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Author Topic: Meaningful 40th Birthday Gift  (Read 470 times)

Offline waiting4fall

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Meaningful 40th Birthday Gift
« on: December 01, 2008, 10:02:00 PM »
I can't believe it, but i'm gonna be 40 in a few short months. I have about an $800 budget, what should i get?

Offline Ian johnson

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Re: Meaningful 40th Birthday Gift
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2008, 10:04:00 PM »
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Offline KentuckyTJ

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Re: Meaningful 40th Birthday Gift
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2008, 10:09:00 PM »
Whisperstik Mojostik  www.whisperstikbows.com
www.zipperbows.com
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Offline vermonster13

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Re: Meaningful 40th Birthday Gift
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2008, 10:12:00 PM »
Black Mountain
Holm-Made
Maddog
Whisperstik
Rose Oak
Shrew
etc etc and all depending on if you want a longbow or recurve and how long you're willing to wait.

New to you in the classifieds is full of some real top dollar bows for low dollar prices too.
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Offline waiting4fall

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Re: Meaningful 40th Birthday Gift
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2008, 10:29:00 PM »
I'm a Hoyt GameMaster man, myself. I love my bow, can't see shooting anything else into the forseeable future. I'm thinking about this

 https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=145&pID=14904#featureTab

I'm just not sure what i want. I'm sure yall can help me, thanks.

Offline vermonster13

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Re: Meaningful 40th Birthday Gift
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2008, 10:37:00 PM »
Buy a set of the conversion bushings for the bow and get yourself a set of sweet carbon foam ILF limbs for your riser.
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Offline gregg dudley

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Re: Meaningful 40th Birthday Gift
« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2008, 10:39:00 PM »
I can't afford to go on a big trip every year so I am paying myself off on milestone birthdays.  You have enough to make a deposit on a lot of good trips.  Actually, you can come close on a lot of DIY type hunts.  Pick one and budget/save for the rest.  Con some of your compadres into going.  The memories will last the rest of your life.  Money well spent.
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Offline Whip

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Re: Meaningful 40th Birthday Gift
« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2008, 10:42:00 PM »
I didn't do it when I turned 40, but when I turned 50 I gave myself a trip to Alaska.  New bows come and go, but the memories of that trip will always be there.

With your budget how about a trip for hogs with Ray Hammond or maybe to Texas for a nice winter getaway for hogs or Javilina.  Wait until next fall for the trip and do antelope or mule deer out west.
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Re: Meaningful 40th Birthday Gift
« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2008, 11:27:00 PM »
Hunting trips are nice, as Whip says.  Also consider a good pair of binocs.  They are almost as important as a bow.  Happy 40th youngster.

Offline bluegill

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Re: Meaningful 40th Birthday Gift
« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2008, 06:23:00 AM »
I turned 40 this past year and went to Alaska for 2 weeks. I never dropped a string and it was still the best investment I made all year.

Go with a hunt you won't regret it.

Offline Talondale

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Re: Meaningful 40th Birthday Gift
« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2008, 04:44:00 PM »
I bought guitar lessons.  I'd already been to AK twice and couldn't afford a sports car.

Offline Bill Turner

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Re: Meaningful 40th Birthday Gift
« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2008, 04:56:00 PM »
How about a pig hunt at the Wilderness Lodge in Tenn? About 70 miles east of Nashville I believe. Check'um out.

Offline Izzy

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Re: Meaningful 40th Birthday Gift
« Reply #12 on: December 02, 2008, 05:30:00 PM »
A down payment on a Zipper.

Offline Chris O

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Re: Meaningful 40th Birthday Gift
« Reply #13 on: December 02, 2008, 07:43:00 PM »
ill second that hog hunt at rays. My dad took me for my Bday and man I will never forget it! Can't beat a weekend with some great people stalking hogs.

Offline amar911

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Re: Meaningful 40th Birthday Gift
« Reply #14 on: December 03, 2008, 08:42:00 AM »
Yes, take a trip somewhere. That GPS will be gone in a few years, but the memories will last you a lifetime! If you really want to make it special and have a child, take him/her,

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Offline blueline

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Re: Meaningful 40th Birthday Gift
« Reply #15 on: December 03, 2008, 10:02:00 AM »
Go west young man!!!! and never look back


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