i'll shoot an ugly bow all day and not be bothered...but when spending 400-700 dollars for a bow, customers tend to be particular and i dont blame them....

im ok with Martin using the lam wood(its nice that they give their bows a new look every few years)as long as they dont stop using real woodor make a seperateseries for realwood bows and charge premium price for them like Bear does with their "Supreme series"

Bear companymust be sick charging $800 for a "supreme super kodiak"
vs. $449 for the elite version of the same bow

i mean come on $350 price difference just because one bow is"exoticwood" and the other bow is LAMwood...raw materials dont cost that much. the wood they use is nice but it isnt anything spactacular.
i think a $200 difference in the series would be acceptable.but not 350$

if you ask me Bears marketing of their Trad bows is horrible

if their gonna charge 350$ for real wood then they could atleast do it with a whole new model. and not have the exact same bow for $350 less. Or they could be real sneaky and do it under whole different brand name.

its hard to beat the bearhunter seriesor Montana longbow for the price...they deffinately got those bows right....

I'll spend the little more money on a Martin/Howatt anyday tho. Bear Company could learn a few things from them.


this is my rant for the day. Sorry Bear company.