You can't do that to me, Jeff!  Who the heck am I going to buy my next bow from or sell my next bow to if you quit?

It's to much fun to quit!!!!!!

Hello...  My name is Rod...and... I buy bows...
The intro to the BBC (Bow Buyers Creed)

Jeff, it's not the end that we most desire. It's the journey we seek most. Let the journey continue my friend.  

yea me too:biglaugh: cheaper than trading wives,i have had one wife in 22 years and 100 bows in three years     but i am winding down my search as well! let's see how many Hill style bows there are can't be too many   :D

Just remember "Winners never quit and quiters never win!"

I got lucky and hit the right bow on the first try.  The problem is there are so many wood combinations.  My second Royal is being picked up this weekend at the Western States Rondevous. A man has to have a back up bow.  Tricia is ordering her third bow / wood combination there.  I have two more Royals in different wood combinations in mind that will be ordered over the next 14 months.  

When I break the costs down as a payment plan, it costs me $200 a month to keep the wife and I in a new bow every 7 months, and at 0% interest with the bowyer.  That is way cheaper than buying a new truck, larger boat, larger house, etc..... I am using my bow purchases to keep my spending in check.  

I am not a bow addict, I can quit whenever I want. ;-)  Lets not talk about my arrow collection though, that is the real problem!

With our sickness this is just another form of denial ! LOL.

Well I have pretty much narrowed it down to shooting about 6 bows out of the 40 or more I have here.

Bowfishing and 3ds that don't allow rest--Tradtech Titan
Hunting recurve and 3ds that do allow rest--- Gamemaster
3d and open country hunting hunting...70" 21st Century
short hunting bow and bad shoulder day bow--turkey creek
2 bamboo/osage bows for hunting and 3ds --62" and 70"

That is pretty much the cream of the crop I have come up with over the last decade. :)Will take something pretty special to replace one of these but the primitive bows are always subject to change when the mood hits to build another.   :D

I have been truely blessed to have the chance to own and try sooo many different bows (I honestly can't remember how many bows I have owned in the past...). Their are some that stand out and I wish I never let them go but then again, they paved the way for what's currently on my rack now. I will never stop trying different bows/designs but the current stable must either fund or backfill the $$$ required to purchase the new bow. I have been doing this for some time and it would take a heck of a bow to knock one out of the current lineup, at this point. But I never say never and enjoy the chase.

JL

I'm more of a bowaholic than a businessman so I figure if I donate a bow a year to St. Judes I can pick up at least one more each year.  This year's donation is a heavy Asbell Bighorn.  Eventually, I'd like to have a rack that I can look at I decide to just give money.  

Eddie Paulsgrove

"NO, WAIT I THOUGHT I WAS DONE!!! ( "

Jeff,

Believe it or not, I am done buying and trading bows.  The only thing I may do in the future is sell one or two when I get to the point that I can't walk through the woods or walk a 3-D course.  Unfortunately, the date is rushing toward me like an Amtrak train headed at me.

I've settled on three bows.  With the 150 or so bows I've bought, sold and/or traded over the last 9 years, I've settled on those 3 bows as the ones that best suit me and my shooting style.  They are a Schafer Silvertip, a Marriah Thermal and a Dale Stahl.  They are all 3-piece T/D recurves.  The Silvertip and Stahl are, or will be in the case of the Stahl, 62" bows.  The Thermal is 60".  The Thermal is 46#@28", the Silvertip is 48#@28" and I'm hoping the Stahl will be in the range of 46-47#@28".

A new set of Russian Olive limbs for the Silvertip arrived last Friday.  I haven't been able to shoot it yet because of two biopsies I had performed on my right shoulder and right forearm last Wednesday.  I had a biopsy performed on the shoulder about 6 weeks or so ago.  It came back pre-Melenoma, so I had to have another one done.

When the first one was done I asked my Doctor what I could do after he completed stitching me up.  He told me I couldn't power lift, but outside of that I could do anything I wanted to do and that the pain would allow me to do.  I went to The Archery Shop on the following Saturday and took my bow, arrows and shooting glove and armguard, oh year and my stringer.

Before I strung the bow I went to the back of the shop to the indoor range.  I stood at the line and went through the draw motion without the bow.  My elbow didn't get more than half way through the draw motion and my shoulder screamed at me "Don't do that!!"  Now I have two of them to deal with and the one on top of my forearm is actually causing me more pain than the one on top of my shoulder.  It is safe to say I won't be shooting my bow until after the stitches are removed and maybe even 10 days after that.

Bill

         Yeah right, Jeff          

Bill,
     Slow and steady wins the race.Let her heal.

                                    Craig

"I think I've found what I like in my bows, period"

Me too, Quality AND Quantity, OK gotta go find my next one....

Eric

Yeah and I'm from the government and I'm here to help you!  LOL  Ben

Your all in denial!Face up to it.Look real close in the mirror.Your not done.Whos kidding who here.

Me and a buddy thought we were done and gonna knock it off 4 weeks ago.He bought or traded for 4 more bows since then and I aquired 2 more myself I think?Maybe it was 3?Wait maybe 4?

I am done now though.Yaa, Right!

I was fine until I found this site

That is funny!

Remember This! "Who ever dies with the most toys, wins!"

... mike ...     ...