Skip to main content
Help Center Community Shop

Compound Bow ?

dav1965
My daughters pawn shop has way too many bows and her boss said to get rid of them. I bought 5 for 25 dollars.

I am left handed and shoot right handed but i am left eye dominite so all i can do is point and shoot. I am decent and can hit a cardboard deer at about 20 yards. However i will never bow hunt because i can not put all the shots in the kill area but just in the deer.

I have 2 bows already so now i have 7 what would be the best way to store them. I need to put the bows in my shop outside.

I might buy a few more just to put up.
0

Comments

6 comments

Date Votes
  • hillbille
    If you plan to put them up for a long time I would unstring them. though I don't know why, around here you paid about what they are worth, bows are like computers, they are constantly being replaced/outdated every year. not sure if you could give an old bow away let alone sell it around here. you may ask around and see if there are any local kids shooting clubs, or give the local DNR a call and ask them about donating them to a shooting club for kids, or any local kids who may be in a needy way and wanting to take up hunting. the longer they sit in your shop the less likely they would be safe to shoot in a few years let alone get anything out of them to sell them. no more than you have in em,I would donate them now to a kid who could use them.
    0
  • jimdeere
    Please do not allow anyone to draw them until checked out by a competent bow smith. An exploding bow is as bad as an exploding gun.
    0
  • wpageabc
    People are buying crossbows now.

    Pricess and demand for compound bows is down. Unless your a collector. Or they are the cam type compound bow.
    0
  • dav1965
    They are all cam compound bows. 2 Have hard cases.
    0
  • likemhot
    Jim Deere is absolutely correct. A compound bow with a flaw is as dangerous as a gun exploding. Never shoot an unknown bow with out having it gone over by a competent bowsmith. If that bow was dropped from a tree stand, dry fired, or handled by some other non experienced archer it is an accident waiting to happen. All that being said, you got them for a great price, hang them on the wall and make them conversation pieces
    0
  • mrmike08075
    I have a 1970's vintage Ben Pearson stallion made from special order seasoned and kiln cured African bubinga hardwood...

    I keep it unstrung in a gun cabinet with a golden rod...

    I don't have concerns about this one failing due to poor storage and it's damn near mint new in box...

    But I don't know about quality and price tiers and construction materials and service life of various wooden bows...

    It will put a broadcast through a cinder block if you can draw it - talked to the manufacturer who is still in business and they were friendly and helpful.

    Mike
    0

Please sign in to leave a comment.

Recent Activity