It seems like a lot of you buy a lot of bows every year. And while I would love to do it, I can not imagine buying more that one at the cost of these top of the line prices. You can easily drop $1500, by the time you add all the accessories. How do you manage that 2-3 times a year? I have had my current bow since 98, and plan on a new purchase this year, but I figure one every 6 years with a few new components every year to play with is a good number. Anyone else in the same boat???

JMAC

Jmac,
I've hit a point now where even though I buy maybe 2-3 bows a year........I wind up probably spendin the equivalent of a single bow every year when you consider selling the others. I lose some cash on the ones I sell, but make enough to cover at least 2 of the 3 I'll probably buy. If I want to play with the new stuff........the old stuff needs to find new homes. I absolutely can't afford to ADD 2-3 bows every year.
I have a boatlaod of accessories so that's not a concern. (Although I like new toys there as well)
Yep its expensive no doubt, but I don't drink or gamble or waste money on smokes etc. so I don't think the money I spend is looked on too harshly by the other half.
I would feel perfectly content to hunt for years with any number of the bows I've owned over the last few years, but I find a lot of fun in trying new things every year.

Now golf?.......there's an expensive pasttime. Imagine having to spend $30-$40 everytime you wanted to shoot your bow for a few hours![:-]

Matt, that is exactly why I gave up golf, and $30-40 is getting to be on the cheap side. MOre like $50-75 for a round. I am looking at a new bow this winter and will probably sell my old one, but man it has been a good one for me. Kinda sentimental, my first bow and all. Anyway, I was just curious because it seems like a lot of guys on this forum get a lot of new toys when the new models come out. I would if I could just not in the cards.....for now....

JMAC

Since joining this forum, I've found myself yearning for a new bow every year. But, with the guidance of the other half, limit myself. Matt is right though, buy a bow, play with it, then sell it and buy another. Its a lot of fun playing with the new stuff. I had my last bow for two years. I just sold it on ebay and will be picking up my new toy tomorrow night. Who knows, I might end up keeping it for a long time. My quest is on the perfect hunting bow to keep for years. Then save and play with other bows till I find another "perfect" hunting bow.

Dont get caught up in it though if you can't afford it. Just do a lot of research on here. Heck Pabowhunter goes through bows fastter than you and I go through underwear. But, he gives top notch reports on all of them and is very informative when it comes to those who are shopping.

What are you guys talking about.....golfing for 30 -40 bucks.......geeees I think the cheapest round I've played is about $80 and they average $100. Thank goodness I don't play anymore! (maybe once or twice a year) It makes bowhunting look cheap! I think I better buy a new bow!

Good Luck!

You can basically copy Matt's post to the letter and paste it here because that is exactly my situation as well. Provided the bows are relatively popular it is somewhat easy to sell them on Ebay after a few months and still only lose under $100 a bow at most...sometimes you might actually make a couple bucks.

Like Matt said, the "Mrs." does not seem to mind that much as there are much...much worse things that I could be spending my money on. Having said that though, since the "little guy" has entered my life I have somewhat cut-down on my bow buying each year. I have found something better to spend some of my money on.

Exactly what happens to me. At least one new bow a year. Of course, being sponsored helps as I get the bows for free. But the accessories are another matter, I buy GOOD sights, quivers, etc, because they go from bow to bow to bow to bow. Of course, now that the rep I shoot for just retired and I'm on my own again I guess I'll have to find another one. In that case I might have to shoot the same bow for two years. Who knows?

PAB,
Now you have something a lot more expensive to put money into. Like a college fund.

Hi,
You might want to keep your old bow as a backup--just a thought.

Yes, exactly.....though if you saw my tally for bows in the last 6 or 7 years then it might not be that much more "expensive"....