Have you bought a 2013 bow?
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THEBuzz
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I really can't afford to chase a newer bow each year....after 5 years I sold My Mathews MQ1 and switched to a Bowtech Destroyer 350 in 2010...I spent the money ($90) to have new cables, strings, Tuned by Mike Carter (Crackers) in St Joe and I am very happy with the bow and need to take more game with it......before I spend on a new bow....I'll buy a new set of 60# limbs.
But my best friend switches every other year.......
But my best friend switches every other year.......
Fink
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I can't see buying a new bow every year. I usually buy the top of the line Hoyt of that year, and then shoot it for at least 5 years. I've been shooting bows for over 20 years, and have only owned seven. Three of which were little kid bows from when I was about 8-14. It would be one less, but I had a brand new Hoyt stolen when our farm got robbed several years back.
Murdy
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I'm still shooting an 2006 75th anniversery Hoyt Trykon xl that someone traded in in '07, and I'm pretty sure its got more than a few good years left in it.
Fink
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My uncle shoots an old browning, probably from 1990. I think it's called the mirage. He still kills a deer or two a year with it!
Backcountry Stalker
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I got the new 2013 Spyder Turbo....but I can't make up my mind if I want to replace the 2012 Vector Turbo. One of them has to sit the bench. Just don't know which one it will be yet.
CoHiCntry
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I'm looking to get a new 2013 bow. So many choices I don't know how I'm gonna narrow it down. I'm in the new bow every 5 years or so club too. I hear guy's ordering new bows before they're even on the shelf? How do you know your gonna like it or it will fit you right? Just curious...
Well I try to stay pse, because the grips are always fine for me and I can adjust to the draw cycle. I bought my omen blind. Mathews I can't stand and Hoyt just doesn't mix with me. I have tried elite and the grip gives me issues, and that's all I can try, also bowtechs grip isn't comfortable with me. So I stay pse and buy blind. Always better and with AT I can always sell or trade.
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Backcountry Stalker
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I bought my Spyder the day after the Hoyt rep. came to the archery shop here in Vegas that I go to...(shot out to Pacific Archery
). He comes every year....so I was able to try the model out that he had with him at the shop.
Shane13
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I love my Bear Carnage so much that new bows don't even tempt me right now. It's fast and quiet, and it sends arrows where I aim (if I do my job right). I guess I lean more toward the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" way of thinking. And I'm cheap.
THEBuzz
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If your talking about the Bowtech Insanity? if so, and for what it's worth...the guy that I had build me new strings and cable and super-tuned it with paper and a hooter shooter, made a comment that the Bowtech Insanity's are a lot harder to keep in tune....
Backcountry Stalker
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No not knocking it at all, just thought that was funny. No bow is hard to keep in tune as long as you have quality strings.
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THEBuzz
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...No worries, I was just trying to nail down the "Insanity" whether it was a Bowtech or another Bow maker...lol they change model names so much I can't keep up. I need to state my point better....as bows gained in speed and lower brace height. I think they are less forgiving than earlier bows. And I want to make sure my equipment is right, cause heavens knows, I am the weak link in the shooting chain....
I usually stick with one bow year after year. Technology really doesn't change that much every year anyway. Shooting 5 yr old matthews right now, bought a newer one off Craigslist super cheap off a guy that buys a new one every year. Looks and shoots like a brand new one.
Shaun
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Ya it diddnt really have a problem with tuming. It felt like a PSE just wierd to shoot for me. I have always been a matthews guy until I changed to this and it wasnt my cup of tea. I also noticed what was looking like fletching contact on the bus cables. With the closest bowtech dealer 3.5 hours away I decided to get rid of it