Hunting bows any ideas?

bone-collector said:
the typhoon was 2 years ago, mine was set @ 60lbs and 80% letoff
there was a mathews legacy in te exchange forum for $450 in pretty good shape ready to shoot
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$450 is too much, for an extra 100 bucks you can get a fully equipped Switchback XT out of Archery talk.
$350 will easily get you a an 06 Allegiance, Switchback XT, Trykon ect...
I wouldnt bother with Canadian forums as the dollar is so strong and bows are real cheap down south.

Cheers!!
 
I'm going to keep reserching this at least untill after xmas. too many bill do next month. my boy starts Archery class in january so this will be the time I jump on a bow for myself. as for my boy he will get a Darton ranger II for xmas.
 
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Has anyone bought a bow from the states and whats the deal with coming across the border? I'm thinking of making a Cabela's trip and am wondering about grabbing a bow and bringing it back.

Is this possible?
 
Devlin said:
Has anyone bought a bow from the states and whats the deal with coming across the border? I'm thinking of making a Cabela's trip and am wondering about grabbing a bow and bringing it back.

Is this possible?
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Ive bought and sold alot of archery related goods and you will have no problems bringing it with you from the states.
 
Some of the info and suggestions you've received are a great starting point. Go to a good local archery shop, talk to them and possibly try out a few different brands. Further to that, drop in to an archery club in your area for the same reasons. Knowledgeable people at retail shop and clubs will likely be more than willing to assist and guide you through the buying/trying preliminaries. Try a few, see what you like.
A friend of mine has a shop in Alberta and after he convinced me to give archery a whirl, he set me up with a moderately priced decent package which was comprised of a Darton compound and the required trimmings. I liked the bow, it turned out to be a pretty good package and after a lot of instruction, I was on my way.:)
When I quite smoking, on the one year anniversary, I rewarded myself with a new higher end target bow. I got a Hoyt Ultra-tec, again, with all the required trimmings.:D
I really liked the Hoyt, so, when I took early retirement, with the funds the Co. allotted for a retirement gift, I put towards a Hoyt Cyber-tec, with another batch of needed trimmings. This I use for hunting & 3D.
There are a lot of good brands available and quite a bit of the selection preferences are like PU truck choices, Chev, Ford or Dodge. Once more, talk to people and try all you can then make your choice. Good luck.;)
 
Also...any bow you decide on can be drastically improved by a set of good strings like vapor trail or winners choice, which aren't aren't super expensive.
 
Brocolt. IIRC - your from the Wpg Mb area, are you not? If so, go see Ron down at Heights Archery. He'll set you up.

If you are not from Wpg..my mistake. Personally, I shoot the Bowtech stuff. Really like it.

Hakx
 
kukishin said:
buy a recurve or other traditional Bow. If your gonna use a compound then buy a rifle! real bow hunting is traditional.
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Traditional is a lot of fun... when I was really into archery a number of yrs ago, I started with a compound but eventually went to a recurve, as I found it more enjoyable to shoot. That being said, I don't think hunting with traditional equipment is a beginners game; you need a LOT more practice with a trad. bow to harvest an animal humanely than an equivalent compound.
 
kukishin said:
buy a recurve or other traditional Bow. If your gonna use a compound then buy a rifle! real bow hunting is traditional.
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That's the equivalent of saying if you want to use a rifle, buy a flintlock or cap & ball. If you're gonna' use a bolt action, lever action or heaven forbid, a semi auto, buy a laser. Real rifle hunting is black powder.:rolleyes:
 
traditional archery does take more time practice and skill, however the hunt is much more rewarding. just saying by the time you buy all the little toys that come with compound hunting you could have bought a really damn good rifle or black powder. I guess my problem with the compound hunting is the "lack of Skill" no offense, required to shoot accurately. Buy all the toys and practice for the off season and your good to hunt, I simply prefer the challenge of traditional hunting.
 
Either way, traditional or not , archery takes more skill than to just blast your quarry with a rifle or b.p. gun at that.
I'd eventually like to give traditional a try but for now getting up close & personal with a whitetail or what have you with my Mathews Switchback XT has'nt paid itself off yet.
 
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