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How much to buy your bow?

BowhunterXC said:
I agree and that's the reason why when I buy a bow, I own it for years, before upgrading to something new. Then when I do, it's last year's model....new, but leftover stock. :cool:
If you've noticed, traditional bows tend to hold their value better than modern compound bows. :)
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My compound is a 2011 BowTech Specialist and I do have a Black Widow recurve. I am primarily a compound bow shooter but do like shooting the recurve but need to practice more before I go hunting with it.
 
MattMan81 said:
It's amazing what guys will pay for dogs. I had a guy I worked with who ran coon dogs. He said these guys would come out of no where in beat up old trucks and throw 5k plus down with out thinking twice if the dog would tree a raccoon. I thought saddle hunters had issues.....
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I sold my last four dogs before I quit for 2500 each and that was 10 years ago. Yea hound guys are way more crazy then saddle hunters.
 
One of the things my wife and I differ is attachment to things. She literally keep cups from places we take the kids to for memories sake. If a guy offer me more for something that I have, I'm always willing to listen. If a guy wants to pay me double for what I paid for my custom bow, he can have it. With any of my compound bows, probably 20% more then what market value is and its yours.

At the end of the day, its the memories that I'm holding on to.
 
$500 for my Bear divergent. I can't get the thing broadhead tuned. Worked on my form, had shims put in and taken out. It bare shafts a bullet hole. My buddy got the same bow and mine definitely has more cam lean and the cam is borderline uncomfortably close to the limb. No yokes on it for yoke tuning. Haven't found anybody able to figure it out, so I'm ready for a new one and $500 would get me close enough to pull the trigger. I found one head that shoots straight so I'm fine, but it'd be nice to have a bow I feel good about.
 
THill202 said:
$500 for my Bear divergent. I can't get the thing broadhead tuned. Worked on my form, had shims put in and taken out. It bare shafts a bullet hole. My buddy got the same bow and mine definitely has more cam lean and the cam is borderline uncomfortably close to the limb. No yokes on it for yoke tuning. Haven't found anybody able to figure it out, so I'm ready for a new one and $500 would get me close enough to pull the trigger. I found one head that shoots straight so I'm fine, but it'd be nice to have a bow I feel good about.
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How far is it shooting bareshaft bullet holes out to and how consistently?
 
HuskerInIowa said:
Had to go take a proficiency test the other day so I was eyeing bows in the shop when I left as we all do and it got me thinking; maybe if I sold this one I’d buy that one. Let’s just say you shoot your bow well right now. Season is real close to starting or you’re already out. Stranger comes up to you in the parking lot with cash money; how much does it take to sell your bow? Why are you selling and what are you buying?
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I have a backup bow I could go to. Right now with the season opening end of this month, if someone gave me exactly what I had in the bow (retail price) then I'd sell it, hunt with my backup bow, and order a PSE Mach 34 with all the trimmings.
 
$699.99 for the z7 extreme if they had cash in hand (exact change only), but then I’d be scrambling to get my v3 that’s been hanging on the wall for a year setup. Push comes to shove, I’ve got a few excaliburs that could get me through the early season.
 
7 years old with new ghost string. I would take full retail for it and get a flagship bow. Very happy with what I have, but would love to try something 7 years newer in a higher class.
 
$2K and I'll walk away and shoot mechanicals out of the next one until I get dialed lol! That being said, it's a decked out Mathews V3 27 with a Garmin Xero A1i Pro on it... I do have a backup or two, so minimal loss. I would probably, currently, buy another Mathews Phase4 29 with a Garmin... I do love that 27 though, more than a previous Triax, but maybe less than my long-gone Insanity CPX.
 
slonstdy said:
Admins, he said the M-word!
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A circumstance similar to this was the catalyst to my first foray into mechanicals, which ended up being for 10 years hahaha!! I had a limb recall, replaced the limbs in August 2008, the cam collapsed on the first test draw leaving me with a detonated bow and a (still) miniscule scar below my right eye (where the e-clip hit me...). I received my new bow, replaced not repaired, 2 days prior to the opener. So there we go lol, shall I report to mechanical users anonymous?
 
700-800 for what its worth right now and another 1000 for my inconvenience of tuning a new bow right before hunting season...throw in some backstrap to really seal the deal.
 
bowhunthard88 said:
A circumstance similar to this was the catalyst to my first foray into mechanicals, which ended up being for 10 years hahaha!! I had a limb recall, replaced the limbs in August 2008, the cam collapsed on the first test draw leaving me with a detonated bow and a (still) miniscule scar below my right eye (where the e-clip hit me...). I received my new bow, replaced not repaired, 2 days prior to the opener. So there we go lol, shall I report to mechanical users anonymous?
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Ha! Don't forget, the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem.
It sounds like you're about to fall off the wagon and need a sponser. Go seek help in the "Who snorted the fairy dust" thread. :tearsofjoy:
 
Halfstep said:
My compound is a 2011 BowTech Specialist and I do have a Black Widow recurve. I am primarily a compound bow shooter but do like shooting the recurve but need to practice more before I go hunting with it.
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Roughly the same here. 2010 Bowtech Admiral. Still kills a pile of deer just fine. Not sure why I'd need a new one just yet.
 
I currently shoot an Elite Remedy and I am really happy with that bow, killed my first archery deer with it and it shoots like a dream. With that said, if someone paid me enough to swap to an Omnia set up the same as mine (black gold ascent verdict, hamskea trinity) I would gladly swap.
 
I don't have a number, but it would have to cover a ready-to-hunt bow, fully kitted out, with a dozen tuned hunting arrows. Since my 20-year-old Bowtech isn't worth enough to cover such an extravagant outlay, I won't put any more thought into this.

I did buy a crossbow this year due to a hand injury preventing me from drawing my bow. I do need a more modern bow as a backup for when I'm unable to get replacement parts for my Bowtech. I've read favorable things about the new Bear RTH kits but need to spend an hour at Scheels or Cabella's test-firing what they have.
 
Lowg08 said:
I sold my last four dogs before I quit for 2500 each and that was 10 years ago. Yea hound guys are way more crazy then saddle hunters.
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A friend of our family dropped thousands on a duck dog that was supposed to be top blood line, best duck dog ever,etc and then dropped even more to have it trained only to find out his duck dog is deathly afraid of water so now he has very very expensive family dog.
 
Dmathews87 said:
A friend of our family dropped thousands on a duck dog that was supposed to be top blood line, best duck dog ever,etc and then dropped even more to have it trained only to find out his duck dog is deathly afraid of water so now he has very very expensive family dog.
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Oh gosh. I would be losing it. I want a shed dog but they are really expensive and I don’t have time
 
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