Dumbest hunting item you have ever bought?
02-06-2008, 07:22 PM
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: NW Oklahoma
Posts: 1,166
RE: Dumbest hunting item you have ever bought?
gzg, are you using the butt-out right? It has worked good for me.
Probably the biggest waste for me has been deer feed blocks. I poured corn on top of them to try to get the deer to eat them and they just ate the corn and left the block.
Probably the biggest waste for me has been deer feed blocks. I poured corn on top of them to try to get the deer to eat them and they just ate the corn and left the block.
02-06-2008, 07:44 PM
#23
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Warsaw, MO
Posts: 693
RE: Dumbest hunting item you have ever bought?
Allen string loops. I put one on and went out to shoot and first time i pulled back it broke at mid draw. Ive never been hit in the face as hard as i hit myself when it broke. My loop dident come untied, IT BROKE[:@][:@][:@]But i have a friend that swears that the allen $10 dollar realses are the best money can buy. And ill have to say that he has been shooting bows for quite a few years and only one has worn out. He just got a new one lastyear after about5 years with his first one
02-06-2008, 08:00 PM
#25
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: NW Ohio
Posts: 298
RE: Dumbest hunting item you have ever bought?
Jennings Matt Cleland signature bow
I once bought some hunter specialty deodorant. I felt like a real dumb ass when I realized its just generic unscented deodorant with a different label, twice the price, and a crappier product.
02-06-2008, 08:52 PM
#28
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Jackson, Missouri
Posts: 7,051
RE: Dumbest hunting item you have ever bought?
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.
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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