RE: Maybe Crossbows won't be that big....
I worked the Kinsey's Archery Products dealer show this weekend in Hershey and every dealer I talked to said they are selling very well, taking orders and expect it to get even better.
They were the talk of the show and the crossbow booths were busy the whole time from what i saw.
I know I wore out my vocal chords going over the Strykeforce for everyone from the dealer who never saw one to reps from the PA Game Commission who were in attendance.
There were also shooting booths available to try the new 10Pts, Hortons, Excalibur, Parker and Barnetts. We couldn't allow anyone to shoot the Strykeforce because the 20" deep Block full wall range targets wouldn't hold them and we'd shoot holes in the Hershey Convention center walls.
In any event crossbow talk was brisk and from what I hear as feedback from our dealers they expect to sell a ton of Strykeforces to PA. I already know there are a bunch out there and more on the way but I cannot divulge actual sales numbers.
The bottom line is that the high performance ones will be well represented this archery season and when the word gets out and guys really start to get educated as to performance and how it relates from model to model that number will pick up greatly.
Remember too the traditional "buying season" for each year is August and September.