Sell the bow and take a break?

[TradLife406]

Anyone taken a few years off of the stickbow?

Started about 14 years ago and have had a lot of fun. I used to love shooting in the backyard. Now it seems more of a chore. And I'm shooting my bow and wishing I was shooting the rifle.

The elk hunting in Montana has gotten pretty wild. If you're still having success I'm happy for you. But my spot is burned. Tried a few other spots and it's just a circus of people and wolves. I'd take the first two weeks off every year for a lot of years. Lately it's just been a ton of time money and effort wasted.
At the point on the FAFO scale where I don't want to drive more than two hours to find elk.

Then my kids are to the age where two of them really enjoy rifle hunting. I have 10x more fun spending a morning road hunting deer with my daughters than chasing elk or deer with the stick.

So kinda thinking about selling the bow. That way when I get the itch again I can buy a new one and have that new bow feel.

 

[Maverick1]

Seems like you already know the answer…..

 

[nevadabugle]

You Do you man. Life's too short to not do the things that make you happy. Id say hold onto to bow, but take a break and enjoy the kids.

 

[Wrench]

It happens to us all. I would take the entire month of September off to bow hunt. Right now I have 3 left in school and my dad is 81...I can no longer justify burning that much time off for my selfish pleasures when I have a bunch of people who need me.

I'm at the point in life where I've killed over 30 elk, but I have only seen my kid pitch in state baseball 1x and I only have 2 more chances to see that ever.

It's not the bow, the sport or the herd health.....it's the natural life cycle. We'll get back to it at some point, but in the short term, there's more important business to attend to.

Enjoy your kids while you can. I have 2 that have flown the coup and it takes luck for our schedules to mesh enough to have the family together now.....but I wouldn't sell the bow. They don't go bad and $700 never changed anyone's life....and in the event years down the road one of the kids wants to hunt your bow for nostalgia.....it'll mean a lot to them, and you.

 

[Vaquero 45]

Unstring bow(s ) , store inside temp controlled environment, safely out of harm n sight way . Don't sell sh*t . Remember it's not just the bow it's many accessories that go with it . Arrows , string, tabs , gloves , broadheads etc , etc . Bow also great exercise . Remember how exited you were the day you got the bow . Rifle too easy , unless it's too put meat on table . If you sell the bow , it will be harder to replace it, if you get the itch again in the future. Bow like years of marriage , give it a break for some days . In the past I sold my bow collections at fair market value too both buyers and myself . However my two main hunting recurve set up WF19 n WF21 with all I own that goes with it , not selling. In fact I might be buried or cremated with them even though the risers are steel .

 

[180ls1]

I'd argue most of us here overvalue inches and hard to draw tags (or whatever "skilled hunter" metric you want to use) and undervalue fun/enjoyable hunts.