New Bow

Looking to buy a new bow for the next coming Archery season.. Right now i have a PSE FireFlight i bought back in '07. I like the Matthews bows but i wanted to hear some other opinions!I will spend around 700. Thanks, Ed

Try again Bass i deleted a few

This is going to be next years bow. I haven't shot it yet, but if it is anything like the Maxxis I will be taking one home.

http://www.hoyt.com/compound_bows/details/crx+32

This one won't meet the $700 budget though. You won't be walking out of a shop with it equipped for under $1100.

I will be selling my Razortec sometime before next summer though

I got the Matthews Z7 this year after shooting a couple different bows.
Shoots real good at the target, kills real well on the doe I shot.
Did miss a nice buck with it, think part of reason is did not practice enough from a tree, mostly just from the ground. Will be more ready next year.
Remember to practice a lot as the new bow will feel much different at least it did to me since my old bow was new in 95.

Diamond Bows,try one,smooth

Bare bow new.

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I bought my Maxxis 31 for $780. You can pick up a used one for a whole lot less. Take your time and look around.

New? Equipped?

I shot a bunch of bows last year with the intention of buying one and the Maxxis was my favorite of the bunch. This spring I am going to shoot the new crx(in addition to a bunch of others) and I have a feeling that will be the bow I walk out with. If you go new, which I am going to do, there isn't much wiggle room in the price department unless you get last years model or a discontinued bow.

WOW, 1100 bucks for a bow. Just curious as to how long you think you'll use that particular bow?
I wouldn't be able to sleep at night spending that much money to kill deer. I'm shooting a 13 year old Fred Bear Code and still killing deer every year. I'm actually thinking of a new bow this year or re-stringing this one. I haven't shopped a new bow in a long time,,,what are the odds of getting something decent for under $500?
I hunt basicly everyday in bow season and plan to keep a new one just as long,,any suggestions?

Smokey, I honestly don't like the bow at all.. I have 2 main beefs.. The first one is i can't shoot fixed blade broadheads. I have tried every which way to shoot them and every arrow will shoot different. I tune them all the exact same way, same arrow, same everything but then I will shoot one and another one will shoot totally different. I have tried many different fixed blades and still no luck.. I took it to Cabelas where i bought the bow and they couldn't even figure it out.. My other beef is i have never shot through a deer. I have killed around 5 deer with it or so but every deer i shoot the arrow has not gone through. I understand that there is lots of bone and things you can hit in there but the deer i had shot last year the arrow hit right through the heart and the arrow didn't go through very far. I upgraded this year and bought CE Terminators thinking maybe the arrow was the issue but had the same deal.. Arrow went throuhg maybe 5 innches and stuck out of the deer.. Maybe someone could help me out but, I can't figure out any reasons.. The bow is maxed at 60 lbs with an 75% letoff.. Thanks, Ed

Esox, the arrows i bought are CE Terminators, i bought them from Nelson's Arrows.. My dad has the arrows and liked them he constantly every year shoots clean through the deer and gets massive blood trails. I shoot the 2 blade 100 grain Rage. It's just a single cam bow that i have never messed with as far as making the draw length longer or anything of that nature. I never paper tuned the bow when i took it to Cabelas they did mess with it but said they didnt noticed anything. Only reason i took it there was because that is where i bought it.

you never messed with the draw? was it even "fitted" for you? i'd go to a bow shop before anything...

PSE 2009 Stingerâ„¢ NI Compound Bow is on sale though...lol

Nelson's Arrows?? If you tried to get help there and you aren't one of the guys that spends a grand in her shop a year, forget it. You need to paper tune first. Could be numerous things like nock point, rest issues, arrow spine...all can be diagnosed through paper tuning and process of elimination.
I had nothing but bad experiences with Dotty and her crew. My first recommendation would be to find a bow shop that is not hers'.

MO

jay peake is a good dude

Bear Attack... $750 if thats your price range thats what I'd be buying, I bought the Bear Assault this year for $550 but if I had the extra to spend I would have went with the Attack for a little extra speed, these are bow only prices. Shot a few hoyts and pse bows but for the extra money they wanted for them I couldn't justify it. The guy that got a Martin seems to like it, they seem to have a good value as well, but I have heard rumors thier advertised speeds are higher than you actually get, but I cant say.

I have always been partial to Bear archery, but value wise I say they are tops... 342fps ibo for $750, who else can touch that?