I am more interested in the technical aspects of the bows than in shooting them or hunting with them. I buy bows, keep them a little while, and then sell them. I know there are others like me - our vice makes it easy for people to buy a bow that is not the very latest. Take for example Bowtech bows, really in fashion now because of their speed. Last year (2002) the Patriot was a favorite. This year (2003) the redesigned Patriot is on everyone' s mind. I bet you can get the out of date model in little used condition fairly cheaply. (I don' t have one, sorry.)

I remember a book once with a title something like " champagne living on a beer budget" . The central theme was to buy used, from well to do folks who buy new things and then get rid of them when they don' t suit. I have some (elderly) wealthy friends whose hobby it is to pick up trash that people want to get rid of. They drive around neighborhoods in their Mercedes on trash days and see what people have put out. You would be surprised at how much stuff people get rid of that show no signs of wear or ever being used (sometimes even in unopened boxes). People don' t have the time or inclincaton to bother with a garage sale or posting on an eBay auction or even driving to a Goodwill donation center.