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How many bows would you say you owned through the years

I have shot several brands and owned well over hundred bows in the last 22 years - I have owned Pse, matthews, browning, martin, bear, jennings, alpine, hoyt, etc.etc. etc.I have had up to 10-12 bows at one time and then I got married boy did that change things - now i own two and upgrade every couple years - only after selling the old ones first. Looking back at the thousands of dollars i have spent over the years on hunting one could say I was slighty addicted - just curious how bad it has gotten for everyone else

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In < 2 yrs.....I've owned 4.....shot only 2 of them (I have a 15 yr old).....and currently own 2.

I may add a backup, next year.....with a 60 LB Guardian.

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I have never sold my bows, so i still have them all. i have 5 compounds, and 2 recurves

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not really sure how many I have owned since I started hunting but I always have 2 and I upgrade every 2 or 3 years. this year I am debating between the guardian or the cardiac

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Over the last 45 years probably around 60 bows

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bigjim-

I was heavy into traditional archery in my teens and then broke both wrist and shattered a good part of right hand - I even tried using an old martin recurve with a release aid but could never shoot fingers consistently after my accident - love the elegance and grace of recurves I was able to harvest a turkey and three pigs with my martin- miss them days

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I've been shooting a bow for about three years and hunted with one for two seasons. I have only had one bow. I didn't realize until after my first season of shooting and hunting that it was a left handed bow, that I shoot right handed. It is a High Country. Shoots great and has some good stories. I see no reason to replace it.

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Ive owned 3 compounds and have 2 now. I use to have an old Indian. Now I have my Oneida Eagle Tomcat and my old Browning Wolverine. I have made 2 self bows and I still have them...

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in 3 years i have owned 2 bows

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Only 2 bow's in 12 years , I still have my old Golden Eagel and I got my new Darton last September.

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Brnkarrow, If I bought over one hundred bows, I would probably be
bankrupt and divorced.

I can see it now, sitting alone in my dark little house surrounded by
hundreds of bows and accessories and equipment, with the sherrif's
there to seize my stuff. My response would simply be, "you will get
my bows when you pry them from my cold, dead hands."

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Been shootn since I was 5 about 30 years. Had a lot grown up. But since I was 20 or so only had 4 and thats counting this years new compound and last years new recurve.

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I've owned 4 in the past 4 years. The 4th one should be showing up sometime early next week. 06 Allegiance in Max-4. Can't wait.

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In 20 years I have had 6. In chronological order they are: a Bear (until I was about 20), a Browning (for about4 years), an Alpine Ridge Runner (about 2 years), a Hoyt MT Sport (for about 2 years), a Bowtech Pro40 (until about 2 months ago), and now I have a Bowtech Constitution.

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I have 3. My very fist bow that was a PSE for $45. My Bear recurve that I got for $50 and my new to me PSE that I got unused for $300. I hope to keep the new PSE for many years to come.

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i have owned 5 bows in 15 years.2 bear,1 pse,and 2 mathews

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I lost track when I ran out of fingers to count on. Right now maybe 7.

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2 compounds and about 30 recurves and longbows

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Here's my list

1st bow was a Ben Pearson 40# recurve

Jennings Sidekick 3

Bear Whitetail

Onieda Eagle

PSE Fire Flite

another PSE Fire Flite

PSE/Carrol Intruder

Proline Riptide

Proline Mountain Bow

Diamond Victory

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11

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None...yet:D. Ihope to have one in the next year though, got to do some more looking.

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One so far and i've had it for about a year now:)

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Just one so far!

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Dang, I don't even remember how many CARS I've had, and I had made and broken dozens of bows before I was old enough to drive.[:-]

If I had to make a guess, I'd conservatively estimate I've had somewhere around 200 bows over the last 50 years, both homemade and store bought. Probably a lot more than that though, because I went through a phase where I'd buy old junkers, fix 'em up and either give 'em away to kids or sell them real cheap to someone who couldn't afford a new one.

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2 a commander and a swtchback ld just start 2 months ago but they should last a few years.

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1 that igot almost exactly a year ago

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Lots....heh.

2 stick bows as a kid, 35lb Darton recurve as a kid, 45lb Pearson recurve as a kid, old school PSE, PSE Polaris Express, PSE Baby G, Bowtech Mightymite, bowtech patriot, bowtech allegiance, bowtech constitution, bowtech old glory, Mathews Apex 7, Mathews Apex, Liberty 1, Mathews Apex 7, Mathews Switchback XT, Martin Scepter 4, Martin Bengal, Martin Slayer, Martin Scepter 4, Martin Slayer........

15 of those were in the last 3 years or so.........and that doesnt' include the bows that I bought just to resell and make money on, that would add another 75+ to the mix.

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iv only had about 5 bows in the last 7 years.

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Oh...I forgot one...I also had a PSE Baby-G

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Darton SL50

Proline Centershot

Mathews MQ1

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Only one and all you need is a Mathews haha.

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I get a new Hoyt every year. Been bowhunting 19 years and probably have owned around 11 or 12 bows.

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im 14 and have 2 bows. A Parker Buckshot 52#(my hunting bow)and a browning cobra recurve (my stump shooting bow).

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Some of you guys have to be kidding me. Dozens of bows? Holy cow, I ahve been at it for 25 years5 at best. Once I get one tuned and shooting decent, I don't get rid of until something really special comes out, which maybe soon with the Guardian. But I have seen some awesome hunters who consistenly kill, with 15 year old bow.