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Does anyone take a back up bow with them?

Started by Sean B, May 28, 2012, 03:24:00 PM

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#20
May 28, 2012, 09:14:00 PM
Planning for the unexpected in dealing with a primary component, especially in this case, may prove to be a most prudent decision.
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#21
May 28, 2012, 09:34:00 PM
Went on an elk hunt once. Took 2 sets of limbs. Guess what, the handle broke!
Time spent alone in the woods puts you closer to God.

"Can't" never accomplished anything.

ron w

#22
May 28, 2012, 09:39:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by joe skipp:
I always carry a backup bow(T/D Recurves)or an extra set of limbs for the bow. Never leave home without a backup bow or extra set of limbs.
What Joe said..........never needed it yet but you never know!
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's there are few...So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind...This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.  Shunryu Suzuki

Biathlonman

#23
May 28, 2012, 09:49:00 PM
You all have just about given me enough of an excuse to buy another set of limbs...lol.

jcar315

#24
May 28, 2012, 09:50:00 PM
I follow the ol' American Express moto: "Don't leave home without it."

Always an extra bow with limbs and an extra string (already shot in) along with "extra" arrows JIC.....
Proud Dad to two awesome Kids and a very passionate pig hunter.

Right handed but left eye dominant.

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stagetek

#25
May 28, 2012, 09:56:00 PM
Always...you never know.

huntmaster80

#26
May 28, 2012, 11:40:00 PM
i would!!! never know whats going to happen

Bjorn

#27
May 28, 2012, 11:53:00 PM
I have 2 identical ACS CX takedowns and extra strings always along.
Don't want to go as bowhunter and become a camper!   :laughing:    :laughing:

smokin feathers

#28
May 28, 2012, 11:56:00 PM
always if i am going very far from home. have never needed one but you never know. its 6 1/2 hours to my furtherest lease and there is nothing around there to do with archery for 100 miles!!
Smoke

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#29
May 29, 2012, 12:10:00 AM
My pignut hickory self bow. Left and right handed so it works no matter which bow I have as my primary.

Wickles

#30
May 29, 2012, 01:05:00 AM
Always, with a couple 2 or 3 strings.. You never know what's going to happen.

amar911

#31
May 29, 2012, 05:30:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by The Vanilla Gorilla:
Not me.  2 weeks in Australia with 1 bow.  I did take an extra string tho.
Same here.

Allan
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hayslope

#32
May 29, 2012, 06:18:00 AM
ALWAYS!!!!
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YORNOC

#33
May 29, 2012, 06:19:00 AM
Absolutely
David M. Conroy

Night Wing

#34
May 29, 2012, 06:31:00 AM
I always carry a backup bow on package hunts and/or on hunts on private land which I've been invited to and which is far from my home.
Blacktail TD Recurve: 66", 42# @ 30". Arrow: 32", 2212. PW: 75 Grains. AW: 421 Grains. GPP: 10.02
Blacktail TD Recurve: 66", 37# @ 30". Arrow: 32", 2212. PW: 75 Grains. AW: 421 Grains. GPP: 11.37

bowgy

#35
May 29, 2012, 12:44:00 PM
Once my hunting partner backed his truck up over his bow while we were hunting elk.  So since then I've always had a back up case of" backups"  or whatever.  Also an extra stretched string.

David Mitchell

#36
May 29, 2012, 02:31:00 PM
Hope you guys who only take one bow don't have happen what happened to my buddy as mentioned above--your Australian hunt might be over.  Of course you righties always have options not available to guys who shoot lefty.  :(
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#37
May 29, 2012, 02:38:00 PM
always have a backup on a trip.  i have 2 identicle of my go to bow(s) (widow psax) just for this reason.  a great trip can turn into a disaster quickly if only one bow was brought!

GRAYBEARD

#38
May 29, 2012, 02:43:00 PM
Extra limbs and 2 extra shot-in strings
TGMM Family of the Bow; Make every heartbeat a party, the next one is not guaranteed!

elkken

#39
May 29, 2012, 03:01:00 PM
I have done both, depends on the remoteness of the trip. I did have some limb bolts strip on me on a back country elk hunt once and I had a spare bow with me thankfully. And I always have extra strings in my pack that are ready to go with nock point and silencers.
Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good

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