How old is your bow?
06-13-2006, 09:25 PM
#32
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Illinois
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RE: How old is your bow?
I'm still using my first bow, a PSE Beast that I bought after I got my drivers license so that would make it 7 years old. Been through several different types of arrows, rests, sights and it still shoots pretty good....just slow...but it's still lethal. I also have my dad's old Red Wind Hunter recurve that he bought when he was in 8th grade which makes it about 36 years old......it's a great bow to shoot when I feel I need more challenge.
I'm thinking I'll buy a new bow in the next 2 years. No, I don't NEED a new bow I want one!
I'm thinking I'll buy a new bow in the next 2 years. No, I don't NEED a new bow I want one!
06-14-2006, 12:19 AM
#33
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Bandera, Texas
Posts: 1,636
RE: How old is your bow?
Let's see about 5 years give or take. As for replacing, I think the string should probably be changed maybe every year and cables as needed, and cams, etc. I would say like a classic car, if you take care of it, and baby it, bet it will last almost forever! Just MHO.[8D]
06-14-2006, 10:14 AM
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RE: How old is your bow?
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Bought my UltraTec in February. As far as how old is too old....well, if there is nothing wrong mechanically, it will still shoot. Just do some maintenance work on it. Grease the limb pockets, new strings, that kind of stuff. If it is mechanically sound, theoretically it will shoot forever.
Here are the bows I own from oldest to newest. All are in perfect working order and are fully set up with sight, rest, quiver, andstabilizer along with their own arrows ready to go if needs be.
1991 Golden Eagle Formula 3-D (hunting bow used from 91 till 96)
1997Martin Fury (hunting bow used from 1997 till 2004)
2004 Mathews Conquest 3 (Paper punching blueberrytarget bow only)
2005 Mathews Switchback (main hunting bow)
2006 Mathews Switchback XT (it is and will be aback up hunting bow to the 05 Swithcback)
If I get a chance to head back east and hunt whitetails I want to use and make more memories with one of my older bows. I of course will take a current bow as well, but the idea of shooting a whitetail buck with the Golden Eagle just makes me smile for some reason. In its day it was a smooth shooter, and at 80 pounds it can still fling a heavyarrow plenty fast. Same can be said about the Martin Fury, its still a speed deamon by todays standards. If I draw out on Moose here in my home state of Idaho I will use it along with a very heavy arrow. This combo has worked awesome for me and heavy arrows(600 grains)moving fast (250-260 f/s)blow through a elk like swiss cheese. I don't think a moose will be much different.
06-14-2006, 03:44 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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RE: How old is your bow?
Its scary how much we think alike, I was going to say the same thing unitl I read your post,now becasue its been said by you, I will just have to add a agreed at the end.
And, since we are obviously both geniuses........must be true. [&:][&o]
If I get a chance to head back east and hunt whitetails.....
Hey, if you think we think alike.....that must make me a bit smarter than I thought.
