How did I come out on this deal?

tomsm44 · January 16, 2014, 03:48:00 PM

Driving through a small town near where I work today, I saw a sign for a yard sale. It said "hunting and fishing gear" on the sign and, even though I usually ignore these, I decided to swing in and see if I might find one of those rediculously trad bow deals I always hear about on here. Well, no luck there except for a busted up PSE TD with a delaminates limb, but he did have a couple other things that caught my eye. First is a Neet leathe back quiver. Not a high end quiver, but I didn't have one yet and even this cheap model is still around $65 new and from looking at the inside of the leather and the foam in the bottom, I don't there's ever been an arrow in this one. He also had a box full of used broadheads. I dug around in it (very carefully) and amongst all of the expandables, broken blades, and old cheap three blades, I found 5 Simmons Original Interceptors and a small box containing 7 Simmons bleeder blades. They have some light rust on the sharpened edges but don't look like they have ever been shot. A little resharpening should take care of the rust. And my grand total for the visit came up to $15. I'm going to check with a game warden that lives in my home town to make sure I can legally use these since they are considered to be "barbed". Can't find anything in our reg manual about barbed heads but I want to make sure. Here's a pic of my $15 shopping spree.

Flying Dutchman · January 16, 2014, 03:56:00 PM

Looks like a mighty fine deal to me!

HawkeyeArcher · January 16, 2014, 03:56:00 PM

Nice job! you'll have to let us know how that quiver works for you, i've looked at 'em online, and been considering one. Looks good!

wooddamon1 · January 16, 2014, 04:16:00 PM

Nice, good deal!

tomsm44 · January 16, 2014, 04:27:00 PM

I'll update on the quiver, but since I've never used a back quiver before, I'm not sure that I can give a fair review.

On the broadheads, I'm currently shooting a 150 gr head on a 60-70 carbon arrow from a 53# bow. These are 190 gr. how hard do you guys think it'll be to get these to tune? I'm hoping that the stiff carbon arrows won't be too picky and will shoot the heavier heads without too much trouble.

riverrat 2 · January 16, 2014, 06:42:00 PM

SCORE!! my wife always hollers at me for stopping at yard sales. I got a nice Mckenzie deer a couple years back for 15 bucks. I was laughing my arse off loading it into the truck. I do like a good bargain. Congrats Matt,you did real good. rat'

Jayrod · January 16, 2014, 06:56:00 PM

Great steal there ..CONGRATS!

Cyclic-Rivers · January 16, 2014, 07:10:00 PM

I think you did good!

Cant help you with the tuning but say try a few shots, see what happens.

varmint101 · January 16, 2014, 07:19:00 PM

Looks good to me!

rick7 · January 16, 2014, 07:46:00 PM

you did great

tomsm44 · January 16, 2014, 07:50:00 PM

Shot the broadheads this evening. Flew straight and hit right where the 150s hit out to 15 yards despite being 40 gr heavier. I don't shoot much past that anyway and that is my absolute max on a deer right now.

Matt Toms

January 16, 2014, 08:37:00 PM

I'd say you did good!

Bisch

fujimo · January 16, 2014, 11:43:00 PM

i think you got ripped off...
but maybe i could help you out- make things easier for you- how bout i send $7.50, and i will take those rusty old broadheads off your hands!! :D

i think you got a smoking deal!

Matty · January 16, 2014, 11:54:00 PM

Man you made out for sure.

tomsm44 · January 17, 2014, 08:49:00 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by fujimo:
i think you got ripped off...
but maybe i could help you out- make things easier for you- how bout i send $7.50, and i will take those rusty old broadheads off your hands!! :D

i think you got a smoking deal!

I got them cleaned up and sharpened last night. Need to do a little more stropping after work today. If I find out that I can't use barbed heads here, I'll send them to you for free.

Matt

hitman · January 18, 2014, 09:00:00 AM

Pretty good find I would say.

Stump73 · January 18, 2014, 09:51:00 AM

I wish I could come across deals like that

T-Bowhunter · January 18, 2014, 03:03:00 PM

Great Deal!

2 edges · January 18, 2014, 05:29:00 PM

Touchdown!