How old is your hunting set up?

[Brian Krebs]

My longbow has a wood-burned date of manufacture on it that is '8000 B.C.'

    :p

[Thumper Dunker]

Some old some new replace as needed. recurves 30 +years.

[d. ward]

bow from 1959 broadheads 1963 and the arrows are forgewoods from the late 1950's and early 1960's bd

[lpcjon2]

BD is your motto "if it ain't broke don't fix it!" I think thats great to be hunting with tried and true gear.Way to go  

[Hit-or-Miss]

Bear bows from 1968 (Kodiak Hunter), and 1969 (Grizzly). Arrows as needed.

[D.Sheppard]

Using a 1964 Bear Grizzly with "64" Razorheads and cedars.

[ncsaknech1ydh]

Replace as needed, I shoot Bear razorheads, not made anymore, so they gotta be old!    My Bob Lee is about 15 years old, but I am in the process of having a new pair of limbs made, more than likley will continue hunting with the old ones though!

[B/W lvr]

Once I find the setup I like I stick with it. Last years broadhead will work just as well as this years and so will my shafts etc. I quit all that constant testing when I left my short try at compound devices and have no intention to go there again. If it ain't broke why do I have to fix it? Frank

[liv'nonaprayer]

I use the same arrow every year,It's had four new broadheads,three new shafts,a couple of nocks and been fletched several times,but it's been a good one:)  (sorry,I could'nt help myself)

[SveinD]

Lpcjon2, another great idea for a thread!

[Curveman]

I stretch out a new string. Replace as needed.

[59Alaskan]

The bow will be around 50 years old.  The broadheads likely the same, but haven't completely decided on that yet.  Wood arrows.  

Safety related gear is newer - 4 year old stand/harness.

Bought a new blind this spring that fits me and up to a 66" recurve plus a child or two.

[wahoo]

backpacks tents bows all seem to be about 20yrs old or older. I was in a habit where I made at least 2 dz arrows a year,now I have a garage full. I just resharpen my heads.I do have a couple younger bows.

[waknstak IL]

Just bought some danner pronghorns and a camelback pack to take elk hunting. Other than that all my gear will be the same old stuff.

[longarrow]

Well, this year I'm hunting with a YEW  selfbow...it was given to my inlaws in the mid 60's while workin' on the Alaska pipeline! Arrows and such just get replaced as needed or when I feel like it! Camping gear is about 10 years old....new boots last year.

[Grant Young]

My main hunting bow is forty years old, an old styleI B riser T/D but  I'm currently using a set of Brandon Stahl's limbs on it, bow quive is around the same age, broadheads are 1964 Razorheads, and I shoot aluminum arrows- some as old as thirty years, some as recent as last year. I'm certainly not opposed to new equipment(like the Stahl limbs)but I really like the feeling of having an old friend with me at crunch time.  GY

[Bowwild]

Since I am returning to traditional archery almost all of my equipment and accessories are new. I will be using new bow; arrow, quiver, broad heads, glove, etc. this season. I've been "testing" all this stuff since December.

Knowing how I am, I'm likely to change everything but the broadhead and quiver every hunting season.  In fact, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if I don't use at least two different recurves during this coming season.  I'm shooting 3 recurves interchangeably and will add another to the line-up next week when some weight-reduced limbs arrive for my Black Widow PSAIII.

I shoot a 22-target 3-D range I built in the woods out back at least every other day.  I keep track of my effectiveness on this range with the various bows I'm shooting.  All the shots are from 14-25 yards.  In the next couple of days I'll put up a pop-up blind on this course and practice from it because I'm planning to come down from the trees a couple times this coming season.