Bison Gear pack and set up a jig and buy a cheap dremel tool! Ya can have both for $200. Shawn
Cabela's doesn't sell Bison Gear...or I would consider them! (or at least that I have seen or in this case not seen. )

I have to be able to use my gift card.

Josh
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Post by: sbschindler on March 24, 2009, 07:58:00 PM: You already have a pack get something you don't have like a cut off saw
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Post by: koger on March 24, 2009, 08:18:00 PM: Buy the pack, I use a dremel tool with a 11/2 inch cut off wheel, just clamp my dremel in bench vise, mark arrows, zip them across. The big cutoff wheels/5 and arbor was $2.50 at the local Harbor Freight.
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Post by: sethdiggs on March 24, 2009, 08:26:00 PM: Well if I had a $200 Cabelas card right now I'd probably get a couple of 3D targets because all I have is a bag target. Like others have said, you can cut arrows fine with a dremel and a homemade jig. It's your gift card so don't get one or the other just because everyone on here says you should get it.
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Post by: Blackhawk on March 24, 2009, 09:09:00 PM: Avoid the sleepless nights and donate the certificate for use in the TG St. Jude's Children's Auction. ;)

If you do, Earl Hickey will make sure you get a visit from Karma and get double the value. :goldtooth:
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Post by: Jake Fr on March 24, 2009, 09:23:00 PM: i would get the saw cause you already have a pack that nothing is wrong with but the idea of a new one you don't have a saw can use bot but you don't absalutly need a pack if you already have one right
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Post by: dragon rider on March 24, 2009, 09:45:00 PM: Unless you're making arrows commercially you don't really need a cut off saw - if you did the Indians would have all starved to death - or even worse become vegetarians. You've got a good pack, so if it was me and I was limited to buying at Cabela's I'd go with the 3D targets. Good shooting practice can never hurt.
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Post by: bawana bowman on March 24, 2009, 10:57:00 PM: Perhaps you could contact the fine folks at Bison Gear and maybe they would be willing to trade a pack for your Cabelas gift card.
If they would go for the barter deal your problem is solved... You've got a new pack, and they now have to decide how to spend the card!
It's no longer burning a hole in your pocket!!!
Couldn't be any easier, Bison Gear are you listening? :biglaugh:
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Post by: longbowjim on March 25, 2009, 01:17:00 AM: If you did that, then we could bust Angelo about how to spend it. By the way, I hope that Josh forgets what I said by this fall when he is at bear camp in my Cabelas tent that was made in china. I guess the Glock goes under the pillow just in case. JD
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Post by: Dave Bulla on March 25, 2009, 02:31:00 AM: Hee heeee! I got my Apple Cutoff saw at a yard sale for 30 bucks..... Practically brand new too!

Now, the 3D targets is a good idea but I'd be checking the bargain cave for used wool or a Double Bull Matrix ground blind. At our Cabellas, the DB's are close to $400 but in the bargain cave they usually have a couple for $289. Especially shortly after Christmas. You've got $200 free money so it'd be like getting a DB blind for 89 bucks! If you have kids, it's the best way there is to take them hunting.
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Post by: Oliverstacy on March 25, 2009, 02:33:00 AM: I've got blind covered...Double Bull Matrix "Recurve" addition and a T2, but not a bad thought!

Still deciding!

Josh
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Post by: Lenny Stankowitz on March 25, 2009, 08:15:00 AM: Here's a novel idea. Cabelas certificates don't expire so why don't you set it aside until you really need something? Why is it burning a whole in your pocket?

Trust me, a couple months from now you will find something that you REALLY need and you will wish you still had your certificates.

Lenny