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Post by westernmdhunter on Sept 23, 2009 19:23:01 GMT -5
Just wandering what everyone else shoots. I hunt with a Bowtech 82nd Airborne, and during the couple of weeks we are allowed to use crossbows I use a Horton Fire Hawk.   |
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Post by sagittarius on Sept 23, 2009 23:49:45 GMT -5
Nice bow and accessories, westernmdhunter.  Here's a pic of my old PSE Scorpion compound and new Scorpyd crossbow.  |
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Post by wilmsmeyer on Sept 24, 2009 5:00:42 GMT -5
No pictures but I use a Hoyt Cybertec that I bought new in 2003.
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Post by sw on Sept 24, 2009 6:37:37 GMT -5
Palmer Whitetail Classic Recurve
Hoyt Razortec
Parker Saf Mag #175 x-bow
Bowtec Strikeforce x-bow
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Post by dougedwards on Sept 24, 2009 7:34:58 GMT -5
Man, that Scorpyd looks wicked!
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Post by sagittarius on Sept 24, 2009 9:30:10 GMT -5
Man, that Scorpyd looks wicked! Doug, You need to save your pennies and get one for yourself.  Jim is thinking of bringing out a series of 3 bows in the near future. The 3rd model is supposed to be really fast and powerful. I have the fastest model right now but it would be the medium bow in the future. I'm still biased on the Scorpyd but there isn't anything out there I would trade it for. Balance, trigger pull, and accuracy are superb. Here's my nephew taking aim with mine.  |
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Post by dougedwards on Sept 24, 2009 11:11:07 GMT -5
I would love to have a crossbow that I could shoot between the limbs of trees and not worry about the limbs of the bow hitting the tree limbs at release. I honestly think that this reverse set-up will be the trend of the future crossbows.
Doug
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Post by sw on Sept 24, 2009 13:52:13 GMT -5
I honestly think that this reverse set-up will be the trend of the future crossbows. Doug Or at least one of the trends. It certainly seems ahead of the more traditional design. |
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Post by mike3132 on Sept 24, 2009 22:15:09 GMT -5
Mathews MQ32. Its 8 years old and going strong. Ive killed 10-12 deer and 30 or more hogs with it. Mike
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Post by onecardchuck on Sept 29, 2009 14:46:21 GMT -5
Bear/Primos Truth bow I have had it for 3 years now and love it. I have put a better sting on it and practice better sting care and could not be happier.
It replaced my old bear whitetail hunter which still worked great after 25 years, and having minimal work done to it.
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Post by Petevs on Sept 29, 2009 19:17:39 GMT -5
PSE Fireflight bought in 1994. Killed 2 deer with it.
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Post by DBinNY on Oct 26, 2009 21:41:09 GMT -5
2004 Hoyt Ultra-tech. Still managing to kill deer without the benefit of parallel limb technology.
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Post by deadeye on Oct 26, 2009 22:22:09 GMT -5
nothing but hoyt here currently hoyt katera,12 elk & i have no clue to how many deer over the years!
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Post by dpoor65 on Oct 27, 2009 7:16:48 GMT -5
Mathews Q2XL ;D
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Post by kevin k on Oct 27, 2009 10:11:58 GMT -5
before my car wreak and crossbow Hoyt super slam fast flight old slow but very quiet and smooth well slow by today's standards. still have it. let other people use it when they want to hunt with me if they dont have a bow very easy to shoot and still kills deer .
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Post by sagittarius on Nov 1, 2009 20:54:56 GMT -5
Here's a new pic of my Bowman Accu-Riser II hunting bow. It has a Gray Leopard Type III finish, NV recoil dampeners, Spot-Hogg Boss Hogg sight, Kwikee quiver, ACC arrows, G-5 Expert II arrow rest, Carted Insatiable release, Posten green flame stabilizer.   |
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Post by doegirl on Nov 2, 2009 23:13:18 GMT -5
Bowtech Desert Stryker. Before I got hurt, a Bowtech 82nd Airborne @54lbs.  |
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Post by edge on Nov 3, 2009 12:40:11 GMT -5
Nice shot doegirl  I currently shoot a Horton Vision xbow. Very narrow and quiet. 19 inches max spread uncocked and 13 inches cocked. Not the fastest but very convenient ;D  Like the Scorpyd, the balance on the reverse bows are incredible edge. |
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Post by sagittarius on Nov 4, 2009 11:22:11 GMT -5
Congratulations, Doegirl. Got to agree with you on the balance of the reverse limb bows, Edge. |
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Post by sw on Nov 9, 2009 21:28:43 GMT -5
Edge,
You have owned the fastest, or nearly so, x-bow and possibly largest, and now the fairly compact and much slower x-bow. How is the workmanship of the Vision, where made, and your shooting impressions?
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Post by farmallm51 on Nov 11, 2009 22:39:21 GMT -5
Golden Eagle Evolution & 125 grain Thunderheads
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Post by rangeball on Nov 12, 2009 9:42:34 GMT -5
Bear supermag-  |
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Post by whelenman on Nov 17, 2009 10:54:11 GMT -5
I was a Martin shooter and used several different model through the years. Now I'm limited to an Excalibur crossbow but it kill deer just fine. It is a pain to carry though.
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Post by ozark on Feb 17, 2010 13:49:43 GMT -5
I have an old Horton Dakota. Not much for long range but from my shack to the feeder It puts them down. I don't hunt much anymore but in nice weather I love to get out and watch wildlife and if something shows up I will take it. My bow has a scope and out to 40 yards it is dependable. I have a mechanical crank up type system to cock it.
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Post by artjr338wm on Feb 21, 2010 18:13:51 GMT -5
Count me as one of those guys who once he finds a bow that fits perfect and I can shoot it as well as my personal abilities will allow, I stick with it unless I find a bow with a design that will help me to surpass my present level of archery ability. In other words shoot at speed of 280-290fps with a bow design just as forgiving as my XLR is at 260fps.
I have owned for the last 12 or so years a PSE XLR 900 with Synergy III cams. In that time I have owned and shot bows that cost almost 2x as much. I ended up selling them and returning to my XLR 900. The other bows were faster and considerably so, but my XLR 900 is the most forgiving, easy to shoot and accurate bow I have ever shot, and that is why it is still my favorite bow.
Bottom line is for what ever reason my XLRs feel like they are simply an extension of my body when I shoot them, I have never felt that with any bow I tride since, close but not as good.
To be honest I am sure there are now bows out there that shoot faster that are just as forgiving, but I simply can not bring myself to spend more for a bow than I have for any of my center fire rifles or even hand guns. I bought my last XLR 900 NIB on sale at the IL D&T Classic for $125 W/tax.
The most I have ever paid for any bow was $575 for a new Darton Maverick. But I simply could never shoot it as well as I did my XLR 900, so I sold at a loss of $200.
I would like to try to find a good used bow like a Bowtech Constitution as it has a rep of being fast and extreamly forgiving and it has two features I demand in a bow, #1-It has two cams not one, and #2-it has a long ATA, as I strongly prefer a bow with a ATA of at least "38, but with the economy of the last six years and now both my boys are in private school, I just don't see me spending the $$$ on a pure luxury item of want and not a legitimate need.
I have killed allot of deer with my XLRs (I own two, one for hunting one for 3-D) including my biggest deer ever.
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Post by sw on Feb 23, 2010 20:47:38 GMT -5
I still shoot my recurve(Palmer Whitetail Classic) and Hoyt Razortec as well as my 2 x-bows(Saf Mag and SF), but a good parallel limb compound is a whole new world. I see the compound world as divided into 2 sections: 1) parallel limb, and 2) all the rest. If you haven't shot a good parallel limb bow and enjoy shooting compounds, you have a treat in store.
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Post by jims on Feb 23, 2010 22:41:46 GMT -5
I still use an old Bear-Jennings Devastator. I do not bow hunt much now and saw no reason to change.
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Post by simong on Apr 15, 2010 8:12:31 GMT -5
little old but I'll throw in anyhow. I shoot a pair of Colt Signals and a pair of York recurves, a browning Coyote and have a couple hoyts for the last almost 30 years, a gamemaster and a prohunter, about time to retire them to the bowfishing boat though, those olderbows get hard to find parts for.
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Post by Harley on Apr 18, 2010 7:30:42 GMT -5
Simong, you're really turning back the pages of time with your mention of the Colt bows; I was the Colt dealer in my state in the 1960's, and shot that bow, myself. I haven't thought of them in decades.
Last month I discarded my much loved Mathews Switchback XT in favor of the new Z7. It's a "beyond parallel" limb design, and like SW said, above, that design is a treat. I have a torn rotator cuff on my pulling arm, but this bow is so smooth that I can draw it anyway. I am shooting a 29" draw length at 60 pounds and registering 297 fps measured three feet in front of the chrony. It's absolutely quiet and dead in my hand. The bonus is it's a single cam, so there is no issue of cam timing.
I fitted it with one of the new Vital Gear bow sights. Do yourself a favor by looking these up on the Internet. .019" sight pins do not cover up your target even at 70 yards, fibre optic range indicators and true glow in the dark sight pins without any need for batteries or lights.
Harley
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Post by dougedwards on Apr 18, 2010 10:11:31 GMT -5
I have heard great things on the new Z7 and the single cam bows are much easier to keep in tune. There has been a need for speed craze in the compound bow world which prompted the dual or hybrid cam bows. Evidently the Z7 can keep up with the speed while maintaining a very smooth draw and less tuning maintenance.
Doug
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