Backup bow?

[Brodie]

Wondering how many members have an identical backup bow just in case something goes wrong mid season?
I shoot a 2014 quest drive and while I realize this isn't a high end bow, I am really happy with it. I shoot regularly out to 100yards with it and am pretty confident with it. I honestly can't find anything to fault on it.
I have a chance to pick up a new in box one that is the same poundage.
My logical side says good idea there isn't a ton of them out there and it's about $650+ cheaper than buying a new elite or prime etc and they aren't going to shoot much different.
My gearhead side says don't waste the $ soon you'll need the newest flagship bow that will turn you into Levi, and you'll be stuck with 2 out of date relics.
Please justify my thinking



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[doverpack12]

I have two very similar bows set up. One 70 and one 80. Hunt primarily with the 70 and start all my practice and end practice with the 70 but shoot the 80 in the middle to build muscle. It's very easing on the mind knowing you have a bow ready to go at moments notice. Given they are identical bows and you shoot yours well now with confidence I would get it. There haven't been any changes since the drive to warrant a new bow. It's also very similar to an Elite Answer.

 

[Gumbo]

I just got an identical 60 lb version of my 70 lb bow. I needed to shoot less weight because the 70 lb bow was hurting my shoulder but I still want to shoot 70 for hunting. And now I have a backup just in case. Seems like a good move if you can afford it.

 

[motts]

I have two elite answers, one is a 60, the other a 70, as it was easier for me to justify having two of the same bow if they were different draw weights. I shoot them both very well and change between them without issue. I paid around $450 for each of them, used, with a full complement of accessories that I either sold or gave away after putting my preferred accessories on them. Based on what you've said, even with them being the same draw weight, I would go for it.

 

[wapitibob]

Never in 45 years.

 

[Vandal 44]

I would get the bow, its piece of mind.

I have two bows set up exactly the same from the rest, sight, stabilizer and quiver both bow are Bowtech CPXL set at 61 pounds. I have two releases that are the same Carter Quickie 2.

I started this practice many years ago when my buddy on a hunt cut the string on his bow he had to take the 5 hour drive back home and wait a few days for the string to come in and then site the bow in.

I fell and broke my release on a hunt. I reached into my hunting pack pulled out the back up release and kept on hunting. That saved me a six hour round trip drive back into town.

 

[7-Pointers]

I have a 60lb and 70lb version of my Elite pure, otherwise identical setups. I have two so that I can be tuning and experimenting on one bow while the other one is always ready for a hunt or tournament.

 

[justin davis]

I usually have 1 but gonna pick up an older bow. A backup is a good thing.

 

[dangerousD]

My compound bow backup is called a recurve. And vice versa. Haha. For compounds I've never had identical setups for two bows but I sometimes have my previous model as a backup. Or my son's bow. And several trad bows. I don't take a backup on my back country hunts. I do take spare strings/cables and release, etc.

 

[Bughalli]

I don't think it's worth keeping two identical bows. Just keep one old bow as you upgrade. I think it's worth having an old one around as a spare, especially if you're doing expensive guided or limited draw hunts. In those cases time is money and lost opportunity to fill your tag. It hasn't happened to me (yet), but I've been in camps where guys blew up their bow during the hunt. Then they lose two days of their hunt trying to get it replaced or fixed. Bow setups don't need to be identical. You'll shoot just fine out to 60.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Two is one, one is none.

I am new to bow hunting and only in my second season. I am using the concept of a back up bow to justify my contemplation of a new pro defiant.

I was just on a pheasant hunting trip in Kansas. My recoil pad fell out of my shotgun on a walk. I found it but it could have been an unpleasant trip if I hadn't. One other guys gun went down during the trip. I will pack two next year.

As I get more ambitious with bow hunting, I would hate to ruin a high dollar trip because my bow developed a fatal flaw when I was far from home.

 

[elkyinzer]

No, I get the logic behind it but I'll take my chances. Those things aren't cheap.

 

[realunlucky]

I never have but do take an extra string set along but have never had to use it in twenty years

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[jmez]

I've went back and forth on this one. I no longer keep a backup. I used to always keep my old bow when I bought a new one and leave it set up for a backup. I found that I never shot the old bow.

I figure If I get in a situation where I need one I can just go buy a used bow with accessories on it and make do with that. It only takes about an hour to get one sighted in and tuned. After hanging for two or three years I'd have to resight in and tune the old one anyway.

 

[d90rick]

I do. 60# and 70# Halons. I do shoot heavier arrows (injexions) in the 70 and lighter (hexx) out of the 60. The 60 I use for short whitetail shots, bear, tukey etc. the 70 is for long shots out west, goats, mulies etc. one has 5 pin tommy hogg and the other 5 pin hogg it. both have same stabilizer setups. kind of like having a 243 and 300 rifle

 

[Brodie]

Thanks guys all good replies, I'm still torn on it (I'll probably procrastinate until it's sold). I also realize that they won't be worth much for resale since it's not a popular bow if I decide to upgrade in a few years.
There is also a 70# there, but a do a lot of bow hunting in December and it can be cold here. My last bow was a 70# hoyt ultra mag and after sitting for hours in -20 something weather I nearly couldn't draw on a deer that came in. Can't really picture ever needing more than 60#.


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[Mkurtz]

It's entirely a comfort level for each individual. Double up on as much gear as your comfortable with. Hell you could trailer another vehicle out too as a "spare". Personally I don't have a back up bow.

 

[Trial153]

I keep two bows. I set up one as primarily an open country set up and the second I have for whitetail hunting mostly from stands. Yes there is over lap however I do like having a different set up for each.

 

[kodiakfly]

I have several bows, partly because the LH secondary market isn't huge and I eat it any time I try to sell one and because I just enjoy keeping bows. But most of my bows are disassembled and put away and I have two or three operational bows at the ready. They're each different but I can shoot them all if need-be. I absolutely believe having a back up bow. Never needed one in years and years and traveling miles and miles, but dang, it's nice to know I've got one if something happens.

 

[Blockcaver]

I've needed two backup bows in 40 years of bowhunting......damaged a limb hunting stone sheep a couple of years ago and had a wood riser failure after a neighbor dry-fired my early Jennings 4 wheel compound a long time back. It is nice to have a bow set up and ready to go hunt. Mine was in the truck, two days round trip hike away on the stone sheep hunt, so that concluded that hunt. My backup is usually my previous hunting bow after I buy a new bow. That process leads to quite a few old bows around that are worth very little. In fact I just sold my 2011 Hoyt Carbon Element for about 40% of what I paid 5 years ago.