I had an hour to kill this afternoon so I went to the local archery shop up the road. He is a Bowtech dealer, so I went to look at several bows. He told me he was the only one in the shop and since it's not just an archery shop, he wouldn't be able to set anything up so I could shoot it. Fair enough, he was only going to be open another hr anyway, and people were swamping him for fishing tackle, so I just kicked the tires on a few bows he had. I held and drew the 82 nd, the General, the Marquis, and the Ally. I was most impressed with the Ally, but nothing else caught my eye. I did not like the general simply b/c it would be extremely slow for my DL at 26.5 " with 8.5 " brace! Now, the Ally was pretty sweet, but it was an 07 I believe and he was still asking 700$ for it, I thuoght it was a bit high for that yr model. I did not like the Marquis in my hand, I really did not like the string supressor where it is located. I don't know why, I just think it will get in the way or something, he did tell me it makes kissers pretty tough to do, so Im not too thrilled about that. I did not get to shoot anything, he had no Black Ice bows to even hold, but I will shoot both the Black Ice and Marquis, I don't think I will shoot the 82 nd or 101 st simply b/c Im not going to spend that amount on a bow. The Ally was pushing it for 700$ I got roughly 950-1000$ to play with here and I would like to get it under 950$ for everything I need on the bow, rest, sight, quiver, stabilizer, string supressor. It may not be possible unless I find an 07 for cheap or get a really good deal from someone!!
