Dumbest hunting item you have ever bought?
02-07-2008 | 07:20 AM
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RE: Dumbest hunting item you have ever bought?
Hmmm not dumb or junk..but I question why I felt the need to buy an arrow saw. I can easily pay the couple cents a piece to have them shipped proper length.
I've had it for 6-8 months..it's still unopened. Guess it will look good on the Archery work bench when I get my sh1t together, ????
I've had it for 6-8 months..it's still unopened. Guess it will look good on the Archery work bench when I get my sh1t together, ????
You had to go there[&:]
02-07-2008 | 07:34 AM
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RE: Dumbest hunting item you have ever bought?
ORIGINAL: djschuett
Camoflauged hunting knife. Set it down blade into the ground (so as not to cut myself on it) in the middle of gutting a deer and couldn't find the damn thing. Ended up finishing up gutting with a dull 3" pocket knife.[:@]
Never did find the damn knife.
Camoflauged hunting knife. Set it down blade into the ground (so as not to cut myself on it) in the middle of gutting a deer and couldn't find the damn thing. Ended up finishing up gutting with a dull 3" pocket knife.[:@]
Never did find the damn knife.
02-07-2008 | 07:35 AM
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RE: Dumbest hunting item you have ever bought?
ORIGINAL: superstrutter
Those huge mosquito net-masks you put over your head. I'm sure I looked like an idiot up in the tree trying to see out of the damn thing. I had two deer chasing each other 25 yards out in front of me and couldn't see a damn thing. All I could do was hear them. I probably looked even dumber looking around trying to see the two deer running around me, when it dawned on me, take the damn thing off. By the time I took it off , they were gone. Needless to say, I never wore the DAMN thing again. This was pre thermacell day. A cheap bushnell scope I put on a Rem. 700 bdl .270. I paid the price, twice? The gunbrella. I used it once in the rain and my gun ended up soaking wet because itsweated profusely inside the DAMN thing. The egg turkey call by Madd calls. That thing sucked. It got a little wet one day and that was it. Those $30 strong built lock ons. God those things are uncomfortable. You feel like you are going to fall out any minute. I could probably go on, but I'll stop here.
Those huge mosquito net-masks you put over your head. I'm sure I looked like an idiot up in the tree trying to see out of the damn thing. I had two deer chasing each other 25 yards out in front of me and couldn't see a damn thing. All I could do was hear them. I probably looked even dumber looking around trying to see the two deer running around me, when it dawned on me, take the damn thing off. By the time I took it off , they were gone. Needless to say, I never wore the DAMN thing again. This was pre thermacell day. A cheap bushnell scope I put on a Rem. 700 bdl .270. I paid the price, twice? The gunbrella. I used it once in the rain and my gun ended up soaking wet because itsweated profusely inside the DAMN thing. The egg turkey call by Madd calls. That thing sucked. It got a little wet one day and that was it. Those $30 strong built lock ons. God those things are uncomfortable. You feel like you are going to fall out any minute. I could probably go on, but I'll stop here.
02-07-2008 | 07:36 AM
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RE: Dumbest hunting item you have ever bought?
ORIGINAL: Born 2 Bow Hunt
Back in the 70's I was at a sporting goods store buying a tree stand. A baker was about the only stand on the market at that time. The baker was a two piece climber/seat with each piece sold separately. The store only had the two pieces in stock. A customer at the store told me I could save money, if I bought only the seat which attached to one's feet similar to todays climber stands and hugged the tree to climb it.
Well, what did I know I was climbing trees at that time to archery hunt. It was Summer so I took it home all excited and to the backyard...took off my shirt and 20 feet up a cherry tree. Things were OK until I tried to come down the tree. Are you familiar with the bark on a cherry tree? I decended the tree in one motion notstop which removed most of the hair off my chest.
Back to the store to buy the last climber and hoping that customer would still be there so I could share my excitement with him. He wasn't there.
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Back in the 70's I was at a sporting goods store buying a tree stand. A baker was about the only stand on the market at that time. The baker was a two piece climber/seat with each piece sold separately. The store only had the two pieces in stock. A customer at the store told me I could save money, if I bought only the seat which attached to one's feet similar to todays climber stands and hugged the tree to climb it.
Well, what did I know I was climbing trees at that time to archery hunt. It was Summer so I took it home all excited and to the backyard...took off my shirt and 20 feet up a cherry tree. Things were OK until I tried to come down the tree. Are you familiar with the bark on a cherry tree? I decended the tree in one motion notstop which removed most of the hair off my chest.
Back to the store to buy the last climber and hoping that customer would still be there so I could share my excitement with him. He wasn't there.
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02-07-2008 | 07:37 AM
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RE: Dumbest hunting item you have ever bought?
It's true, Gary.
It was a bad combination for the arrows I was shooting. So.....it was either the arrows or the rest. You pick. Nothing against the rest, itself......just a bad combination of the rest and the x-weave arrows.
It's been pretty well documented that it's noisy. My only cut on the rest.
It was a bad combination for the arrows I was shooting. So.....it was either the arrows or the rest. You pick. Nothing against the rest, itself......just a bad combination of the rest and the x-weave arrows.
It's been pretty well documented that it's noisy. My only cut on the rest.
02-07-2008 | 07:39 AM
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RE: Dumbest hunting item you have ever bought?
I guess about 20 years ago i bought this Bushnell Monocular Range Finder. It has reticles in it you are supposed to fit the deer body in to tell the yardage. It is junk butI keep it around for grins.
