Biggest Gimmick
08-23-2006, 08:44 AM
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Western PA
Posts: 374
Biggest Gimmick
What's been the biggest gimmick you've fallen for when shopping for hunting accessories. Don't be embarassed we've all done it. Come on someone's got to be chewwing gum o flauge as you read this.
08-23-2006, 08:55 AM
#2
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Oct 1998
Location: Hughesville, PA USA
Posts: 18,322
RE: Biggest Gimmick
LOL, can't say I've fallen for anything, honest...as I sit and type and think[&:], there isn't anything coming to mind...
If someone mentions something I have, perhaps that'll start my brain...
And of course someone will jump on the ban wagaon of Scentloc/Blocker products, comon guys...don't go there.
If someone mentions something I have, perhaps that'll start my brain...
And of course someone will jump on the ban wagaon of Scentloc/Blocker products, comon guys...don't go there.
08-23-2006, 09:11 AM
#4
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Nekoosa Wi USA
Posts: 6,066
RE: Biggest Gimmick
The whole You should buy this and have that and all that other garbage, the Hunting Industry is a complete gimmick. A person doesnt need to buy anythign for hunting except his weapon of choice.
08-23-2006, 09:11 AM
#5
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: McDonough, GA
Posts: 754
RE: Biggest Gimmick
I thought of some that I fell for and then wised up! However. I'm going to remain silent because 'One man's gimmick might be another man's treasure!' I really don't want to cut a product that many of you may now use.
08-23-2006, 09:56 AM
#6
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Posts: 8
RE: Biggest Gimmick
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, 10:02 AM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: North Louisiana
Posts: 3,050
RE: Biggest Gimmick
I love to bow hunt, but the bows themselves are gimmicks. Do you really need an eight or nine hundred dollar bow to kill a deer. The industry knows hunters are going to eat the newer and improved bows up. Older bows are not obsolete. I would be willing to bet I can kill just as many deer with a $300.00 bow than any of you can kill with a $800.00 one. Is a bow really worth 8 or 9 hundred? To me no way. I still shoot a PSE Thunderbolt and kill all the deer I need. Too many get involved in the new technology hype with these so called better than ever bows. If you want to spend the extra dollars that is perfectly fine. Every hunter has his or her preference and I will never put down that person on what equipment he or she uses. Now I will say this, sometimes you get what you pay for and I probably would not buy a bow that is at the lowest rung of the ladder. Can I afford to buy a high dollar bow? Yes I can, but I prefer not to. My mid-price range bow works just fine. It's plenty fast enough and real quiet too. Just my opinion.
08-23-2006, 11:27 AM
#8
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Western PA
Posts: 374
RE: Biggest Gimmick
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?
