I feel awful, but what can I do?

slivrslingr · September 13, 2010, 07:15:00 AM

Give the ones that have sentimental value to family or friends that can appreciate them and sell the rest. Use the money for a hunt somewhere other than home. When it's time to ride in a hearse, those bows don't get to go with, but the memories of a far away hunt will last forever.

joekeith · September 13, 2010, 12:19:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by mahantango:
If that's the worst of your problems, consider yourself a lucky man.

I agree.......

Zradix · September 13, 2010, 02:28:00 PM

Is there a prospective hunter in your family that could use it with you?

DVSHUNTER · September 13, 2010, 03:08:00 PM

I only have a few glass bow. My first was a gift for being the best man in a wedding. It can't go. The second was the one I killed my first trad whitetail with. I'm thinking it would be a nice one to pass around. Then I have a longbow made for me as part of the tradgang bowyers bow swap, so that aint going anywhere, then there is the moab. I don't shoot it and would trade/sell it if given a chance. The others are selfbows that I shoot for a bit then give away.

September 13, 2010, 03:18:00 PM

Sounds to me like you do not have near enough self bows in your collection.

DVSHUNTER · September 13, 2010, 06:33:00 PM

I would have more in the collection, but I can't seem to keep them for myself!

Mudd · September 13, 2010, 07:22:00 PM

If you need to find a place for one of your selfbows that's 56" or longer and in the mid to upper 40's or very low 50's or need a reason to build one that looks anything like that.

I'd be happy to give one a home.

I like shooting all of my bows and have witnesses to that...lol

God bless,Mudd

Ragnarok Forge · September 13, 2010, 07:31:00 PM

Be ruthless on yourself. Sell most of them, keep one or two that have serious sentimental value and let go of the rest. It is very cathartic. Spend the cash on a hunting trip or something really nice for the wife.

Those bows can be in the hands of someone who will shoot them regularly and love them.

No piece of equipment was meant to hang on the wall. They were all meant to be used for their intended purpose.

Ringneck · September 13, 2010, 07:39:00 PM

Since getting my Border Black Douglas all my other bows just hang out on the rack. I'm saving them for my two boys.

warbird · September 13, 2010, 08:14:00 PM

I hear ya. I'm thinking about thining the herd a couple and ordering something new. I'm thinking a Treadway or Caribow. Start up the vicious circle again.

MERGANZER · September 13, 2010, 10:06:00 PM

What's the problem? I use three guns during the year but many more that sit in the cabinet all year. They all have a special part of me in some way so I keep em all. You must have a special attachment to them all or you would have rid yourself of them already. Keep em for now, when the time is right you will know. Maybe you will sell em, trade em or find a special person who you think deserves one. Either way you will know but for now enjoy them all.

Ganzer

Dustin Waters · September 14, 2010, 11:13:00 AM

this might be an obscure reference but its from one of my favorite movies.

"ugh well candlesticks always make a nice gift, or a nice place setting would work. Okay? Okay lets get two."

Don't know why that popped into my head but it did.