and you thought your bow was a lot of $
01-12-2002 | 04:13 PM
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Fork Horn
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From: Victoria British Columbia Canada
and you thought your bow was a lot of $
http://cgi.ebay.ca/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI....tem=1500925875
Check out the current bid price on this thing. Could put a few "real" bows in the closet for the cost of this one.
RC
Check out the current bid price on this thing. Could put a few "real" bows in the closet for the cost of this one.
RC
01-12-2002 | 05:59 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Goose Creek SC
RE: and you thought your bow was a lot of $
Tuff,
I don't believe it is the "value" of the bow that is being bid, but rather the size of the contribution to the Aids Foundation, if I read it the way I think I am. (?)
Bill
I don't believe it is the "value" of the bow that is being bid, but rather the size of the contribution to the Aids Foundation, if I read it the way I think I am. (?)
Bill
01-12-2002 | 06:38 PM
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Boone & Crockett
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From: Mississippi USA
RE: and you thought your bow was a lot of $
My girlfriend has one similar to that--she got it for free. Looks to be Purpleheart, and although its at least 40 years old, still looks new.
As for cost, I was talking to a guy last night that had recently talked to a bowyer that will make a bow that runs $3,000+. That sonofagun would have to come equiped with tires and a steering wheel if I gave that kind of money for it!
Chad
As for cost, I was talking to a guy last night that had recently talked to a bowyer that will make a bow that runs $3,000+. That sonofagun would have to come equiped with tires and a steering wheel if I gave that kind of money for it!
Chad
01-12-2002 | 07:42 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Goose Creek SC
RE: and you thought your bow was a lot of $
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My girlfriend has one similar to that--she got it for free. Looks to be Purpleheart, and although its at least 40 years old, still looks new.
As for cost, I was talking to a guy last night that had recently talked to a bowyer that will make a bow that runs $3,000+. That sonofagun would have to come equiped with tires and a steering wheel if I gave that kind of money for it!
Chad
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Chad,
It wouldn't hurt for it to locate deer you shot, field dress them, and take them to the processor, too!
Bill
My girlfriend has one similar to that--she got it for free. Looks to be Purpleheart, and although its at least 40 years old, still looks new.
As for cost, I was talking to a guy last night that had recently talked to a bowyer that will make a bow that runs $3,000+. That sonofagun would have to come equiped with tires and a steering wheel if I gave that kind of money for it!
Chad
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Chad,
It wouldn't hurt for it to locate deer you shot, field dress them, and take them to the processor, too!
Bill
01-12-2002 | 10:17 PM
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Fork Horn
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From: Victoria British Columbia Canada
RE: and you thought your bow was a lot of $
lamb,
you're right about the proceeds going to a useful charity- and that's a good thing. But I suspect that the bids would be just as high if the money was going into someone's pocket. As a side note, I checked the ebay site agin just to see how high things were going and most of the high end stuff had dropped dramatically in bid price. Looked at the bid history and it seems a lot of these "generous" bids couldn't be verified so they were dropped. Perhaps a bit of phantom inflation going on? But that's just my cynical side showing...<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
RC
you're right about the proceeds going to a useful charity- and that's a good thing. But I suspect that the bids would be just as high if the money was going into someone's pocket. As a side note, I checked the ebay site agin just to see how high things were going and most of the high end stuff had dropped dramatically in bid price. Looked at the bid history and it seems a lot of these "generous" bids couldn't be verified so they were dropped. Perhaps a bit of phantom inflation going on? But that's just my cynical side showing...<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
RC
01-13-2002 | 03:56 AM
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Fork Horn
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From: westport in USA
RE: and you thought your bow was a lot of $
That's nothin! I have a $349 longbow that has cost me over $10,000 in the last three years!!(Elk in Colorado, Hog in Tennessee, Javalina in Texas, ect.)....
01-13-2002 | 07:01 AM
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Fork Horn
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From: Texarkana, TX/AR
RE: and you thought your bow was a lot of $
<img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle> That's right, John. Those indirect costs will kill ya.
"I understand yur pain." <img src=icon_smile_blackeye.gif border=0 align=middle>
Romans 8:28
"I understand yur pain." <img src=icon_smile_blackeye.gif border=0 align=middle>
Romans 8:28
