Post by: huntnnw on January 09, 2012, 09:47:45 PM
Post by: jrebel on January 09, 2012, 09:53:44 PM
Post by: huntnnw on January 09, 2012, 09:55:20 PM
Post by: Jason on January 09, 2012, 09:58:22 PM
But for those looking Bowtechs new bow will be revealed in about 8hrs :tup:
Post by: jrebel on January 09, 2012, 09:58:33 PM
Post by: carpsniperg2 on January 09, 2012, 10:02:25 PM
Post by: Rhinoron247 on January 09, 2012, 10:08:36 PM
:dunno: :dunno:
Post by: huntergreg on January 09, 2012, 10:11:48 PM
Post by: BLR 243 on January 09, 2012, 10:12:43 PM
Post by: huntnnw on January 09, 2012, 10:12:56 PM
Post by: Wenatcheejay on January 09, 2012, 10:16:31 PM
It's an addiction.
Post by: Angus on January 09, 2012, 10:17:05 PM
Post by: jnevs23 on January 09, 2012, 10:17:52 PM
Post by: huntnnw on January 09, 2012, 10:22:55 PM
Post by: carpsniperg2 on January 09, 2012, 10:45:58 PM
Post by: JimmyHoffa on January 09, 2012, 11:01:54 PM
Post by: longknife on January 09, 2012, 11:32:00 PM
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 :chuckle:
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... :dunno:
I have the old SQ2, it is outdated! But i hunt hard with it, and it has served me well.
Post by: huntnnw on January 09, 2012, 11:35:07 PM
I agree with you there shane. I can take one look at a persons bow and know what kind of bow hunter they are :chuckle: 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
Post by: huntnnw on January 09, 2012, 11:39:05 PM
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 :chuckle:
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... :dunno:
I have the old SQ2, it is outdated!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 :dunno:..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
Post by: buck man on January 10, 2012, 12:18:14 AM
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? :dunno:
Anyway my kills and pics speak for themselves. :twocents:
Post by: PolarBear on January 10, 2012, 12:29:32 AM
Post by: huntindoc on January 10, 2012, 12:37:26 AM
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.....
Post by: bloodhound on January 10, 2012, 01:06:53 AM
Post by: JJB11B on January 10, 2012, 01:15:33 AM
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. :tung:you said gear queer....haven't heard that in a while
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? :dunno:
Anyway my kills and pics speak for themselves. :twocents:
Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on January 10, 2012, 01:35:28 AM
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 :IBCOOL:
It does not matter what you use, it matters how you use it. :twocents:
Post by: huntnnw on January 10, 2012, 05:29:28 AM
I liked to collect old bows (when I had $$) and will hunt with my 40+ Y/O recurve until I find another that suits me, just like the looks and feel of wood.
One time while walking back to camp past a group of "gear queers" (looked like a Cabala's Display) sitting around watching the game, playing poker (on a Sunday afternoon) they all laughed at me, from my ripped Camo, tennis shoes, and old recurve. Asked me why I did not by some new gear...
I informed them I had a deer hanging, and was on my way to get help to pack my elk, advised them to spend less money, and more time hunting :IBCOOL:
It does not matter what you use, it matters how you use it. :twocents:
:chuckle: I run into a camp or 2 every season like this or a road hunter decked out in the latest fashions and gadgets really humping the roads in the new SUV
Post by: Camp David on January 10, 2012, 05:34:24 AM
I liked to collect old bows (when I had $$) 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 :IBCOOL:
It does not matter what you use, it matters how you use it. :twocents:
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.
Post by: GoldTip on January 10, 2012, 07:09:32 AM
Post by: NoBark on January 10, 2012, 07:15:02 AM
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
Post by: boneaddict on January 10, 2012, 07:15:59 AM
Post by: BULLBLASTER on January 10, 2012, 07:47:58 AM
Now I am in the camp.that I could do a lot of things with that new bow money each year.
Post by: D-Rock425 on January 10, 2012, 08:23:11 AM
Post by: jrebel on January 10, 2012, 08:34:39 AM
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. :stup:
Post by: Bean Counter on January 10, 2012, 08:47:57 AM
Post by: D-Rock425 on January 10, 2012, 09:10:50 AM
Post by: Widgeondeke on January 10, 2012, 10:18:36 AM
Guess I'm a creature of habit. If it aint broke, don't fix it. :twocents:
Besides, 3 kids don't allow for me to get to many "new" things.
Post by: et1702 on January 10, 2012, 11:18:06 AM
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Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on January 10, 2012, 11:46:04 AM
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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, :dunno:
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. :dunno:
As I said, I don't care what you use, its how you use it.
Post by: Special T on January 10, 2012, 11:55:12 AM
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! :chuckle:
Post by: jrebel on January 10, 2012, 12:04:32 PM
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
Post by: Fullabull on January 10, 2012, 12:39:08 PM
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).
Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on January 10, 2012, 05:01:42 PM
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.
Post by: boneaddict on January 10, 2012, 05:53:56 PM
Post by: D-Rock425 on January 10, 2012, 07:20:05 PM
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.
Post by: Button Nubbs on January 10, 2012, 07:35:15 PM
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.
Post by: longknife on January 10, 2012, 07:41:28 PM
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? :twocents:
Post by: wrongway on January 10, 2012, 07:46:51 PM
Post by: blackveltbowhunter on January 10, 2012, 08:13:47 PM
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.
Post by: wrongway on January 10, 2012, 08:26:26 PM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on January 10, 2012, 08:39:00 PM
Post by: sebek556 on January 10, 2012, 08:44:18 PM
Post by: jrebel on January 10, 2012, 08:46:44 PM
Post by: huntnnw on January 10, 2012, 10:30:17 PM
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
Post by: huntnnw on January 10, 2012, 10:32:35 PM
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? :twocents:
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.
Post by: Miles on January 10, 2012, 10:39:08 PM
Post by: huntnnw on January 10, 2012, 10:41:36 PM
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.
:yeah:...you nailed it Miles!! winner :chuckle: I honeslty think most people who buy the latest stuff have something to prove or just say "oh I have it"
Post by: JimmyHoffa on January 10, 2012, 10:55:02 PM
:yeah: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.
Post by: PolarBear on January 11, 2012, 12:19:49 AM
Post by: huntnnw on January 11, 2012, 12:39:20 AM
Forget about what kind of gear a guy hunts with, the proof is on his walls and freezer. ;):twocents::yeah:
Post by: NWBREW on January 11, 2012, 01:27:38 AM
Post by: boneaddict on January 11, 2012, 04:56:12 AM
Post by: h2ofowlr on January 11, 2012, 07:03:09 AM
I get used to it quick as I shoot it almost daily. There are still those, that only start practiciing a few weeks before season or go out a couple times. I do the same with rifles. I still have my original Rem. Mod. 700 in 30-06, but I don't shoot it. I buy a new rifle every year for some reason. Last season I picked up the Weatherby .270 Wthy Mag Mark V. Outfitted it with a Zeiss 4.5-14 with z800 reticle. This is what I enjoy spending my money on. Bows, decoys and guns.
Post by: sirmissalot on January 11, 2012, 07:59:24 AM
Post by: rasbo on January 11, 2012, 08:00:59 AM
Post by: Woodchuck on January 11, 2012, 08:13:17 AM
Post by: PolarBear on January 11, 2012, 09:20:55 AM
and in Polarbears case......why does a guy need so many boats. :chuckle:Hey now, you can never have too many boats! I only have 4 but need at least 2 more. :chuckle: They all have a special purpose.
Post by: boneaddict on January 11, 2012, 09:34:29 AM
Post by: PolarBear on January 11, 2012, 09:44:04 AM
Post by: Buckmark on January 11, 2012, 09:48:40 AM
Cuz he who dies with the most toys wins.Correction:
He who dies with the most toys is dead, but his wife has one hell of a garage sale.... :chuckle:
Post by: seth30 on January 11, 2012, 10:02:16 AM
Post by: Special T on January 11, 2012, 10:08:34 AM
Post by: seth30 on January 11, 2012, 10:15:24 AM
I know I have to have the best of everything, and that if I don't I will never be a cool hunter like the guys on the outdoor network :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: Its not about the meat its about the antlers and how it will look cool on my living room wall :chuckle: :chuckle: :tung:Oh I almost forgot, the more flare I have on my truck makes me a better hunter as well :IBCOOL:
Post by: D-Rock425 on January 11, 2012, 10:27:46 AM
Post by: seth30 on January 11, 2012, 10:29:56 AM
This is why I get a new bow every other year because I can because I enjoy it. I'm shooting almost every weekend now that 3-ds have started again. My wife shoots my 4 year old daughter shoots. We don't go on vacations are vacation is two weeks in elk camp every year. New bows don't make me a better hunter or shooter I simply enjoy shooting them.do you go through new cables and strings every year?
Post by: D-Rock425 on January 11, 2012, 10:43:22 AM
Post by: seth30 on January 11, 2012, 10:57:07 AM
Yeah I replace my strings about once a year.Wow you must really be shooting the heck out of your bow. I bet you have one heck of a grouping :tup:
Post by: D-Rock425 on January 11, 2012, 11:09:16 AM
Post by: seth30 on January 11, 2012, 11:12:56 AM
No I suck I'm just hard on equipment:chuckle: You should see my shotgun, it has more rust than metal :chuckle:
Post by: D-Rock425 on January 11, 2012, 11:31:29 AM
Post by: seth30 on January 11, 2012, 11:38:32 AM
Post by: Wildsau on January 11, 2012, 11:43:51 AM
I had a choice, when I came back from Germany - had to leave all my MR (long story) - buy a MR or a bow. The bow only cost $150 - 65# Bear with only 6 arrows shot though it - and although I lke the looks of the newer ones, and might like to try one, my Bear shoots better than I do, so I think I'll keep it. All my MRs are "old" (30-40 Kraig, .303 British Enfield (1945), 8MM Mauser (1952)) and as long as they still shoot better than I do, I have no reason to buy new. I had thought of getting a Springfield 1903 A3 30.06, but those who have them want a small fortune for them so they can keep them.
For those who have the $$, the desire, or feel the need to buy new every year, every 2 years, or when ever, it is their $$ and, as said on this thread, they are the 'testers' of the equipment. Their experience and recommendations can, only, improve the equipment design. This way,, if the time ever comes for me to buy new, I will know that the present design is the result of all of that, previous experience and those, helpful, recommendations to the manufacturers.
Keep on buying and testing, if you can. It will make my next bow all that much better. :IBCOOL:
Post by: JJB11B on January 11, 2012, 11:38:50 PM
Post by: huntnnw on January 11, 2012, 11:39:52 PM