RE: What is it with Mathews???
Alright here goes my little $0.02.
First. I do not deal with ANY dealer that puts down other brands. To me, it is plain out bad profesionlism.
When Iwas in the market for a new bow last year Mathews was my first choice, but I stillkept my mind open toall the major names and a few smaller names. This quickly changed because every time I checked out a Mathews dealer, I would get a weird feeling in my stomach. It was like if you didn't have on a pair of kahkkis, a $500 pair of sunshades around your neck, hair gel, andpull up in a $50,000 truck yougot "overlooked".Sure the dealer would talk to you, but it was like their minds were already made up, "This guy is in a pair of jeans, t-shirt and driving a Tacoma...Whats he in here for". This made my mind up that I didn't want to be recongized as a "mathews shooter". I have seen what others on here have stated. A lot of the guys around here who shoot Mathews shoot them for the name and like to "brag" about their Mathews, but can't shoot a 4'' group on their best day.
I am not bashing Mathews b/c they help set the standard for today's bows, but I do think that some of their shooters are ruining their image.
Someone stated that its like this with all bow names, but its not. Not around here anyways. I've never seen a BowTech, Ross, or Martin shooter prance around at a range like heownedit andwhen it came time to shoot, he couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. The BowTech, Ross, and Martinshooters were the ones out there kicking ass on the score board.
I think that at one time in the bow world that Mathews was the best bow, but that day is gone. You can buy a bow that is just as quite, fast, smooth, and forgiving.
Prime example. One of my hunting buddies has three bows, a Drenlin(sp), a Patriot VFT, and a Q2. He will tell you that theBowTech is just as good as the two Mathews are and most of the time the BowTech sees more time in the treestand.
I was shooting side by side with him yesterday afternoon.MyBowTech is just asquite andsmooth. His bow is setat a higher draw weight than mine and heavier arrows and I was still sinking arrows2'' deeper into the target than he was. This would be fine and gravy if Iwas shooting a higher endBowTech thathad an identical price tag, but I'm not. I am shooting the cheapest bow that BowTech makes, the Tomkat.
Am I saying that BowTech is the best? No.
Today'sbow market has a lotto offer. Look at it. Mathews' pitch issmoothness. BowTech's is speed. Hoyt is their amount of wins.
If you look at the recent polls and recent comparisons done by independents, Mathews isn't on top anymore, espically since the Guardian came out.