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

[longknife]

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

Too true! Good post!

Huntnnw,, if you are not spending all the $ what do you care? I dont see the new bow buyers saying crap about us old bow owners, so why stir the pot? We all are buying archery tags.

 If your walking through camps,  how can you say you hunt harder than someone that is in the woods drawing back? 

[wrongway]

kind of funny, I got my last hunting bow in 2004 and am just noe thinking about getting a new one, but my target bow I get a new one every othre year.

[blackveltbowhunter]

    It takes way more than a guys bow and clothes for me to draw conclusions about what kinda hunter he/she is   Hell, depending on the season and year,  anybody could think I was anywhere from a neophyte to a pro

    I have shot 6 different bows in the past 15 seasons, I have always upgraded based on MY personal needs and wants. If I wanted the latest and greatest I found away to get it hands down. If I felt it increased my confidence in my equipment, and thus in the field I bought it, no questions asked. I have gone into the field with older equipment that I knew would pull through and was confident in and, conversely I have had the "best" in my hand and not been confident in it at all. The opposite is equally true. The fact remains each and everyone killed. But after analyzing things I realized the simple truth....Hunting season is to short to shoot less than anything I have absolute confidence in. Whether its a brand new bow or old betsy..... The rest is just details.

[wrongway]

 :tup:I agree blackveltbowhunter, this is why I have had a hard time putting down my hunting bow I have killed a lot of game with it, I know when I come to full draw its is dead,that you can not replace.

[BOWHUNTER45]

I am the same way ... ever since I bought my last bow 2002 I would not trade it for nothen.. it fits me to a T and when I pull it back on an animal I know my chances are high for success... AND NOCK ON WOOD the only thing I ever done was change the strings 

[sebek556]

  had my old martin for 15 years, never shot anything else. Then had it restringed and the guy was worried about the limbs breaking so I shot all the new top of the line bows, picked the one I fit best. And now I'm gonna shoot this one till it is about to break 

[jrebel]

I use to have a bow like that...sold it and now I have yet to find another.  That is why I am upgrading this year.  I firmly believe that certain bows have good karma.  The bow I sold, a buddy bought and killed an elk his first year bowhunting.  He was sitting in the same stand I killed two elk the previous two years.  I guess if It was going to be anyone besides me, I would want it to be him.....lucky turd.  I hope my next bow has good Karma, along with longer axle to axle. 

[huntnnw]

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.

for myself I dont like owning guns that I dont use for a purpose.. Pistol for self defense, my magnum for biggame and a small caliber rifle for yotes. Other than that I dont justify owning rifles just cuz

[huntnnw]

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

Too true! Good post!

Huntnnw,, if you are not spending all the $ what do you care? I dont see the new bow buyers saying crap about us old bow owners, so why stir the pot? We all are buying archery tags.

 If your walking through camps,  how can you say you hunt harder than someone that is in the woods drawing back? 

I dont care..just want to know why people do it, mindset. I have known people or see people ho regularly buy a new bow everyyear...just odd as hell to me.

[Miles]

Just my opinion, but I think some people do it because they think they'll automatically become a better shooter.  It could also be a status thing, just like the people that have to go and buy a new snowmobile every year, or a new truck every time the new model comes out.

[huntnnw]

Just my opinion, but I think some people do it because they think they'll automatically become a better shooter.  It could also be a status thing, just like the people that have to go and buy a new snowmobile every year, or a new truck every time the new model comes out.

 ...you nailed it Miles!! winner    I honeslty think most people who buy the latest stuff have something to prove or just say "oh I have it"

[JimmyHoffa]

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.

for myself I dont like owning guns that I dont use for a purpose.. Pistol for self defense, my magnum for biggame and a small caliber rifle for yotes. Other than that I dont justify owning rifles just cuz

I have enough difference between the guns and set them up with enough variation, that one is 'better for me' in different situations.  A .250-3000 open sighted lever gun can't easily be interchanged with a long barreled scoped ultra mag.  But yeah, I know more than a few that will have something like 5 or 6 almost identical AR-15s or 1911s.  So, I guess I should ask, how many of the guys that buy lots of new bows use them for different purposes?  An elk bow, a deer bow, yote bow, carp bow, etc.

[PolarBear]

Forget about what kind of gear a guy hunts with, the proof is on his walls and freezer.   

[huntnnw]

 

Forget about what kind of gear a guy hunts with, the proof is on his walls and freezer.   

[NWBREW]

Heck.....I'd buy a new gun every year if I could.    I still have the first bow I ever hunted with. It's an old 4 wheel Jennings, 1970 something. My last bow is around 17 years old. Highcountry Sniper. Love that bow and it'll do what I need it to.