THE ULTIMATE COMBO!! PENITRATION, LOOKS, SPEED, ETC!!!...

[gregg dudley]

Alex,

There are plenty of things that Suzy would like to do in Florida on her birthday.    

Gregg

[tarponnut]

I hear you Alex, it is fun to tinker though.

As long as I have one decent back-up, I can relax and just shoot my go-to bow
(which has proven itself).

[Bear]

Gregg,

How far is the shoot from Jacksonville? That's my hometown (something I rarely admit to) and we have actually been talking about visiting my family. It would be fun to do so on her birthday.

I'm sure joe wouldnt mind if my pregnant wife and three-year-old jumped in the truck with us.  :p    :p    

[Bear]

Scratch that. We have a big family wedding in Ashville a couple weeks later. We'll see them all then, and probably cant swing both trips.

Sure wish I could come. I hear your org is really getting to be one of the bigger/better/more active ones. Good luck with your shoot!

Dang! Thats right when the redfish really get going too.  :(

[HATCHCHASER]

"I will not be pawed at, thank you very much."

I'm with you Bear.  The thing is that, I have found over the years, that without something to escape from the overloads of life one becomes drowned in sorrow.  

I think there is a happy medium to everything.  A fine preacher I know once told me " beware of extremeists, either way" and " if you run out of the road on the right or left, you are out of the road".  Makes alot of sense to me.

Bottom line, do what you like and like what you do.  Life is short and you take nothing with you.  
 

[Bear]

It is certainly a great balance to the less enjoyable things in life. Just suggesting that we don't overdo it is all.

It can also be argued that contentment and simplicity are also very adaptive. They are characteristic of well adjusted people, rather than "coping" strategies. You might say they treat the problem, rather than the symptom.

[Don Stokes]

I like to shoot different bows and tinker with things in the off season, but when it gets close to hunting season, I stick with one until it's over. The simpler the better.

[bog monster]

I think Jedi hit nail on the head. I like to monkey around with my setup in the summer, but I almost always end up with same rig on opening day. That's because it hasn't ever let me down. Woodsmanship and shooting ability fill the freezer, whether you own one $50 bow or a dozen custom bows.
 I have two production bows, but who wouldn't like a couple of those awful pretty, sweet shooting top end rigs?

[Curveman]

Great post!