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Oh these bow prices keep getting higher and higher it seems. Top flight bows fetching extroardinarily high prices and people willing to pay them. Well, I like my bow I have hunted with for 2 seasons now and will not be buying a new one anytime soon! Why?
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<font size=4>BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD A NEW BOW RIGHT NOW AND I HAVE TO ADMIT I WOULD IF I COULD!</font id=size4> Ahh, I feel much better now.:)Congratulations to all here who has bought or will buy a new bow or two in the coming yr. Thanks for listening. <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

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I hear ya Couger mag. I'm dying for a new bow as well. Preferably a bowtech, don't even know which one. oh well hopefully soon..fishon.

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I know exactly what you mean. I get the feeling that I'm gonna be huntin the same bow for some time to come.

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Yep, I am on your wavelength, Coug! I went and priced the bow I wanted and it sent me home in a state of shock....without a bow.

But, you can go down to the lumberyard, find a good hardwood board; head for the bookstore and buy all three volumes of the Traditional Bowyers Bible; then sharpen up your pocketknife and whittle out a bow for under a hundred bucks. Each bow after that would cost less than 10 bucks. <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

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I promised my wife I would keep my bow for
5 years before I get a new one. Well, she
thinks it has been 5 years so now I need
to decide which one to buy. Ain't being
married great.....

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I looked at a new oufit I would like.Choked when I added everything up. Went home in amazement empty handed,No way am I going to pay over 1100.00 for something that dont go bang.

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Hey cougar, i couldent afford it either but my WIFE thought other wise. she bought it while i was asleep. good thing i showed her which one i wanted. corce when you look at it that i havent had to buy any meat since sept. i guess it adds up.
Ron

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I here you!! OUCH!! that's why I may be holding off this year again. When I drop that kind of money on an outfit, It better have everything I want, and more!

TAKE YOUR KIDS HUNTING AND YOU WON'T BE HUNTING FOR YOUR KIDS

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Amen

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I wouldn't even spend that much on one that did go bang CD...<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

Even I am feeling the &quot;pinch&quot; now that I have other concerns financially. Heck, I even had to sell one of my bows on Ebay this past week....now I am down to one....I am going to have to start selling some of my other &quot;junk&quot; if I am going to buy a new one and pay off the bills....

...or maybe I will just have to go with a less expensive bow next year....

...I bet there are some real quality mid to low price range bows out there....I guess we need to find them....<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>



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So Cardeer:....... am I to assume you'd pay $1,100 for a &quot;BANG&quot;.<img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle>

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That is one of the reasons that I am starting to move more into Traditional Archery. I am getting tired of all the technology lately. Just MHO.

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Been shootin' the same bow for 10 years now and see no reason to change. Never known the bow to be the reason I didn't get a deer. I don't get caught up in the hype.

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I can think of a lot worse &quot;habits&quot; to have guys, and at least we have something to show for it other than empty beer cans and baggies or stuff like that. Please don't feel sorry for yourselves. Look at all the fine choices we have today.
I got a new bow before last season and I'm still looking to add another. It's probably going to cost me about 2 weeks wages and I pay through the nose for child support; and thats just the bare bow.
I totally get where your coming from.

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I am with wolfen on this one. Unless you have money to blow I can not see the sense in having to have the latest and greatest if you have something that already works fine and if you think about it, your more confident in something that has produced in the past than something new. Face it if you shoot the same bow ten years you are going to know exactly how the bow shoots in a lot more situation than if you shoot a different bow every year.

The Tazman

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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote<font size=1 face='Verdana, Arial, Helvetica' id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> ....than if you shoot a different bow every year.<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face='Verdana, Arial, Helvetica' size=2 id=quote>

Was that some kind of crack!!!<img src=icon_smile_angry.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Frank he said every year, not every other month! <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle> Yes that was a crack, but only out of envy. I want a new bow in the worst way, but I really don't need one either. Mine isn't even 2 years old yet. I was not real big on the bowtechs previously, sure they were fast, but I didn't care for the way they looked. Not the case anymore. The new generation 3.2 and the Black Knight look very good with the swept back limbs and longer riser. Do I see a speed bow in my future, hmmmm, let me think for a while. I just got called back to work today, so I should be able to afford one buy summer.

Paul

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Hello, yes I agree that the prices are too high. But you look at it and a good rifle is alot of money too and you have to spend more time and get alot more out of a good tuned bow. I just got Married not too long ago and now she is pregnent. My deal with the wife was I would stay out of the pub and quit smoking then I was able to get my new bow. But now I am sure that I am going to have to use this one for probably five years. HMMM

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I JUSTHOPE THAT IN 2 YEARS TIME I WILL STILL BE ABLT TO BUY ONE AND NOT HAVE TO SPEND ALLOF MY PAY CHECK ON IT.

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heck I hope in the next few years I can still afford tags in some states let alone a new bow!!!

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Coug
Where there is a will, there is a way!
Go do it man. You will feel sooooo much
better. <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Coug
Where there is a will, there is a way!
Go do it man. You will feel sooooo much
better. <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>