Why do folks sell their bows?

[Gray Buffalo]

I’ve read several post where people said they had a certain bow and it shot assume. The word had leads me to believe they no longer have it. If it shot assume why get rid of it?

[Golden Hawk]

Somtimes it is amatter of some little thing they don't liie. the grip,maybe the weight is just a little much. I've been there.

[Jason Lester]

Heck for me they don't need to shoot Awesome for me to keep them... its a sickness I tell ya.

[jonesy]

Good question Jerry, Im doing it cause i need the money, plain and simple.Jonesy

[Tim Fishell]

I cant speak for all people but for me its wanting to be able to shoot other styles of bows.  If I have a bow that is the best thing I have shot to date I will probably hang onto it for a while but you never know if you dont try more out what will be the next one.  And for me I cant just spend the money every time I want to try a new bow so I have to part with some old one to come up with the new ones.

[Mike Burch]

I'm with Tim Fishell. I like to try different styles. Sometimes I trade a bow that, later, wished I would have held on to.

A lot of the times, you can and will end up going back to the bow style that you once had.

It's a sickness. LOL!

[4-fletch]

MIKE I BET I KNOW WHICH ONE THAT IS.  :D  THANKS JAMES STROOPE  

[Bowferd]

57 now and use to be 23. figures change and so do draw weights + want to try something new to me.

[One eye]

It is like any search.  The fun is more in the pursuit than the actual prize.

Dan

[overbo]

If they said it was junk it would be harder to sell.

[madness522]

I think it is about the search for that one bow that is like magic in your hands.  The one you can't miss with, point it and it shoots itself, kind of bow.  A lot of times you don't realize how close you were to it until after you let it get away.  Or to quote an 80's hair band who's name I can't recall  "you don't know what you got until its gone."

[Curveman]

I went up in weight and figured my "starter" bow would best be used by helping someone get into archery. I think I'm getting back though, mostly for sentimental reasons-and the fact he isn't shooting it anyway!  

[mcgroundstalker]

There WAS a time when I thought one bow would be enough for me ... My Widow TFV kinda had it licked ... Now I have "the sickness" and want to try many different bows ... At my own pace and convenience ... That means buy/sell/trade ... Buy/Sell/Trade ...But I'm gonna keep my Widow cause it shoots AWESOME!!!

... mike ...    ...

[JL]

I'm like a bunch of other folks who buy/sell/trade to try other bows. Generally, a bow comes along that knocks your socks off and you spend most your time shooting it. The rest of your bows sit on the rack and something else comes along and catches your eye so you sell off one of the other bows to finance the purchase of the new bow. I do have several bows on the rack that will stay tho.

JL

[bayoulongbowman]

Like this ,  I had this friend and his betterhalf (wife) found out!! about a new bow!!LOL      somethings are left better unanswered...      YEAH RIGHT WHEN PIGS FLY!!!

[Charlie Lamb]

I've only sold one bow I owned and I wish I had that one back. Selling my bows would be like selling my wife... which doesn't always sound like a bad idea.   :D

[Roger Norris]

For whatever reason, I find it easier to sell a gun than a bow. I have sold dozens of guns, but only 1 bow.

[WildmanSC]

I came, I saw, I bought, I shot, I sold/traded.

Then I repeated the cycle around 60 times, or so!

Bill

[tamure]

I recently sold my Savannah, and it was a great bow. The only reason I sold it was to finance a new-to-me bow of a different style. I probably should have kept it as a back-up bow. But then again, it's not doing anyone any good if it only sits on the rack and never gets shot.

Now my take-down pronghorn is the bow I trust, and I don't figure on selling it any time soon. That said, I'm not shooting it right now because I'm playing with more Hill-style bows. So I have a "serious" bow and a fun bow.

I'd like to have several more bows in different weights and draws, so the instant one of my friends shows a glimmer of interest, I'll have something I can stick in his/her hand.

[Deadsmple]

I've only done it once and I hope I never do it again. The one time was because I wanted to finance a new bow and the one I sold I knew I would never hunt with again because of the metal riser. I figured why let such a good   shooting bow. go to waste when someone else is willing to hunt with it.