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Offline threeunder

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Re: Why the constant bow buying?
« Reply #20 on: July 21, 2012, 10:25:00 PM »
I've gotten it bad the past year.  For my 1st 5 years in trad shooting I had 2 longbows.  Swore I'd never own a recurve....ummhummm....well, now, I own 5 recurves and also another longbow.
Each is a different character and each has its pros and cons.
I've not found the perfect one yet....That's why I keep looking...LOL
The one little thing that slows my search down is money.
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Offline Brianlocal3

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Re: Why the constant bow buying?
« Reply #21 on: July 21, 2012, 10:35:00 PM »
Ken, how do you like the2011 superK? I've got an 80s superK on the way to my door
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Offline huntmaster80

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Re: Why the constant bow buying?
« Reply #22 on: July 21, 2012, 10:38:00 PM »
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Originally posted by Killdeer:
Ever go into a Baskin Robbins and see a flavor that you haven't tried, that has your favorite stuff in it?

Killdeer    :bigsmyl:  
well said!!!!!   :laughing:    :laughing:    :laughing:
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Offline yaderehey

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Re: Why the constant bow buying?
« Reply #23 on: July 21, 2012, 11:12:00 PM »
Your topic title scared me!  That's what my wife keeps asking me.
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Offline threeunder

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Re: Why the constant bow buying?
« Reply #24 on: July 21, 2012, 11:21:00 PM »
Brian,
PM sent
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Offline Thare1774

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Re: Why the constant bow buying?
« Reply #25 on: July 22, 2012, 01:20:00 AM »
I look at it this way, I work my ass off, go to school full time, pay the bills, take care of my wife, I don't drink or go to bars, all I do for fun is archery related. Therefore it is worth the money I spend to make shooting everyday the best experience it can be. It is less of an addiction and more of an extreme passion that I pursue to the fullest because its what I love.
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Offline cahaba

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Re: Why the constant bow buying?
« Reply #26 on: July 22, 2012, 01:20:00 AM »
Cause I love bows.  :help:
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Offline sawtoothscream

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Re: Why the constant bow buying?
« Reply #27 on: July 22, 2012, 02:42:00 AM »
IDK!!!  Im into compounds as well and I dont get that extreme want to buy urge like I do with trad bows.  Since really getting into trad archery last year I owned  omega grey wolf hybrid, beeler tracker, hunterbow, bear kodiak, bear polar, two track ambush for a little, titan with tt carbon/ wood and dryads and a omega archery hybrid (replaced the grey wolf).  Dont have the beeler or ambush anymore.

Right now I dont need any other bows. But I really want a bama hunter, hitman 3 piece, samick BF extreme limbs and nice wood ILF riser.

Dont know what it is but when I get that itch I want to scratch it bad
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Offline Ray

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Re: Why the constant bow buying?
« Reply #28 on: July 22, 2012, 06:24:00 AM »
While you guys are wasting your time on the powow I'm going over to the classifieds.You have to be quick over there   :bigsmyl:
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Offline mcgroundstalker

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Re: Why the constant bow buying?
« Reply #29 on: July 22, 2012, 07:22:00 AM »
The way I figure it... "Who ever dies with the most toys, wins!"   :archer2:  ...
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Offline Tracks

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Re: Why the constant bow buying?
« Reply #30 on: July 22, 2012, 12:39:00 PM »
I only have one bow so I guess my perspective is an outside one... but it seems to me that a lot of people have more money than free time. In our high-paced society, its easier to get online and shop than it is to get outside and enjoy oneself.
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Offline Brianlocal3

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Re: Why the constant bow buying?
« Reply #31 on: July 22, 2012, 12:48:00 PM »
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Originally posted by Thare1774:
I look at it this way, I work my ass off, go to school full time, pay the bills, take care of my wife, I don't drink or go to bars, all I do for fun is archery related. Therefore it is worth the money I spend to make shooting everyday the best experience it can be. It is less of an addiction and more of an extreme passion that I pursue to the fullest because its what I love.
I thought I typed that. I too am trying to finish a BS while working , family, church, . Archery is my way of leavIng the world behind.
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Offline Brianlocal3

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Re: Why the constant bow buying?
« Reply #32 on: July 22, 2012, 12:50:00 PM »
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Originally posted by Tracks:
I only have one bow so I guess my perspective is an outside one... but it seems to me that a lot of people have more money than free time. In our high-paced society, its easier to get online and shop than it is to get outside and enjoy oneself.
There is alot of truth to that statement!!!! I can not get out near as much as I'd like due to life, but I can jump online ( my phone) and read about others fun while I am tied up one way or another
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Offline Killdeer

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Re: Why the constant bow buying?
« Reply #33 on: July 22, 2012, 03:46:00 PM »
Tracks caught a piece of me there!
I know that I can't do a lot of stuff that I would like to. I don't have time, and now when I have had the time, I have not been physically able to do it.

I wish I were out in the woods right now. I can't be there, because of medical appointments and stuff. I am now depressed, which is anger or frustration without an outlet. I tend to shop when depressed because it gives me a chance to fantasize and an action which allows me to exercise a bit of power.

So, I peruse the classifieds, research new tents, check out the in stock CariBows. The only thing keeping me from buying a used Old Town canoe for a hunnered-fitty is the lack of a place to stash it.

I see and understand this in me, and sometimes keep it in check. If I keep out of Kalamazoo.    :scared:  

But a bow takes up far less room than a canoe.
Here is an honest self-assessment of motivation and behavior, and I realize that one size does not fit all.

The other factor is that when I hear about or see a bow that has features that tweak my interest, I want to try it. As it is unlikely that someone nearby has one in my specs, I need (I am reminded here of my sister's economics teacher saying that one does not NEED anything) to buy one so that I might experience it. I work very hard for my money, have no children and if I am depriving anybody, it is my older self in my declining years. Until they get here, I want to build wonderful memories to sustain me.

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Offline ron w

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Re: Why the constant bow buying?
« Reply #34 on: July 22, 2012, 05:04:00 PM »
Killdeer is right....If you see or hear about a bow you just have to see what all the talk is about. It's happened twice to me now.....once with a Chad Holm bow and once with a Zipper. I now have 3 Holm-Made and 2 Zippers with multiple limbs. I also have a soft spot for the Hill or Hill style bows, only have one of them at this time! Oh yea once with a Silvertip,........just so many nice bows out there!    :dunno:
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Offline huntin_sparty

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Re: Why the constant bow buying?
« Reply #35 on: July 23, 2012, 11:12:00 AM »
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Originally posted by Tracks:
I only have one bow so I guess my perspective is an outside one... but it seems to me that a lot of people have more money than free time. In our high-paced society, its easier to get online and shop than it is to get outside and enjoy oneself.
Bam! spot on I'm stuck on my duff computer phone jockeying for 9 to 10 hrs of the day with a hour commute time.  To shoot more than 12 yards I have to drive 20 minutes 1 way, to hunt I have to drive over a hour one way.  I've got kids under 11 with sports galore which eats time.  Its funny I think if I just had 1 or 2 bows I probably would shoot a heck of a lot better than the revolving door!  Ban me from the classifieds!  Well after I find he ONE!  :biglaugh:
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Offline yankeevol

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Re: Why the constant bow buying?
« Reply #36 on: July 23, 2012, 01:20:00 PM »
This is one of the reasons I wander the smokey mountains with a bamboo fly rod in my hand whenever I get the chance during the off season - it fills the void between autumns and takes my mind off shopping for bows and fills it with "hunting" for native trout.
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Offline Cochise

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Re: Why the constant bow buying?
« Reply #37 on: July 23, 2012, 01:53:00 PM »
My story is a simple one..i went from being a man with one bow who chased many women to a man with one woman who chases many bows.
Over all the cost is going to be the same..
And as a bonus I've never had a bow show up at my house at three in the morning, half drunk, screaming obscenties.
Cochise
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Offline Trinity Outfitters

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Re: Why the constant bow buying?
« Reply #38 on: July 23, 2012, 01:53:00 PM »
I consider it a healthy addiction  :)   And when you buy/trade used bows, you never really lose value.  They hold their value better than every other asset class these days!
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Offline Goshawkin

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Re: Why the constant bow buying?
« Reply #39 on: July 23, 2012, 01:57:00 PM »
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While you guys are wasting your time on the powow I'm going over to the classifieds.You have to be quick over there    :bigsmyl:  
LOL!!!   :biglaugh:
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