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

[BULLBLASTER]

For a few years I was buying at least one.brand new bow a year. But I was into target archery a ton and was getting very good deals on the bows. Usually I could sell them when I was done.for.what I paid or.slightly more. Now I am not near as involved intarget archery or the pro shop as much. My hunting bow is 2 years old and I plan on keeping it for at least a few more years. I do have a top end target bow that I bought last year that seems to just hang out on the rack more than anything anymore. Hard to see a $1200 bow sitting there not being used. I should really sell it. But not sure.I.want to yet.
Now I am in the camp.that I could do a lot of things with that new bow money each year.

[D-Rock425]

Yes I'm a gear queer  .  This year will be my 5th new bow since 2003.  But I would like to say that I hunt my ass off every year and have been pretty successful.  I don't know many people that have shot as many elk as me all in Washington state.  I've shot 7 since 03 and completely missed a early season in 07. 

[jrebel]

I too love threads like this one.   It really shows the character of some members on this thread.  You know my feelings on your topic cause I posted earlier.   

Now.....Apparaently people that are making comments about "gear queers" believe their way of hunting is the only way.  Let me inform you of something....YOUR EGOSCENTRIC PRICKS that think your way of hunting is the only way.  Well your wrong and a guy that wants to sit in camp with a $2000 dollar bow while wearing another $5000 dollars worth of cloathing, next to his $50,000 dollar truck is just as much a hunter as you.  They may not harvest as many animals...heck maybe they are just the camp cook, but I bet you one thing....they are having fun doing it.  Hunting is not always about the killing of an animal, it is about being at camp away from home, spending quality time with friends and family.  Now, if someone wants to do this with new gear who are you to call them less of a hunter.  Grow up.....this thread has started to piss me off.   

[Bean Counter]

Woah, slow down partner  I think they were just joking about the gear comment. I doubt anyone is seriously suggesting that new bow fans are less of a hunter. We have enough people getting thin skinned about serious topics than it doesnt help to take a joke too seriously. I hope your day goes better.   

[D-Rock425]

I'm not trying to say new bows make anybody a better hunter I really like to shoot a lot of targets and get good deals on new bows.  I normal can sell an older bow for about the same cost as I get my new one.

[Widgeondeke]

Well, my 1st and only bow I got it used 2 months ago. It's an '02 Jennings Buckmaster 2000. Shot it at the SAB 3D shoot this past weekend and though tit was the chit. I did alright. I don't see me buying a new bow until I kill something with this one. So it'll probably be a few years. I shot the same shotgun for 20 years and have been shooting the same rifle for 25 years.
Guess I'm a creature of habit. If it aint broke, don't fix it. 
Besides, 3 kids don't allow for me to get to many "new" things.

[et1702]

I've been bow hunting since I was 15yo (about 33 years ago), and I've had three modern bows.  An old Darton was my first, and she shot GREAT.  When one of the limbs came apart after about six years, I bought the latest and greatest one I could afford (still in college at the time), which was a Golden Eagle.  It only had 20% let off and I shot it at 78lbs for the next 20 years.  Picked up a Hoyt Trykon XL in 2007 and been very happy ever since.  BTW, I donated the Golden Eagle to a friend of a friend that wanted to get into archery hunting.  So, she's still out there too.  Don't need the latest and greatest to be successful.  But, I will say it sure is nice shooting 74lbs w/80% let-off and about 320fps w/my Hoyt Trykon XL.

ET

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

Now.....Apparaently people that are making comments about "gear queers" believe their way of hunting is the only way.  Let me inform you of something....YOUR EGOSCENTRIC PRICKS that think your way of hunting is the only way.  Well your wrong and a guy that wants to sit in camp with a $2000 dollar bow while wearing another $5000 dollars worth of cloathing, next to his $50,000 dollar truck is just as much a hunter as you.  They may not harvest as many animals...heck maybe they are just the camp cook, but I bet you one thing....they are having fun doing it.  Hunting is not always about the killing of an animal, it is about being at camp away from home, spending quality time with friends and family.  Now, if someone wants to do this with new gear who are you to call them less of a hunter.  Grow up.....this thread has started to piss me off. 

If you are talking about my post, 
I meant no offence, I used the term as a joke, in reference to a previous post.
The guys at that camp even laughed at my response (although did not offer to help pack), and yes they were having fun (drinking and playing cards, watching the game) but in no way are they as much a hunter as me ( an egocentric prick, and Elitist) as I don't drink until its dark, don't hang out in camp during legal hunting hours, and really don't care about any game, except what I am pursuing, I hunt during season, and "camp" during "scouting/fishing season"...
It also was the only year those guys were there, and only for the one weekend. 
As I said, I don't care what you use, its how you use it.

[Special T]

This year i got a new to me bow after shooting a PSE Bruin since  03,04? I think I plub wore it our because it got to the point where i couldn't get it to group anymore. Got a Switchback cand couldn't believe how much faster, quieter etc it was. I think getting  a newer bow every 5 yrs is the way to go... get a year old bow from a frined that gets a new one every year. get better theck and not so much expense.
This topic is kinda like, what do you drive? I wish i had the $$$ to get a new bow, and or a truck every few years...Lots of life is a bout priorities, and i wish i could have my cake and eat it too! 

[jrebel]

Just to clarify....I was refering to all who believe there way of hunting is more worthy than the next guy (reason for using egocentric).  As stated in my first post on this topic, I buy a new bow every 3 years (give or take).   I drive a nice truck, wear nice cloths, have nice gear and work my butt off when hunting.  I probably put more days in affield than most on this forum.   What I don't (or try not to do), is bash others for the way they hunt.  That is the direction I saw this thread going and it rubbed me the wrong way.  Because someone has nice gear does not mean they are not hunters.  Conversely Having old gear (that works) does not make you the Tred Barta of Hunting Washington (unless of course you are Tred). 

We preach as hunters we need to be a cohesive group so we can maintain our hunting rights and privelages.  Bashing other hunters and using term such as Gear Queers is not way to do this.   Some call this a joke and I have to dissagree.  Derogatory words is in no way joking. 

The original post was a ligitamit question.  After people answered the question the original poster didn't like it and began a "JOKE" that in my opinion was offensive.  That led to people drawing the conclusion that hunters with nice gear are really not hunters....It was a slippery slope that like I said just rubbed me the wrong way. 

I appologize if my post was offensive, but I don't appologize for speaking my mind. 

Johnny

[Fullabull]

My first bow is about 10 years old and my son shoots that now. It still shoots very nice. My second PSE bow I got a great deal on as a year old new bow because Cabelas was clearing them out. It is now 6 years old and I still love the way it shoots.

I would love to purchase (or win) a new bow so my son can take mine and we could have a backup (his old one).

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

And as my post was not intended to be offensive.
 I bashed them more for being in camp, drinking and watching a football game during hunting hours, they could have been wearing pink tutu's for all I care, but they laughed at the way I was dressed, I merely responded to their derogatory comment.
I buy new clothes when I can, and clothes do not make a hunter, hunting does.
I never claimed to be Tred Barta, or a superior hunter, just pointing out that gear does not have anything to do with who you are, and has no effect on success, getting out in the woods does.

[boneaddict]

also there is the comparison of having a full gun safe.   I mean what the difference from buying a 30-06, a caliber than can hunt just about everything and then buying 10 other guns.   

[D-Rock425]

also there is the comparison of having a full gun safe.   I mean what the difference from buying a 30-06, a caliber than can hunt just about everything and then buying 10 other guns.   

that's a good comparison. 

[Button Nubbs]

This post is too funny. Bottom line is I think some people like to have nice things. This is like saying the guy who dosent wear leaky rubber hip boots is any less of a fisherman than the guy who does. Hell I know people who look like they just jumped out of a simms catalog and they catch more fish in one season than most do in 10. To each their own.

 I went through a few bows when I first started. I think its more about finding something perfect for you. I have found the bow that fits me and I now have 2 of them. I even traded a '10 model for an 09 cause I liked it so much.