Trad Gang

Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Dan bree on February 02, 2014, 02:54:00 PM

Title: Bowaholic
Post by: Dan bree on February 02, 2014, 02:54:00 PM
I'm Dan and I'm a bowaholic!    Got my miller in but in the meantime  I'm waiting for my North Star. Myrtle riser boo lams burle maple veneers .  And a jet  tiger maple riser yew over boo.    Life is good. ,
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: Tradcat on February 02, 2014, 03:09:00 PM
My name is Steve aka "Tradcat" and I'm a bow-aholic too ! My current "stash" is a GN Bushbow, cocobolo riser with red elm limbs 62" 55# @ 27" and a Robertson Purist 64" 58# @ 26" and, coming soon, a JD Berry Taipan, Morningstar or Vixen. I can't decide what my next "drink" will be... I NEED HELP ! Maybe a 12 bow program will help ? Anybody got a couch I can sleep on ? LOL
                                       Tradcat
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: Keith Zimmerman on February 02, 2014, 03:14:00 PM
My name is Keith.  Im a bowaholic. I cant help it.  But I dont want to be cured:)
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: Paul_R on February 02, 2014, 03:18:00 PM
My name's Paul and I'm a bowaholic and I've been called a lot worse!
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: Danny Rowan on February 02, 2014, 03:19:00 PM
When you have owned over 200 bows you can call yourself a bowaholic, LOL, a couple don't count. I resemble that remark. I cannot even remember all the bows I have ever owned, makes my head hurt just thinking about it,LOL.
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: on February 02, 2014, 03:31:00 PM
There is a cure for being a bowaholic.  I have it and it is going make my other bows become dust collectors. I need to thin the herd again, but my wife says that I am not giving away anymore bows.  I was up to twenty some then down to four then up to twelve. I am only going to shoot the one until it dies or I die.
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: Dan bree on February 02, 2014, 03:36:00 PM
Hey pavin  what's the one?
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: cacciatore on February 02, 2014, 04:56:00 PM
I am worst than Danny,as many bows but all still on my stable.   :banghead:
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: LongStick64 on February 02, 2014, 06:03:00 PM
I'm in remission, I won't buy another, but that doesn't stop me from making them.....different type of addiction.
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: pamike on February 02, 2014, 09:25:00 PM
Well I feel better - I thought I had a problem but guess not....still under 50 bows owned and only 11 in stable now. Guess I better get to buying and selling!!!!
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: MCNSC on February 02, 2014, 09:42:00 PM
I have found a cure, at least temporarily. A keep looking at the classifieds but have been able to resist buying for a while. My secret .... Working on building my own.   But that may be like an acololic with a still.    :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: Keith Zimmerman on February 02, 2014, 09:42:00 PM
Mike, your still a bowaholic:)
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: PopeandYoung_51 on February 03, 2014, 12:55:00 AM
I'm Coltin and I have a.....200!?! Dam! I guess I don't have a problem. I'm actually kind of a sissy.  ;)
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: Shakes.602 on February 03, 2014, 09:11:00 AM
The  ONLY  Cure is:  NO MONEY!!!    :(   But you are in some Good Company anyway!!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: JDBerry on February 03, 2014, 10:49:00 AM
MCNSC, building your own does knot help...trust me.  jA MEs
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: Norminator on February 03, 2014, 01:49:00 PM
Hi, my name is Norm. I have thousands of dollars worth of muzzle loaders, rifles, compounds and reloading equipment all locked up and dusty cause I got a devloved an addiction thing for forty year old bows.
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: MCNSC on February 03, 2014, 02:16:00 PM
I am not a boeahollic and I do not have a problem.   Honest  I can quit anytime I want, I have quit many times in the past.
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: tippit on February 03, 2014, 04:53:00 PM
I'm worse than Danny...but this new math is too much to think about.  Just have fun.  Y'all could be into more dangerous avenues like fast cars and fast...well whatever  :)
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: Bud B. on February 03, 2014, 05:56:00 PM
Clearly you guys don't understand. If there is no problem to admit to, then there is no problem....right?

I do not have a problem.

  (http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f94/Equismith/100_9514.jpg) (http://s45.photobucket.com/user/Equismith/media/100_9514.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: Keefer on February 03, 2014, 06:13:00 PM
Hello my name is Keith I'm not a bowaholic BUT my buddy 1/4 Away Fred is and he needs help...   :laughing:
  Sorry Fred but somebody's got to help you...
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: Keefer on February 03, 2014, 06:34:00 PM
All in fun Fred...   :scared:    :knothead:
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: 1/4 away on February 03, 2014, 07:10:00 PM
Keith , bowaholic sounds so harsh, I prefer to think of myself as a bow connoisseur ......:0)
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: Pine on February 03, 2014, 07:12:00 PM
I think I am cured .

I am going to sell one of my bows and not buy another one .   :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: Sam McMichael on February 03, 2014, 08:35:00 PM
I am making progress on my addiction, I think. I have reached the end of the "must have" bow list. The only problem is that it now brings me to the "I want" list, which is a mighty long one.
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: MCNSC on February 03, 2014, 11:58:00 PM
I am not a boeahollic and I do not have a problem.   Honest  I can quit anytime I want, I have quit many times in the past.
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: Bowhunter4life on February 04, 2014, 12:53:00 AM
I truthfully have had more different kinds of bows then I can remember...  A guy has to try them to see if he likes them... right???

I'm actually in a "Thin the herd" mode for the most part... I've found my bow, or style of bow anyway... that works for me...  Low grip Widow T/D curves with SBD strings... And with the same working limb on all... 60" MA/PMA, 58" SA/PSA, or 56" PCH... basically the same limbs on all just different riser lengths... They all shoot the same for me, and that is what I'm sticking to... for the most part...

Although, right now I've got one trade working for a 56", 56# Timberghost...  Which will make it in the low 60# range at my draw... Had to make the deal after all the great reviews on that bow...  Have to see one for myself...  Can't fault a guy for that can ya???

But, the thinning will continue, and the way the market is now... I can see some trades possibly happening...  But, just a warning to you all... I'll be picky, as I'm pretty set in the style of bow I'll be looking for!  ;)  

But, ya, I don't have a problem...  ;)
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: Fattony77 on February 04, 2014, 03:21:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Shakes.602:
The  ONLY  Cure is:  NO MONEY!!!     :(    But you are in some Good Company anyway!!   :thumbsup:  
I'm a bowaholic that can't afford to support his habit.  :banghead:  So for now it's just the three that I have, but I'm trying to figure out a way to get a TimberGhost, too.

I hope that there won't be an intervention...  :eek:    :nono:
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: hybridbow hunter on February 04, 2014, 02:57:00 PM
I swore I wouldn't buy another one but I am so diseased     :banghead:  


    (http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx225/hybridbowhunter/image_zps9dd5d5db.jpg) (http://s758.photobucket.com/user/hybridbowhunter/media/image_zps9dd5d5db.jpg.html) .   (http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx225/hybridbowhunter/image_zps8b565d71.jpg) (http://s758.photobucket.com/user/hybridbowhunter/media/image_zps8b565d71.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: ghoster808 on February 04, 2014, 04:03:00 PM
I Cold turkeyed buying bows. Now I'm a limbaholic! And a dabbling riserholic. Seems like the methadone system of bowaholicism.
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: on February 04, 2014, 04:41:00 PM
Just tell yourself that you are no longer collecting bows, you are just collecting pretty wood. Once you have a bow that shoots best for you, that you will not ever wear it out and you stopped thinking that a different bow will fix everything and that you have come to know that fixing yourself comes first, you will be cured. My addiction is to assemble two dozen of the most perfectly matched for spine, staightness and weight, perfectly grained cedar arrows possible. I have a feeling that I will have a lot of pheasant arrows before I am done.
Title: Re: Bowaholic
Post by: tkytrac on February 04, 2014, 05:21:00 PM
Gee, people make fun of me and I only have 40! Cripe! That is not counting the one that is currently on order from River Raisin Bows. When I think I have enough I start buying them for my wife, my kid, by grand kid, the neighbor......LOL.