Penn’s Outdoors

Getting back into bow hunting is not cheap.  My previous post “How Much It Costs to Go Bow Hunting” demonstrated how it could cost $1162.30 to get into bow hunting even with not getting the most expensive equipment. 

Since then, I have been busy trying to find bow hunting stuff at the cheapest price possible without sacrificing quality.  I have found some good places to find deals.  Here are several of those.

Archery Talk

The Archery Talk web site has free classifieds.  This may be the best place that I’ve found to buy a used bow.  The prices are generally real good.  They often even get better if you can be patient as sellers often will reduce their price over a few days of trying to sell their bow. 

Many of the people that use this site know their bows.  You are not purchasing the bow from the “average joe” selling on Ebay.  The person who I bought my bow from is a pro staffer for an archery company.  I bought an older model Hoyt Viper in excellent shape.  I paid a little over $100 to have the bow delivered.  The seller even threw in some quality Beman arrows. 

Craigslist

Craigslist was a great place to find a climbing treestand.  Actually, I bought two.  I didn’t want to pay for the shipping costs of a treestand.  So, I needed to find someone selling one locally. 

My local classifieds didn’t turn up a whole lot.  So, I started looking and quickly found that I was getting warmer at Craigslist.  Immediately, I found a few stands at a good price but their location was further than I wanted to travel to. 

I had to be patient but I found someone selling two treestands for $20 each within about 20 miles from my house.  I bought both.  Don’t get me wrong.  These aren’t the most modern or fancy stands, but they will get me up a tree.

Yard Sales

The best deals that I found at yard sales have been on camo clothing.  Again, I am not buying the latest Scent-Lock expensive items.  But I am slowly stocking up on various camo clothing.  I am buying camo for less than $10.  Sometimes much less…

Gander Mountain

I am not going to get into a debate about which box star has the best prices.  But I do need to give some credit to Gander Mountain for their recent archery clearance sale.  I bought several bow accessories at very cheap prices.

I still have some stuff to buy.  I will keep you posted if I find other places to do some good bargain shopping.

*Picture by h. wren from Flickr.com