 Are you Hard on Gear?, List what you have broken... |
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 Jul 28 2010, 08:53 AM
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 Novice  Group: Members Posts: 173 Joined: 3-March 09 From: North Bay Area Member No.: 11,548  |
In an effort to truly get an Idea of something's durability, I think knowing how hard someone is on gear.
I've Broken plenty of farm equipment, and hand tools, but in terms of hunting and outdoor gear: 3 Bow limbs (2 splinters, one failure) Waistbelt buckle on a pack Stripped a sight mounting hole on a bow Separated the sole off a pair of Danner boots that were resoled by my local guy. Broken 2 tripods Broke one pair of Binos 2x First in saddle bag, and 2nd by luggage handlers. (replaced by MFG each time) Wore out a leather rifle sling. (I was the 3rd generation to use it) countless sunglasses plain wore out numerous shoes and boots. What are your Gear Casualities? -------------------- "History is not always made by the washed and genteel" Irving Stone, Men to Match my Mountains
"At that early age I had not yet isolated the fact although I had seen it's signs; that hunting is a lonely sport, that a hunter is essentially a lonely man, more often than a "lone" man; and the bigger the game the lonlier it gets." Edison Marshall Heart of the Hunter [img]http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d45/2rocky/Hunting/shooterrunner.jpg[/img] |
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Jul 28 2010, 10:09 AM
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Guide Group: Members Posts: 1,754 Joined: 5-March 09 From: South Coast Socialist Republic of Kalistan Member No.: 11,557 |
Ten camelbaks
Elite bow (shotty warranty to boot) Meindl Ibex boot (twice) Meindl Alaskan boot Cabelas mountain hunter boot Ripcord rest Damn near my ankle Many straps, buckles, and shoe laces Cabelas Alaskan guide binos (great warranty) Have knocked my bow off a number of times (pansy compounds that is) I have broken my feet on almost very hunt until last year wearing heavy euro boots, no more for me... I am sure there is more I am forgetting. -------------------- Give me a bow, a topo and two weeks and I guarantee I kill two weeks!
Just like hunting spots posted online, stupidity is searchable forever. bearclaw |
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Jul 28 2010, 03:24 PM
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 Guide Group: Members Posts: 1,657 Joined: 9-December 05 From: Palm Springs, Ca. Member No.: 62 |
I have nothing that is not broken in one way or another. Nothing.
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Jul 28 2010, 05:21 PM
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 Sportsman Group: Members Posts: 1,378 Joined: 25-February 09 From: oceanside, california Member No.: 11,526 |
My stuff is old and worn from use but I haven't had anything totally fail or break.
Maybe I'm just lucky. T$ -------------------- You can put lipstick on a pig. But it's still a pig.
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Jul 28 2010, 05:42 PM
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 Sportsman Group: Members Posts: 819 Joined: 23-February 09 From: THE BONEYARD... Member No.: 11,522 |
dudes, i have 4 kids that constantly hunt with me....my list would be endless
-------------------- "CLOWNING FATBOY EVERY CHANCE I GET !!!"
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Jul 28 2010, 06:07 PM
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Outdoors Enthusiast Group: Members Posts: 518 Joined: 25-February 09 From: SW Mtns,NM. Member No.: 11,527 |
A rifle stock,2 pairs of Meindel Ibex,1 Lowa boots,numerous packs,one tripod,2 h2obladders, tent and sleeping bag zippers,....how far back do I go?
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Jul 29 2010, 09:43 AM
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 Outdoors Enthusiast Group: Members Posts: 525 Joined: 27-January 07 From: Kansas Member No.: 483 |
Off the top of my head all I can think of is my two piece set of Simmons binoculars I still use to look out the kitchen window with.
I know there are more broken things around here, I just don't use them as much. -------------------- AntlrColectr
>>>-------------> Magnus Broadheads |
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Jul 29 2010, 01:11 PM
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 25 Joined: 20-June 10 Member No.: 12,494 |
I surprised to see the boots getting worn out and broken down. I wouldn't expect it from such high-quality companies. Do you fellas get them re-soled then?
-------------------- "Lady finger, dipped in moonlight. Writing 'What for?' across the morning sky. Sunlight splatters dawn with answers."
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Jul 29 2010, 03:48 PM
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Guide Group: Members Posts: 1,754 Joined: 5-March 09 From: South Coast Socialist Republic of Kalistan Member No.: 11,557 |
I sent mine back to Cabelas. A $200-$300 pair of boots that can't survive a season is a piece of gear I won't own any longer.
All of mine blew out the first hunt or so on them. -------------------- Give me a bow, a topo and two weeks and I guarantee I kill two weeks!
Just like hunting spots posted online, stupidity is searchable forever. bearclaw |
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Jul 29 2010, 04:09 PM
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 "Custom" Group: Moderators Posts: 8,263 Joined: 18-November 05 From: Orange County, CA Member No.: 8 |
It would be easier to list things that have not broken... Or lost or had my kids destroy. Wait... Bullets... I've never broken a bullet!
I have a long list of things my dog has destroyed as well... Thousands of $ worth of stuff. That's what happens when you work 60hs a week and leave the kids at home with a puppy... GRRR! -------------------- "It's the duty of the Patriot to protect his country from his government" ~ Thomas Paine
"If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. There's no use being a damn fool about it." ~W.C. Fields LONGEVITY: Married men live longer than single men do, but married men are a lot more willing to die I am a poor wayfaring stranger, A-trav'ling through this land of woe. And there's no sickness, toil or danger In that bright world to which I go. |
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Jul 30 2010, 07:39 PM
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Outdoors Enthusiast Group: Members Posts: 518 Joined: 25-February 09 From: SW Mtns,NM. Member No.: 11,527 |
QUOTE (bearclaw @ Jul 29 2010, 03:48 PM)  I sent mine back to Cabelas. A $200-$300 pair of boots that can't survive a season is a piece of gear I won't own any longer. Same here,I found out I was tightening them too much at the hinge,and the Ibex I have now are 10yrs old. The Lowas I'd had since the 70's..resoled 4 times.All of mine blew out the first hunt or so on them. |
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