when it comes to hunting equipment I tend to keep the setup I've found works the best for me until it wears out or I find something I like better, I also dont see much need for a half dozen bows/rifles devoted to the same purpose, I like to have one or two setups, know them well, and be profecient with it, hard to do when you have 20 different rigs...
I have a couple compound setups and a few bowfishing rigs(I blew my recurve up a few years back so I dont have one of those anymore), but my main hunting bow is a Darton viper I bought brand new back in the early 90's, I've shot more bows than I can count and have yet to find a setup I like better than my viper, my setup is everything I want and need, so why change?
back when I shot religiously it was boring to practice at 20 yards with it and if I shot for groups I'd have all my arrows wrecked within just a couple rounds, then I'd have to fix them all, I could outshoot most of the guys around here with their fancy target bows with my camo hunting bow with string silencers on it...
I'm the same way with crossbows, I did alot of research on crossbows when I was in the market, decided on a phoenix, and am glad I did... I see myself keeping and hunting with this bow for a long time, I may pick up another one just for shits but I dont see the need in owning 30 of them, 28 of them would just hang on the wall collecting dust...
hunting guns are the same way, I have a few deer rifles for various situations, a couple different small game rifles, various handguns for small and big game, a muzzleloader, and a couple long range guns, and again I tend to find and setup a system that I like and keep it... I have various "fun" guns that are devoted to nothing more than fun shooting and horse trading among them doesnt bother me but I'll very rarely ever sell a hunting gun I've become attached to... and like bows, I just dont see the need for 20 deer rifles and 12 small game guns, it would just be a waste in my world...
the "I have more toys I win" way of thinking just doesnt appeal to me when it comes to hunting equipment...
a guy can never have too many full auto machine guns though...
