Talk me off the ledge
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If you're willing to let someone talk to you off the edge.... you better just keep it..
No real sentimental value. I bought it used, put a custom paint job on it, and dressed it up to my liking. It's a great bow.
Not in dire straits for money or anything like that. I just don't see myself using it much and I'm starting to get sick of looking at things I don't use. I just figure I could get a decent price for it now. Maybe later I won't be able to?
Last season I got that feeling a time or two, where I talked myself into taking the compound "just in case" a big boy hung up at 30+ yards. I just don't feel that desire anymore. If a deer is at 40 yards, I guess I just need to do a better job getting closer.
You never asked! I have plenty of stories... both compound and trad gear. I'm just not usually one to throw the stories out there all willy-nilly. And I'm still relatively new to trad gear hunting, so my list of stories with it is still fairly short.
I do have a crossbow that I can use as a spare if necessary. So I wouldn't be at a total loss without a compound.
Warner has at least 13-14 years before he's wearing my camo, and maybe more before he's sitting in one of my hang-on stands. I just don't like the idea of mothballing a bunch of gear for another decade...watching it use up valuable space. I have a ridiculous amount of camo garments now, and I also have no shortage of treestands. Hell, I've got 3 separate mobile setups for crying out loud. LOL
Buy a recurve. This is the opposite mang!You just told me at Logan to get one, now your looking to get rid of yours... smdh.
Fuck no. I got rid of that blood-thirsty demon when I bought this Strother!
That's a good point. I can't say I'm 100% I'd be okay with selling it. It is a great bow that shoots absolute laser beams. But I don't know... The more time that goes on, the more I get sick of looking at clutter in my garage. I just figured that if I sell this one, and if I ever get the desire or need to switch back to a compound, I'll go buy a new one and upgrade. We'll see I guess.
I do appreciate all the different opinions and perspectives on this. Keep them coming, either for or against.
Well...at the rate my boys are into it. Shoot me a price if you decide to go that way. I have zero desire or want to buy anything new. I do feel like I need to do something to be part of them shooting bows. And buying a bow that I know is dialed in would force me to focus on me, not the bow.
Keep it.
And the arrows.
And release.
And all the other shit you're invested in.
Give it to the boy.
And the arrows.
And release.
And all the other shit you're invested in.
Give it to the boy.
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It's not a ledge ,it's a step .Step forward or back,your choice.
Thunderflight
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Unless its really old I would recommend keeping it. Back in 2005 I sold my Mathews SQ2 because I was going to be a trad shooter for life. Fast forward almost ten years and I used a compound bow Geezer gave me on my WY antelope hunt. I needed to be able to shoot at least 40 yards at a small target and ended up killing my goat at 45 yards. After I retired from the Marine Corps I had to get a real job and quickly found that I just didn't have the time used to have to practice. My life priorities had also changed which moved shooting my recurve daily to a lower priority. I also started elk hunting and after several trips with my recurve I decided I'd start using a compound bow.
The compound I had from WY was a 50lb Bowtech Liberty. It was plenty for deer and antelope but a bit lite for elk. I bought a 2013 Hoyt Carbon Element and have been happy ever since. However if I had kept my SQ2 I'd have saved over to $1000.
When I was strictly trad I used to put a lot of myself when getting ready to take a shot at a live animal. When I didn't have time to think I always hit my mark, but if I had time to think about it the fear of wounding really got in my head. Also I have wounded, lost, and missed far more animals with a traditional bow than I have a compound. Not having that stress has definitely impacted my enjoyment of bow hunting.
I still like to shoot traditional. I'd also would like to hunt with one again soon. I had planned on doing it this year, but in mid June I had a REALLY bad fall on some wet steps and landed on my left arm. Luckily nothing was broken, but I bruised the muscles really bad and it is taking a long time to recover. Hopefully I'll be able to shoot a full weight bow by the end of August. However I doubt I'll have time to get back into shooting shape enough to hunt with a traditional bow by the deer season opener. I'm really hoping I don't have to use a string gun. I'll never hear the end of that...… LOL
Keep the bow. You never know what life is going to throw at you.
The compound I had from WY was a 50lb Bowtech Liberty. It was plenty for deer and antelope but a bit lite for elk. I bought a 2013 Hoyt Carbon Element and have been happy ever since. However if I had kept my SQ2 I'd have saved over to $1000.
When I was strictly trad I used to put a lot of myself when getting ready to take a shot at a live animal. When I didn't have time to think I always hit my mark, but if I had time to think about it the fear of wounding really got in my head. Also I have wounded, lost, and missed far more animals with a traditional bow than I have a compound. Not having that stress has definitely impacted my enjoyment of bow hunting.
I still like to shoot traditional. I'd also would like to hunt with one again soon. I had planned on doing it this year, but in mid June I had a REALLY bad fall on some wet steps and landed on my left arm. Luckily nothing was broken, but I bruised the muscles really bad and it is taking a long time to recover. Hopefully I'll be able to shoot a full weight bow by the end of August. However I doubt I'll have time to get back into shooting shape enough to hunt with a traditional bow by the deer season opener. I'm really hoping I don't have to use a string gun. I'll never hear the end of that...… LOL
Keep the bow. You never know what life is going to throw at you.
I sold mine and never have wanted to go back J.B.
Just get so much enjoyment shooting the stickbow.
I wouldn't even get excited picking up a compound again.
I believe i told you once the only way to go all in is not having the compound laying there tempting you.
Alot of guys that say they are hunting with the stickbow always seem to go back to their wheelie bows after they have to let a good one walk cause it was out of stickbow range.
Decisions decisions.Lol
You know what you wanna do.
Just get so much enjoyment shooting the stickbow.
I wouldn't even get excited picking up a compound again.
I believe i told you once the only way to go all in is not having the compound laying there tempting you.
Alot of guys that say they are hunting with the stickbow always seem to go back to their wheelie bows after they have to let a good one walk cause it was out of stickbow range.
Decisions decisions.Lol
You know what you wanna do.
what was presented in this podcast that would make you want to sell your compound? I've seen this scenario play out many times with friends and acquaintances. has your commitment to classical archery really been tested yet? I'm not questioning your commitment, but until you have to let a big one walk at 20-30 yards, or worse, miss him at 10 yards or worse still, wound one, then maybe it's a good idea to hold onto that wheelie bow. most guys run back to their compound pretty fast when shit goes sideways with their trad bow. just sayin'. I sold my last compound bow in 1986. have never thought twice about it, but I never really enjoyed shooting one in the first place and I hated carrying the damn thing even more.
contrary to what most of you would expect from me, I'd say it would be wise to hold on to it for a few more years. Hoot told me once that it takes five years of 100% traditional bowhunting before he'd be convinced that somebody is fully committed to it. based on that wisdom and my own observation of how many people I've seen all gung-ho for a couple years, then it gets to be too much work, or they don't have time to practice, or they just cannot let them walk at 30 yards, or they simply do not enjoy it, or whatever. not a thing wrong with going both ways, but for me, either you is or you ain't.
contrary to what most of you would expect from me, I'd say it would be wise to hold on to it for a few more years. Hoot told me once that it takes five years of 100% traditional bowhunting before he'd be convinced that somebody is fully committed to it. based on that wisdom and my own observation of how many people I've seen all gung-ho for a couple years, then it gets to be too much work, or they don't have time to practice, or they just cannot let them walk at 30 yards, or they simply do not enjoy it, or whatever. not a thing wrong with going both ways, but for me, either you is or you ain't.
The guest, Aaron Snyder, laid out his journey in switching to traditional archery from being a long time compound hunter and I thought it was pretty damn cool. Basically he killed a ton of critters from stupid distances, and then took a bunch of criticism from trad archers, essentially saying to him "let's see you do that with a stickbow, tough guy." So he decided to go all in, selling every piece of compound archery equipment he owned, and to this day has killed a butt load of critters with a recurve... In a very short amount of time (< 5 years). I don't care about killing a lot of game. I just think it's cool, the thought of getting rid of everything else and hitting the reset button.
I really value your input on this Jamie, along with everyone else's too. I especially value the part you mentioned about talking with Hoot. And it makes a lot of sense to me when reading it. Maybe I'm jumping the gun here. Maybe keeping it a few more years "just to be sure" isn't such a bad idea after all. Because you're right... No, I haven't really been tested yet. I haven't had a bad experience yet with the stickbow. I think I'll be fine with letting Mr Big walk by at 30 yards. Wounding an animal will certainly bother me much more than that. I hope I don't experience that but I understand it simply comes with the territory. We'll see how this season goes I guess.
Thanks guys.
Would taking the string off and boxing it up maybe help? At that point the bow is “stored” and not readily available. Might take on a different feeling about having it around. It officially becomes a page in the book at that point.
Interesting idea! That would be a solid alternative. Anyone have experience storing an unstrung compound for an extended period of time? Any major reason not to? I would be slightly hesitant to try it with this bow. As "fun" as it is to tune a Strother, I'd be worried it wouldn't be the same bow when I do restring it.
I understand exactly where you are coming from. I started shooting a recurve last year. Was hooked immediately. Since the end of last season I put the compound in the basement. Pondered selling it but decided not too in case I go out west. I will say I have zero interest in shooting it right now. We will see if that continues once I spend some time in the stand.
I vote keep it but put it away.
I vote keep it but put it away.
I like Jamie’s rational. I’ve kept nearly every bow I’ve had except for the Bear Polar Whitetail(almost just like regular WT) and a recurve I bought off of Pennsylvania Warehouse,(who remembers that great place?) that had a twisted limb.
I hope to mount them on my basement walls if I ever finish the mo fo someday. Lol
I hope to mount them on my basement walls if I ever finish the mo fo someday. Lol
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I’m not an opinion you want to follow... I have a bad bow disease