How often do you swap bows?

[Longtoke]

During the summer I just shoot whatever catches my eye, when season comes I have to hide m grizzly under the bed so I can focus on on getting it down with my hunting bow. Next year it might be my longbow I have to hide under the bed  

I like shooting them both, variety is the spice of life.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Not very often.   I would say about 2-3 times per year, I switch between 2 or 3 bows.

[Mike Bolin]

I used to switch bows on weekly basis...traded or bought and sold them about as often! I have 2 Black Widow longbows now and switch between them as the mood stikes me. I tinkered with a recurve some last season for a bit, but went back to my PLs before the season was over.

[last arrow]

I have never switched bows during hunting season.  I've went as long a s 15 years with a single go to bow.  That said, I have a new Bear takedown to hunt with this year.

I decide what bow I am going to hunt with in the spring based on what trips I anticipate for the year and then use it exclusively that year for all shooting and hunting.  I will shoot a similar backup enough to have it tuned should I need it (never have in 43 years of hunting).

[Gray Buffalo]

I have 35+ bows of which 20+ are shooters. the rest are old, but when hunting I always grab the same bow. My St. Joe River long bow

[jonsimoneau]

I stick with one bow the whole season. I was on a pig hunt one time with a bunch of guys in Texas. It was a tough week for pig hunting for reasons out of our control. There was only one guy who connected on a pig. I can't remember his name now but he was a very quiet and reserved guy.  The pigs were not responding to bait sites during daylight hours so he went on a stalking mission in the morning. He carried an old bear takedown and aluminum shafts. He jumped a large boar and shot it on the run perfectly. I started asking him about his equipment and he said "I don't really know much about the new bows. I've been shooting this one since I was 15 years old. The guy was probably 65 years old.

[Biathlonman]

I just shot for about 45 minutes in the yard...5 different bows!  lol. Would have been 6 but I've got one down right now getting a new beavertail grip.

Most of my bows shoot similar, I have little to no trouble switching between them.

[dringge]

I stick with one bow. I find that if I have a bad stretch of shooting that it isn't the bows fault.

[OBXarcher]

As long as you're proficient I don't see that it matters. I've killed six deer in a season and all with different bows. I only have three right now so I'll only switch a couple times at most.

Ps. I am like Bisch, I only like to have bows that have l killed with. A miss or two and they are gone.

[Orion]

I limit myself to two or three that i shoot equally well.  Sometimes I just feel like taking out a recurve, other times a hybrid or longbow. Might carry a different bow in the afternoon than I did in the morning.  

I suppose like most, I have an occasional miss, but I can't attribute any miss I've ever had to the equipment or a lack of familiarity with it.  It's always been operator error.