Trad Gang

The question is, how do you convince the wife that you NEED to spend nearly $200.00 on a 6 pack of "Grizzly Stik Safaries" and a 3 pack of "Ashby broad heads"? My wife laughs hystericly for a full minute, then she gets this look in her eyes, that actually scares me, and she says NO WAY.
I guess I can see her point though. For $200.00 I could probably buy enough cedar shafts, dip paint, cresting paint, nocks, feathers, glue, field tips, and grizzly broad heads to last the rest of my life time.  :readit:

Man you don't ask you just do it and beg for forgivenes.

Your first mistake was TELLING the wife!    :readit:

If that fails...and she really don't believe you...then run like hell....   :saywhat:

What Mo Huntin said.

Smart women

I really like the $10 raffle ticket idea.

Jeff, I'll send you a bow, tell her you got it for 600.00 and the shafts came with it. That should do it. She is a red head. You knew that when you married her.

Me to I like the $10 raffle ticket thing...

Thank goodness I don't have THAT problem!

Killdeer  

Never rat yourself out. The kids will do it for you.

She's right.  Build em yourself.  You don't need no stink'n store bought arrows to effectively take game.

First no arrows are worth being dishonest to your wife.    :knothead:  Good thing you have a sensible wife to keep you out of trouble.  I could see it if you were hunting Africa or some dangerous game of some type, but if that was the case I don't think $200 would make her take much notice.

What do you think paypal is for?

Let me tell you a story about a good friend.
His wife once told me that she always knows when he buys a new gun (which was often).  I asked how do you know?  She said " when he gets home after buying a new gun he always comes into the house quietly through the garage.other wise he comes in the front door.  She got 1/2 of them in the divorced.
Joe

The first rule in life is......."it is easier to get forgiveness than permission"

But...... got to agree with exrema, ain't nothing worth lying to your wife about, and... it's not what you shoot it's how well you shoot!

thus... Brian divorced... and has hunted with his bow ever since.....

Still happy; after all these years....   :bigsmyl:

Got to have a back up plan. Jewelry, shoes, new purse, or a day at the spa w/ the works..... I can only hope when I die, my wife doesn't get rid of my goodies for what she thinks I paid for them. LOL.

Froggy  :banghead:

My problem is that my wife is tighter than the bark on a beach tree, she won't hardly spend a dollar " I guess that's a good thing" but when I orderd my silvertip, she like to fell backwards! o'well you only live once! but, don't lie because 90% of the time you end up getting caught anyway! HA! Jason

if you really need arows you shouldnt be looking at the kind where you can only aford six and only tips for half that.    smart woman she probably doesnt know much about trad equipment but still can tell it is way over priced

There's only a handfull of critters on this earth that would make use of one of them $30 BH. Guess if I could afford to hunt them I could probably afford the BH too.

Eric

I shot the grizzlystiks for awhile and they are awesome shafts....BUT I caught myself being extra careful with them. At a bow shoot where a missed target might mean a lost arrow I would almost get the shakes thinking about losing a $10+ arrow. I killed two caribou and a couple of whitetails with them. Lost one in the George river when it passed thru the first bull, broke another when the second bull crashed on the rocks. Shot both whitetails with the same arrow.  I switched to Beman/Easton shafts and although they aren't cheap, the thought of losing one doesn't way so heavy on me! LOL! I guess I am just cheap. They are great shafts though. As far as the broadheads are concerned, if I was hunting heavy boned critters, I would most likely opt for the 160/190 gr. grizzly with a 100 or 125 gr. stell adapter. Oh, I really can't afford to pull out any hair, it comes out quickly enough on it's own. Mike

Man some of you guys are sensitive those are called little white lies.  Now if a man works all his life and one day decides he wants to spend $200 on a bad to the bone arrow combo I don't think that is to much to ask for.  I am sure if old Unlewhit did not have the money he would not be considering it.  Dude just tell her that is your christmas and birthday present early.  I reckon if a man stays out of the bars and away from the women he should do about any sensible thing he wants without catching any static.

I would buy the heads any way i believe i could justify the cost of those, but not the shafts...   Its a lot of good stuff out there as good or better than those shafts an half or a 3rd the price...

I couldn't convince myself to pay that much, although grizzly stiks are probably top of the line.  I've never shot one.....have you?  

Tell her they will last forever if you don't loose them, or an animal doesen't run off with it or fall on it.......Hmmmmmmmm it is a tough sale.

Do you happen to have a friend that shoots them that also has a wife that worships the ground he walks on..............Yeah I know......What are the chances......

Any how.....If so........get together with them for an evening and slip in a little archery talk.  If he mentions that his wife thought it was a good idea to get the best shafts available then maybe your wife will pull the old ......I'm as good a wife as she is and your shafts are on the way!

Good luck.........................

Tell her they are for her.

Rest assured guys, I have no intention of spending that kind of money on 6 shafts and 3 broad heads. Now, I'm sure that they are great, but their out of my price range, way out!

QuoteOriginally posted by Killdeer:
Thank goodness I don't have THAT problem!

Killdeer      

That was funny Killy.

Never Lie,I've provide two mother-in-in laws with new furniture.

Larry...youre a great guy!  i just tell my wife to pretend that my bows are shoes... i need one for every outfit.

Steven,I'm from Oklahoma,I've only got one outfit.  :biglaugh:

I have had to start buying more 3 piece bows because when they come in the mail my wife can't tell its a bow. A 60" shipping tube is a dead give away!

Larry..im from michigan... ive got an outfit for every day of the week... but only 1 pair of underwear..lol..  :biglaugh:  

And more bows than outfits (shhh...dont tell the wife)....how many 60" shipping tubes can fit under a bed?  depends on the size of the bed..lol...

Now thats funny.  :biglaugh:    :biglaugh:

Your wife is a smart woman. Those Ashby broadheads are waaaay over-priced. Aboyer broadheads are less than half the price and just as good a head. The Grizzly stiks aren't a bad deal, they're comparable to other carbon arrows price wise.

I am super lucky! My wonderful wife of 27 years seldom even asks me how much something costs. I do ask her before I spend a significant amount but her normal response is " what are you asking me for? Go ahead and get it!"

Having said that, my normal set-up is a cedar shaft and Zwickey Eskimos or old green Razorheads, I really splurged the other day and bought a dozen new Legacies!

Who carrys Aboyer broadheads heads?

Hey Grinch - being from Oklahoma you know better than to call your clothes an outfit; those cowboys will start lookin' sideways at you.   :biglaugh:

I can tell by your outfit that you are a cowboy, from the song streets of lorado.