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How long?
06-29-2007, 05:45 AM
#21
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,102
RE: How long?
I have had my Ultratec for 5 years and will shoot it for as long as it lasts.While I love new bows and there was a time when I purchased new every two years,I hate the beating you take when you try to sell the thing.
06-29-2007, 07:07 AM
#23
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location:
Posts: 7,571
RE: How long?
Tough question for me. I usually don't sell many of my bows unless I really don't like them. Right now I haveseven bows which are all capable of taking deer. The one that I'm feeling most comfortable with when hunting season rolls around is the one that I'll use. I put 5 plus years for the answer since three of them are older then that, one being 40 and another being 33.
06-29-2007, 07:20 AM
#27
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Northern Illinoise
Posts: 2,464
RE: How long?
This will be my third year using my '05 Allegiance, and probably the last. I was going to try and pick up a Guardian this year, but decided to stick it out for one more with this bow. It did me well last year and have some sentimental value. Hopefully I'll whack a few more with it this fall before retiring it to backup duty.
06-29-2007, 07:26 AM
#28
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location:
Posts: 1,927
RE: How long?
IADeerHunter16,
Do what I did and switch to recurves. If you still want all your gadgets try one of the metal riser recurves like the Hoyt Gamemaster or a DAS Kinetic. Anyway, I put 5+ because I usually hold on to a bow for as long as it lasts. I may change to a different one sooner than that because I'm fairly new to the traditional and I'm still finding out what I like and don't like. So it may take me a few bows to settle in. But once I do I'm usually a one bow man. I'm also planning on making a few recurves. It's suprising how possible it is for a person to make their own bow and use it to hunt.
Do what I did and switch to recurves. If you still want all your gadgets try one of the metal riser recurves like the Hoyt Gamemaster or a DAS Kinetic. Anyway, I put 5+ because I usually hold on to a bow for as long as it lasts. I may change to a different one sooner than that because I'm fairly new to the traditional and I'm still finding out what I like and don't like. So it may take me a few bows to settle in. But once I do I'm usually a one bow man. I'm also planning on making a few recurves. It's suprising how possible it is for a person to make their own bow and use it to hunt.
06-29-2007, 07:51 AM
#30
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: RI
Posts: 3,073
RE: How long?
My bow is an '03. There's nothing wrong with it, so I'm going to keep using it. I was planning to get a new bow this season and keep the old one as a backup, but I'm in the process of buying a new house so I decided to save the $$ for house related stuff.