Biggest Gimmick
08-23-2006, 01:58 PM
#11
Spike
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Michigan
Posts: 62
RE: Biggest Gimmick
A few years back I bought a deer sling for dragging deer. Now I'm sure there are plenty of good products like this one out there, but this was junk. I didn't pay much attention in the store to the rope diameter otherwise I wouldn't have bought it. The rope was maybe 3/8" and I tried to drag a 170lb buck I shot with it. That rope kept stretching and stretching. Ended up grabbing the antlers and throwing the rope away when I got home.
08-23-2006, 02:10 PM
#12
Dominant Buck
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ramsey , Indiana
Posts: 22,545
RE: Biggest Gimmick
ORIGINAL: FOP23
I thought this post would give us each some time to laugh at ourselves, but it seems that most don't want to offend anyone which was not my intention. Come on who's hunting with the cough silencer?
I thought this post would give us each some time to laugh at ourselves, but it seems that most don't want to offend anyone which was not my intention. Come on who's hunting with the cough silencer?
]The biggest gimmick I've ever bought and regretted was a carbon based "scent hiding" suit , I won't specify the brand due to site rules against bashing advertisers . The confidence boost was great , but it didn't make me a better hunter .
08-23-2006, 03:05 PM
#14
Site Buck Guru
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Racine, Wisconsin
Posts: 5,922
RE: Biggest Gimmick
ORIGINAL: NE BeeKeeper
I'm going to go in a slightly different direction and say Bowhunting Magazines. Yes, I buy them and I even renewedmy subscription to Deer and Deer Hunting Magazine for the third year in a row now.For the most part, the stories are the same year after year, just different authors (sometimes), and different pictures. There are only so many "Greatest Tree Stand locations" and only so many "Proven Rut Tactics" out there, and only so much that can be said about scent control and wind conditions. And, to top it off,most of us still hunt the same way, in the same place, at the same time regardless of what we read. Just my 2 cents.
I'm going to go in a slightly different direction and say Bowhunting Magazines. Yes, I buy them and I even renewedmy subscription to Deer and Deer Hunting Magazine for the third year in a row now.For the most part, the stories are the same year after year, just different authors (sometimes), and different pictures. There are only so many "Greatest Tree Stand locations" and only so many "Proven Rut Tactics" out there, and only so much that can be said about scent control and wind conditions. And, to top it off,most of us still hunt the same way, in the same place, at the same time regardless of what we read. Just my 2 cents.
08-23-2006, 03:13 PM
#15
Site Buck Guru
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Racine, Wisconsin
Posts: 5,922
RE: Biggest Gimmick
I'm really not much into gimmicks. Hard work and persistence seems to pay off. I can't think of one that I've bought. However, the biggest gimmick I ever saw, was the double arrow rest. Double your killing power by shooting 2 arrows at once![:-]
08-23-2006, 03:16 PM
#17
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Northwoods of WI
Posts: 990
RE: Biggest Gimmick
I had to think for awhile because I have a lot of crap. But I tell my wife I need it all. But the biggest gimmick I had was a sent bottle that you strapped to your ankle. I don't think I bought it, at least I hope I didn't, but now that I think about it I fear I did. But I digress, it didn't stay on and I mademore noise trying to get into the woods with that thing on. i was always trying to see if I could see if it was working. For a skinny person it probably isn't to hard to see the back of your boots whn you walk, but for a fatty like myself it was like trying to do yoga. the idea behind it was it would drop sent as you walked. I gave it to my dad and he is so out of touch with reality that he thought it was the coolest thing since microwave popcorn. He is a simple man.
08-23-2006, 03:32 PM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: MN USA
Posts: 1,489
RE: Biggest Gimmick
ORIGINAL: Copper31
He is a simple man.
He is a simple man.
I am in the developing stages on cutting edge technology for silencing farts, or as we at Silent Killer Inc. like to call it, the Gas Mask. It isa insulated polymer bag with a 1/2" diameter tube coming out of the top. Instructions on what to do with the tube is included in the 158 page instruction manual included with the product. This marvel of hunting technology can be yours for the low low price of 8 installments of $49.99 (offer not valid in alaska or Hawaii)
08-23-2006, 03:41 PM
#19
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blossvale, New York
Posts: 21,199
RE: Biggest Gimmick
Yup, I bought the silent whistle, suppose to be high pitched and make them shock gobble. Well I blew that thing for 2 days and never had a bird respond to it. Since I can't hear, and besides it was suppose to be above the human ear range, I don't know if it made a sound or not. The only sound I heard was me gasping for air after a few attempts to exhale the air from my lungs through a 1/8 inch tube.LOL
One of the stupidest gimmicks I've seen in a while is that stupid Steady Ready that Knight and Hale are trying to push. They came up with it of course so it's in every shot. I saw Mr Hale in one video almost poke a hole through his spleen tryiing to get that thing mounted on his hip. He had to do a reload, cock, shuffle do hickey to get it done. I almost fell off the sofa.
OK, other useless things I bought, pin on leaves, a blind for my stand that folds up, Green Undies( [8D]),
One of the stupidest gimmicks I've seen in a while is that stupid Steady Ready that Knight and Hale are trying to push. They came up with it of course so it's in every shot. I saw Mr Hale in one video almost poke a hole through his spleen tryiing to get that thing mounted on his hip. He had to do a reload, cock, shuffle do hickey to get it done. I almost fell off the sofa.
OK, other useless things I bought, pin on leaves, a blind for my stand that folds up, Green Undies( [8D]),