Cant argue with you there! If you are hunting and shooting an ocasional 3d for fun/advancement you can do just fine with the bow you have for a long time with proper maintenence.If youcanuse a bow madein 1950 and accomplish your goals, that is all that matters.

My bows will certainly kill deer, but that isnt my #1 goal in archery. I probably shoot upwards of 6k arrows per year. Only two or three of those arrows are at deer every year, so you can see why I would want a bow that i will love and enjoy shooting, vs some, whose main goal is to kill deer, and they could care less what bow it is or anything like that. I guess ive gotten to where hunting isnt my main focus anymore, its the competitive self satisfaction, that shooting gives me, b/c i like most dont just have money laying around to throw away, but archery is my #1 hobby so thats what my spending money goes to. That and the gf

Im hoping that i get settled in for a while this year with my Hoyts though. Im going with an AM35, and around tax time, imlooking to get an older ultra or proelite for 4-500 bucks that will be strictly target.
Derek

This is a question that really should not be asked. I am sure there wives that drop in just to what the husbands are always on here talking about and heaven forbid my wife ever find out how much money i really spend each year on hunting. I have never added it all up, in fact I always have my guy at the pro shop throw my receipt away, just to help to cover my tracks. If I were to guess, between leases, bows, arrows, BHs and everything else, I would guess it would be in the neighborhood of 2-3K dollars. DON'T TELL ME WIFE!!!!!!!

Not to much (80.00 to 90.00 dollars a year on bow hunting stuff). This winter I will be buying a different recurve, not sure If It's going to be a brand new one or used. That could get spendy!![>:] The recurve I'm using now I've had for 14 straight years.

My wife never looks on here... But if your wife does you can be exempt from answering the question....LOL

This year was over $800 and I didn't even buy a new bow.[&:]