Question on why do people buy a new bow every year?

[JimmyHoffa]

I knew a guy that would buy a new one probably every other year.  Always something new and cutting edge that was going to give him slightly more advantage than the last bow---quieter, more let-off, designed for carbon, lighter, 5 fps faster, etc.  Seemed like every year he was trying to sell me a year old bow.  But it wasn't limited to bows either, he always had to have the newest design in clothing and camo patterns, latest calls/scents, even truck/boat.

[longknife]

me neither.. I could buy one every year. I love my dream season and dont see the need to do that.  I see lotta guys in the archery shops who pretend to hunt and buy every gadget on the market and I guess it makes them feel like a hunter 

If no one bought new gadgets, who would give you reviews on new products. You sound like no one hunts unless they have a old bow...

I have the old SQ2, it is outdated! But i hunt hard with it, and it has served me well.

[huntnnw]

I agree with you there shane. I can take one look at a persons bow and know what kind of bow hunter they are A lot of guys are into self image and think they have to have the best most expensive stuff out there to be able to look like a great hunter and shooter.

NO kidding..my bow is so beat up and camo missing on it and its not beacause I dont take care of it..it gets out in the brush with me

[huntnnw]

me neither.. I could buy one every year. I love my dream season and dont see the need to do that.  I see lotta guys in the archery shops who pretend to hunt and buy every gadget on the market and I guess it makes them feel like a hunter 

If no one bought new gadgets, who would give you reviews on new products. You sound like no one hunts unless they have a old bow...

I have the old SQ2, it is outdated! But i hunt hard with it, and it has served me well.

not at all...I just do not understand the mindset of people who continue to buy a new bow year after year to me. Maybe I am missing something ..gives people the feeling I am cool cause I have the newest crap?? only thing I have come to the conclusion of, beacuse you cannot tell me somebodys 5 yr old Mathews, pse etc is any less of a bow than todays bow and any less of a hunting weapon today. My bow is 4 yrs old and I dont plan on buying a new one anytime soon..no reason to

[buck man]

Get a kick out of reading this thread. I guess I am one of your gear queers huntnw. I have got a new hoyt every year for the last 5. Why?  I guess because I can, and i am a staff shooter for a club representing hoyt . I also get a pretty good discount, and my friends and bro.in laws get great two year old bows.  Plus it gives me a great back up. I see nothing wrong with having a new one every year if you can afford it. I usually only catch crap for my new bows from people that wish they could get one every year too.
 I would like carpsniperg2 to take a look at my bows and tell me what kind of a hunter I am. Sounds like he is a fortune teller....I wonder if he reads palms too? 
Anyway my kills and pics speak for themselves.

[PolarBear]

I tend to go 12-15 years between new bows.   Nothing fancy just functional.  My friends that have to have the latest and greatest hate it when I wreck their arrows with my old crappy High Country.  Got a new Limbsaver bow this year only because I won it.  wasn't really in the market for one and my old H/C still shoots like a champ.  It has turned out to be a great bow and shoots very nicely. Once again, nothing fancy.   Just remember folks, most of the time it ain't the bow but the dude (or dudette) behind it.

[huntindoc]

Great thread.  I've owned 2 bows in my 12 yrs of bowhunting.  Updated because my brother bought me a new one.  One of my favorite reasons to keep the old is the history of the bow.  "Remember that shot at..... Or how I gacked that shot on.......?"  I love the history represented by the dings, scratches and use signs of my bow.  Same with guns.  My shotgun is a Browning my dad bought me when I was 15.  Love it.

I am going to Africa, want to shoot a bush buck in April.  We have some friends who are land owners.  The son is a big bow hunter.  I am thinking of leaving my bow there as a tip.  Not sure if I would be excited or not about getting and setting up a new bow.....

[bloodhound]

i shoot the new bows every year, when i shoot one that really impresses me, no doubt makes my bow seem like a pos then i buy a new one. i bought one last spring hoyt crx32, which was amazing in my hand compared to the hoyt lazer tec i had before. but its usually every 3-6 years i by a new one depending ^.

[JJB11B]

Get a kick out of reading this thread. I guess I am one of your gear queers huntnw. I have got a new hoyt every year for the last 5. Why?  I guess because I can, and i am a staff shooter for a club representing hoyt . I also get a pretty good discount, and my friends and bro.in laws get great two year old bows.  Plus it gives me a great back up. I see nothing wrong with having a new one every year if you can afford it. I usually only catch crap for my new bows from people that wish they could get one every year too.
 I would like carpsniperg2 to take a look at my bows and tell me what kind of a hunter I am. Sounds like he is a fortune teller....I wonder if he reads palms too? 
Anyway my kills and pics speak for themselves.

you said gear queer....haven't heard that in a while

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

I liked to collect old bows (when I had $$) and will hunt with my 40+ Y/O recurve until I find another that suits me, just like the looks and feel of wood.
One time while walking back to camp past a group of "gear queers" (looked like a Cabala's Display) sitting around watching the game, playing poker (on a Sunday afternoon) they all laughed at me, from my ripped Camo, tennis shoes, and old recurve. Asked me why I did not by some new gear...
I informed them I had a deer hanging, and was on my way to get help to pack my elk, advised them to spend less money, and more time hunting 
It does not matter what you use, it matters how you use it. 

[huntnnw]

I liked to collect old bows (when I had $$) and will hunt with my 40+ Y/O recurve until I find another that suits me, just like the looks and feel of wood.
One time while walking back to camp past a group of "gear queers" (looked like a Cabala's Display) sitting around watching the game, playing poker (on a Sunday afternoon) they all laughed at me, from my ripped Camo, tennis shoes, and old recurve. Asked me why I did not by some new gear...
I informed them I had a deer hanging, and was on my way to get help to pack my elk, advised them to spend less money, and more time hunting 
It does not matter what you use, it matters how you use it. 

  I run into a camp or 2 every season like this or a road hunter decked out in the latest fashions and gadgets really humping the roads in the new SUV

[Camp David]

I liked to collect old bows (when I had $$) and will hunt with my 40+ Y/O recurve until I find another that suits me, just like the looks and feel of wood.
One time while walking back to camp past a group of "gear queers" (looked like a Cabala's Display) sitting around watching the game, playing poker (on a Sunday afternoon) they all laughed at me, from my ripped Camo, tennis shoes, and old recurve. Asked me why I did not by some new gear...
I informed them I had a deer hanging, and was on my way to get help to pack my elk, advised them to spend less money, and more time hunting 
It does not matter what you use, it matters how you use it. 

Agree 100%. I bought a new bow every year for my first 3 years. It takes me a few years to get really comfortable with my bow or any piece of my hunting equipment. I've learned to really do my research now and buy what I really need/want the first time and not keep "upgrading" every year. New stuff looks nice, but proven stuff performs @ crunch time. 

[GoldTip]

I buy a new bow probably every three years, usually I see a new bow in a magazine and really like the add, or my current bow is due for a whole new string and cable set, and I figure I'm about to layout some coin anyway, so I put new strings and cables on it and use it as a backup to whatever I buy new.  I don't really research the new bows, I try and buy simply whatever is most popular and I think makes me look the coolest and the most like Lee Lakosky or maybe like Randy Ulmer.  I usually don't shoot it first, cuz I'm a gear queer  and it really doesn't matter to me if it fits me and I just buy the newest Bowhunter magazine and usually outfit my bow with whatever equipment has the nicest shiniest adds in it.  usually I only practice with broadheads for one or two shots and if they are close I will just use Kentucky windage when shooting at animals.  My old bow is really practically brand new without a scratch on it as I keep it strapped in a hardcase on the front of my four wheeler, and it's getting harder and harder to get within 70 yards of a deer on a four wheeler and have enough time to get it out of the case and get a shot.  But when I do my super T-rex shiny whizbang broadheads screwed to the front of my gorilla tuff camo arrows leave a swath of blood that no man less skilled than Chuck Adams could follow.   

[NoBark]

My Blacktail recurve and longbow have served me for 20 years.

My Blacktail isn't quite that old but it's going on 5 years. 

I shot a '92 PSE up to 2010 and then bought a used '08 Bowtech
It will probably be the last compund I will ever buy

[boneaddict]

Only reason I bought another is so I'd have a trad back up AND its a fricken piece of art, work of art and piece of art and in my case NOT state of the art, though it is in its own world.     If I wasn't broke and he wasn't in saw dust up to his ears, I'd have him make me another.   So many woods to be made into dust.