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Backup????
Something that has confused me for the last couple of months is how many people talk about a backup bow. I just got a new bow this year and used my last for 8 seasons and never needed a backup. Why do so many feel they need a backup and spend several hundred dollars for a second bow? My first bow was purchased for $400.00 new and was a mid range PSE bow that fell out of the tree twice, was dropped a few times and had thousands of shots through it and I am letting my neighbor use it until he can afford a new rig.
So seriously, is a backup bow needed or is everyone that well off that they can buy multiple bows and justify it by needing backup? |
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A lot of things can go wrong.... Mechanical failure, dropping it, string or cable damage, theft etc etc...
Is a few hundred dollars "insurance" in a back up bow worthknowing if something happens to your bow you can still hunt? I say, you bet. |
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We live in a society where "needs" and "wants" seem to be one in the same for some people. I just bought a new Elite GTO. So now I have an 06 Tribute as a "backup" bow. Did I "need" a new bow? NO. Did I "want" one? Yes!
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Can you picture bumping a string or cable with a broadhead? Your neighbor dry firing it? A cam, riser,limb cracking?
These things are machines, and they get used pretty hard under violent pressures and forces. You've been lucky, as have most of us..........but get ready to head out the door and take a few practice shots only to have your one cable snap right before a hunt will have you wishing you could just reach back into the bow rack for bow #2. It's a risk you take if you don't at least have SOME serviceable bow laying around that is ready to go. The slow fat kid on the end of the bench who doesn't hit very good ready to play at a moments notice!:D I've never had a flat tire in my life on a road trip but you can bet your butt I have a good spare tire everytime I leave the house. |
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Most of the guys that shoot backup bows have Bowtechs:D
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ORIGINAL: solocamcan Most of the guys that shoot backup bows have Bowtechs:D |
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ORIGINAL: racewayking ORIGINAL: solocamcan Most of the guys that shoot backup bows have Bowtechs:D |
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ORIGINAL: solocamcan ORIGINAL: racewayking ORIGINAL: solocamcan Most of the guys that shoot backup bows have Bowtechs:D |
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ORIGINAL: buckeye A lot of things can go wrong.... Mechanical failure, dropping it, string or cable damage, theft etc etc... Is a few hundred dollars "insurance" in a back up bow worth itknowing if something happens to your bow you can still hunt? I say, you bet. |
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ORIGINAL: racewayking ORIGINAL: buckeye A lot of things can go wrong.... Mechanical failure, dropping it, string or cable damage, theft etc etc... Is a few hundred dollars "insurance" in a back up bow worth itknowing if something happens to your bow you can still hunt? I say, you bet. Really, I don't take 3D all that serious. I don't have a back up 3D bow. I just have fun with it (3D).... Now hunting on the other hand [8D] |
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ORIGINAL: Matt / PA Can you picture bumping a string or cable with a broadhead? Your neighbor dry firing it? A cam, riser,limb cracking? These things are machines, and they get used pretty hard under violent pressures and forces. You've been lucky, as have most of us..........but get ready to head out the door and take a few practice shots only to have your one cable snap right before a hunt will have you wishing you could just reach back into the bow rack for bow #2. It's a risk you take if you don't at least have SOME serviceable bow laying around that is ready to go. The slow fat kid on the end of the bench who doesn't hit very good ready to play at a moments notice!:D I've never had a flat tire in my life on a road trip but you can bet your butt I have a good spare tire everytime I leave the house. I think some people want and some people will actually need. |
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I agree to a certain extent that most of us don't need a back-up bow and that most of us use it as an excuse to buy a new bow. I did!!!:D:D
If you are going on a paid hunt, out of state hunt, or as someone mentioned to another country then I would certainly take a back-up bow. With all that said. Last year I didn't know that I had a lose broad head in my case. It did a number on my string and I had two wait two weeks before the shop got the correct string. Their supplier sent them the wrong string 3 times!!!!!! Now this didn't bother me too much because our season runs from August 15th to Jan. 1st, but if I were in a state that only allows a few weeks of hunting or on a trip as described above I would have been majorly pissed. |
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ORIGINAL: solocamcan Most of the guys that shoot backup bows have Bowtechs:D  |
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ORIGINAL: Matt / PA I've never had a flat tire in my life on a road trip but you can bet your butt I have a good spare tire everytime I leave the house. |
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I have had a backup bow in the past, but now I figure if I have a mechanical failure, the days hunt will be done anyways, and I'll just head straight to the shop and buy a new one.
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The nice thing about having a "Back-up" bow is that you have another "toy" to tinker with. I have a total of 4 Compounds, only two are "really" modern bows, while the other two are older, one 80's, the other late 90's. They all get some shots from time to time, the 90's bow more than the 80's bow, and my 2 sig. line bows the most. Do I NEED one??? Heck no, I have a HOYT as a primary bow, but I like having them. :D
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I have anb old Bear Archery bow with some aluminum arrows rigged up just in case my bow breaks. Nothing special, but at least it is in shooting shape.
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I just bought a new bow this year, and I still have the old one, but if someone need, or wanted to buy it, I would probably sell it.
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i can see doing it i am not going to but if someone wants to so be it.
Kinda like buying a second truck just incase the first breaks |
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You dont need one, but is it good to have one?yes
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When I buy that new bow next spring I will have a backup bow until my son gets older.
Jas I actually opened my case once and the string snap on the bow so you just never know but thank gosh it was not during the season. |
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Backup....;)
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For many years I never needed or thought neccessary to have a backup bow. Thena limb failure 4 weeks before an elk hunt changed that.
That was reinforced again with another limb failure 1 week before our deer opener. It doesn't have to be a fancy back up, but something II can grab & go should my main bow break. |
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