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Title: Too many bows not being used...
Post by: tyu888 on April 25, 2011, 04:22:00 PM
Got my new BW PLX-Osage last week.  Now, Other bows are not being used anymore. Just wonder what you all do with your extra toys if you do not want to part with them....
Title: Re: Too many bows not being used...
Post by: Stumpkiller on April 25, 2011, 04:29:00 PM
Hang them on the wall and look at them.  

I usually shoot them all at least annually.  Sometimes they are out as loaners.
Title: Re: Too many bows not being used...
Post by: Converml on April 25, 2011, 04:44:00 PM
One good suggestion I've found I like, is letting others help keep them from just laying around. I'll pm my address to you  :)  and help with your dilemma. Or you can get another rack but I opt for the former. Take care merle
Title: Re: Too many bows not being used...
Post by: on April 25, 2011, 04:46:00 PM
My bow room was looking like the Noah's Ark for longbows until last year.  I had matching sets of a number of bows.  i went out shot them all and made choices of which ones of each pair i liked and why. then gave away the others. I still have two equal weight Robertsons but they are of different handle and limb materials and left and right handed.  Now all my other bows are at least now individuals.  Watch the man that just shoots one bow for many years with no changes, he more than likely knows how to use use it.
Title: Re: Too many bows not being used...
Post by: cacciatore on April 25, 2011, 05:03:00 PM
I agree with pavan about one bow man.said that I have a bow that I shoot the most at any distance,then other 3-6 bows that I shoot the same day.During the year I use everyone of my 90 loved along my 5 or 6 favourites.I keep my shooting with the different bows inside the 15 yards so there is little difference and it doesn't chance the way I shoot my to go bow.
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Post by: Night Wing on April 25, 2011, 05:41:00 PM
I only have two recurves and I play no favorites. I shoot both of them equally time wise even though the 37# bow is my favorite.
Title: Re: Too many bows not being used...
Post by: Pointer on April 25, 2011, 09:09:00 PM
Same issue here...seems I only shoot my Bear TD or one of my Wings from the '60s...I just gave my brother 2 of my Kodiaks...a '64 and '68 any my nephew a Blacktail...he and my nephew loved them and shot them really well...if it gets them to stick with trad archery its a good thing..
Title: Re: Too many bows not being used...
Post by: Plumber on April 25, 2011, 09:18:00 PM
dust them once a week/
Title: Re: Too many bows not being used...
Post by: Killdeer on April 25, 2011, 10:18:00 PM
I am hoarding them to keep demand high.

Killdeer   :jumper:
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Post by: David Mitchell on April 25, 2011, 10:25:00 PM
I'm with you Killie.   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Too many bows not being used...
Post by: on April 25, 2011, 10:30:00 PM
I have a friend that bought a Super K the first year they came out.  It was getting beat up after so many years of use and thought that I could give him one of the longbows i gave away last year.  he bought, at a garage sale, another Super K that was in perfect condition and same poundage, that was two years newer than the one he had.  I will not get into the $20 he paid for it.
Title: Re: Too many bows not being used...
Post by: illianabowhntr67 on April 25, 2011, 10:38:00 PM
Don't have this problem wish I did.Me and my old kodiak hunter are inseperable.I do have a couple longbows that may go up for sale.
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Post by: coaster500 on April 25, 2011, 10:53:00 PM
They're my hedge against inflation?
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Post by: copperhead95 on April 25, 2011, 10:55:00 PM
decoration. haha we use our extras for teaching people about archery, and the heavy ones for fun shooting.
Title: Re: Too many bows not being used...
Post by: Gordon martiniuk on April 25, 2011, 11:13:00 PM
I have that same problem I consider them a art form ,I am a Bowholic , that was easy , but truely would you pass up on a working piece of art  :wavey:
Title: Re: Too many bows not being used...
Post by: snakebit40 on April 25, 2011, 11:19:00 PM
Hey I'm new to trad. Don't you guys want to give somebody some bows to help get them started    :biglaugh:    :biglaugh:    :biglaugh:     but really I would help you out   :jumper:    I'm starting my collection too. I only have three and my wife thinks I have a problem!
Title: Re: Too many bows not being used...
Post by: Gene Gillis on April 26, 2011, 12:17:00 AM
Having so many bows that you don't use them all is simply part of the traditional bow DISEASE.  It simply never seems to go away. Good day and hope it gets better for you, because I haven't .
Title: Re: Too many bows not being used...
Post by: sawtoothscream on April 26, 2011, 12:18:00 AM
i traded one i didnt use much to try something else and the rst i look at, every so often i will fling some arrows.  when my custom comes i have a feeling a few bows wont see much action for some time
Title: Re: Too many bows not being used...
Post by: Blackstick on April 26, 2011, 12:42:00 AM
When the dollar gets devalued and the economy tanks, I will use mine for barter material.
Title: Re: Too many bows not being used...
Post by: Red Beastmaster on April 26, 2011, 08:09:00 AM
I switch bows every few days and only settle on one for the duration of deer season.
Title: Re: Too many bows not being used...
Post by: Guru on April 26, 2011, 08:21:00 AM
That's why I don't have a bunch....I'd rather spend the $$ to go hunting than have a bunch of bows laying around collecting dust   :campfire:  

I'm a hunter, not a collector....
Title: Re: Too many bows not being used...
Post by: vermonster13 on April 26, 2011, 08:24:00 AM
What is this "too many" thing of which you speak?
Title: Re: Too many bows not being used...
Post by: Bowwild on April 26, 2011, 09:19:00 AM
I have several pairs of pants, a few jackets, and 3-4 pairs of boots. (Yep, all the pants are cuffed --for all you hilarious folks that know me!).  I don't wear them all at the same time but I need them and my mood, weather, and destination affect my decision about what to wear.  (I have been known to wear multiple pairs of socks when the heels on my boots are too low.)

I have about 14 recurves--far fewer than some, 12 more than I owned this time last year, and at least one more than my lovely wife thinks I can't live without.  I often shoot 1-6 of them every day -- except during hunting season. A couple weeks out I pick one and that's it throughout the season.

I'm an exotic wood freak.  Shoot, I wouldn't be surprised if some day I don't have a rack of exotic wood veneers, all finished and slick--just to look at. (Naw, that sounds hokey, I'd prefer these woods were attached to working limbs.)

There are 2-3 bows I don't have that I might buy some day. I might even get rid of a couple of bows.  I've moved a few bows this past year.  While I missed those bows for a few days, I don't miss them now.  I have only one bow now that I could probably do without and I'm surprised it is in this category because it was one of the most difficult for me to find in my specs a couple of months ago.

I don't know what a collector is, except that my son has over 500 Superman comics (from his teen years about 20 years ago).  Each of my bows fits me, is at my hunting weight, and appeals to my aesthetic requisites.   Will my rack ever get reduced?  Maybe.  One of these days I could simply decide that aesthetics don't matter and that I just need a bow (and a back-up) that is bullet-proof and shoots as well as I can.
Title: Re: Too many bows not being used...
Post by: Flatshooter on April 26, 2011, 09:28:00 AM
After owning several bows, I decided to sell them off and keep what I liked most and shot most often. I now have a PSAX and a Blacktail Elite on order. Two bows are all I need and I can give them equal time. Love the exotic woods and attention that goes into a quality bow!!
Title: Re: Too many bows not being used...
Post by: kat on April 26, 2011, 09:53:00 AM
Although I have pared down my inventory, there are still a few that don't get shot much.
Fortunately, I have a grandson here from California that is taking an interest.  I dusted off a 51 pounder for him, and now it is going to get the best use possible.
Title: Re: Too many bows not being used...
Post by: GRINCH on April 26, 2011, 10:27:00 AM
You could always donate them to the st.judes auction.
Title: Re: Too many bows not being used...
Post by: SportHunter on April 26, 2011, 11:18:00 AM
Buying and selling bows seems to be part of getting into traditional archery. Some seem to accumulate quite a bit of inventory while others keep just a few favorites. I still buy mostly used bows to try, and try to sell some that don't fit me to buy others to try. Now I have a few favorites but am always looking to trade up a bit and refine my small collection to be comprised mostly of bows that I like to shoot which fit me well. My view is if I don't like to shoot a particular bow it might as well be cashed out to buy another bow that I might actually use.
Title: Re: Too many bows not being used...
Post by: reddogge on April 26, 2011, 11:23:00 AM
I have 12 vintage bows I shoot myself, 3 that are grandkids bows and a couple of mid 40#ers I'm planning on keeping for them as they get bigger and stronger. I just parted with two beautiful vintage Super Kodiaks because one was too heavy and one I just couldn't get attached to so didn't shoot it much. I sold it back to my friend who traded it to me. He had been wanting it back for a couple of years now so we are both happy.

I'm finding my interest in vintage bows is still strong but I do like the idea of bullet proof modern bows to shoot 3-D with so I just bought a used Hoyt Buffalo and will be looking for a used Widow and maybe a Border Black Douglas when I save up the funds.
Title: Re: Too many bows not being used...
Post by: trad_bowhunter1965 on April 26, 2011, 11:48:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Guru:
That's why I don't have a bunch....I'd rather spend the $$ to go hunting than have a bunch of bows laying around collecting dust    :campfire:  

I'm a hunter, not a collector....
Ditto