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Who's left their bow hang overnight in their stand.

kyler1945 said:
I’ve done it dozens of times. I rarely hunt a spot twice, much less back to back hunts. But if I know I’m doing it, I leave everything I can.

I don’t worry about theft or damage. I worry about impact on deer movement. And the times I leave stuff is when leaving stuff won’t have a material impact on success. Which is rare. But in those cases, I leave it.


Someone wants to locate my set in the dark, climb a tree, and take my stuff, and take on all the effort and risk that comes with it, so be it.
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I have left it several times mostly because I was a little lazy plus it is less dinking around with equipment. I don't worry as much about thieves. Never happened...yet. Only problem I have had was a bow frosting up hard in the early AM. Not recommending doing it but to each his or her own.
I'll do it when it suits the situation.
 
Not ever. The time I do that will be the time something happens - someone in the hospital, truck break down, etc. - and I don't get to go back out for a week or more.
 
I have not and would not do it on purpose. My concern would be a squirrel chewing on the strings.

I did inadvertently leave my muzzle loader in the field. I shot a deer minuets before the end of legal shooting and it died 70 yds away in a briar thicket. The good news is that the briar thicket was on the edge of a jeep trail so I didn't have to drag it far. I set the gun down by the briar thicket and pulled the deer 10 yds away to a good spot to gut it. After gutting it I walked back to the truck drove back to the deer, threw the deer in the back of the truck and drove off leaving the muzzle loader. I woke up in the morning and the first thing that popped into my head was you left your gun in the thicket. I drove back first thing and there it was. I think having my truck right there got me out of my usual routine of packing things up so it didn't feel weird leaving without my gun.
 
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kyler1945 said:
This thread helps me understand a little how bow companies can get 2000.00 from us for a couple pieces of aluminum and string
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That’s a very good point, how much do you think it actually costs to make a flagship bow for the manufacturer? I’m estimating from $350-650 max per bow. So almost 3-6X markup? If they make their own strings it’s probably more like 5-10X profit?
 
You'll probably make 2k for a completely set up flagship bow. The aluminum ones are ~12-1400 but the carbon bows are close to $2000
 
I’m thinking back after the last few times I can remember leaving my entire setup in the tree…

Of the ones I can remember, I either killed deer or missed deer.

It’s a good feeling going to sleep knowing with full certainty where I’m hunting in the morning, and why. Something I don’t get often moving around so much.

My bow is a tool, it’s not a weapon without me. My truck is a weapon in the parking lot and, realistically/statistically more likely to be stolen and used for harm than my bow 30’ up a tree in the night woods.

All of the caveats clearly apply, weather, etc. but I’m surprised there’s anyone “against it” rather than just a bunch of people who hadn’t considered it or were less than comfortable with it.
 
I leave mine overnight if I know I'm returning the next morning. Sometimes I pull the bottom climbing stick.
 
There’s so many unpredictable variables for me to ever be without my bow. For example: A four AM flat tire could result in walking through the woods at first light to get to the stand. Don’t wanna be without my bow if I encounter a deer.
 
Jammintree said:
There’s so many unpredictable variables for me to ever be without my bow. For example: A four AM flat tire could result in walking through the woods at first light to get to the stand. Don’t wanna be without my bow if I encounter a deer.
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Mostly stopped leaving mine when we started having a fair number of hogs.
 
kyler1945 said:
This thread helps me understand a little how bow companies can get 2000.00 from us for a couple pieces of aluminum and string
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Mine didn’t cost $2K but I still ain’t leaving it in the woods.
John 35 said:
They won’t get 2k from me, been using the same bow about 8 years and have no plans to change. Maybe it’s lasted so long because I don’t leave it out side overnight haha.
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Same. I’d rather spend $2K on a sweet xbow.
 
I never get to the woods before 1st light, so it’s counterintuitive to leave my bow in the tree.


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