Picking out a new bow, 2 part question.

[BigDaddy12t]

1. What is more important to you when picking out a new bow.

2. When you plan on getting a new bow, and you have no idea what you want, how do you decide on what bows you want to shoot. I know this sounds like a dumb question, but what do you do, just walk into your pro shop, and shoot every bow they have?

[Washington Hunter]

1.) Other;

First, the bow has to feel right in my hand before I even draw it.

Second, how smooth it draws.

2.) Yep. I tell them I'm interested in trying out their bows and go from there.

[ABarOfSoap]

i put other, the most important thing to me is a combination of accuracy, enough speed to get there before he can jump the string, quiet enough to not scare him, and what feels good to me.

[Armybowhunter28]

IMO I would rather have a quiet bow then a fast bow.

[Hunter Dan7]

Other, it must have a good grip, it needs to balence in my hand, and it needs to be a BOWTECH.just kidding but im stuckbetween the General, 82nd, or the 101st, cant decide.

[bigbulls]

Before you go to a pro shop you need to decide what it most important to you regarding exactly what you plan on doing with the bow. For instance if you are looking for a target bow will you should have very different needs and wantsfor that bow than you would in a pure hunting bow.

After you decide on exactly what you are going to do with your new bow then visit your pro shop and ask them what they have that fits your criteria.

Lets say you walked into my store and told me that you had no idea what you wanted for a bow but you wanted a new bow. The first thingI would ask you is what do you plan on doing with this bow? You tell me it will be for hunting only. I ask how do you hunt. You tell me that you hunt from a treestand 80% of the time and from a ground blind every once in a while. This would tell me that you most likely would be looking for a relatively compact bow but a forgiving bow and definetly a quiet bow. Then we would figure out what draw weight range you are comfortable with. Of the bows that I carry I would suggest several from a few different manufacturers......... Bowtech General, Guardian, and Allegiance; Ross Cardiac; Diamond black ice and marquis; Mathews DXT and drenalin; PSE X-force dream season; Bear Truth 2, Done deal, game over, and lights out.Of course you would begin looking at them drawing them all back feeling the draw cycle etc... you would likely prefer some over others and then you would begin shooting the ones that you liked best and would eventually come to one that stood above all the others............ The Bowtech General. Just kidding, but the rest of the postI was serious.

[Hunter Dan7]

I also would have to have a quiet bow

[Rhody Hunter]

i said other the bow needs to feel right for you. try several and pick the one that deels best for you

[MOhunter46]

There both important, thats why im gettin the 101st

[sluedtke]

part 1 -other should be and equal combination of all these things.

part 2 - when I walk in I want to shoot the ones that are the fastest and look the coolest first, im not gonna lie I'm all about style... but then the better part of me decides on the part one question and I buy the one that mostly feels the best.