I'm a newbie to this site, and would like your opinions. I have read other postings about new bows, but wanted to throw out my specific circumstances to narrow things down a litte. I have been out of bowhunting for about 4-5 years. I am thinking about the following accessories: Muzzy 100 broadheads, Whisker Bisquet rest and some type of cross hair sight (pins just never seemed natural). Any thoughts so far?

On the bow, my budget for the bare bow is pretty much $400 or less. I am a little hesitant to buy a bow from someone who isn't relatively close by (45 miles?) due warranty or service work. I have read a lot on this forum about Martin (Courgar) and Bowtech (Matt?), but there aren't any dealers closer than 70-90 miles. My local options are Golden Eagle/Jennings/Bear, Mathews, PSE, and Parker. I have not seen any recommendations in any of the postings in this forum for Golden Eagel/Jennings/Bear, and seldom for PSE. Mathews is obviously well known and supported, but they seem pretty pricey, and the only one I could get for my price is the Fx (anyone with experience with the Fx?), unless I try to buy a used one off Ebay and I am hestant to do that. I don't know anyone who owns a Parker and the dealer that sells them is about a 45 min. drive away and so people locally don't seem to shoot them. Parker seems to have a pretty good product from what I have read. In fact, I called a "big" multi-brand dealer the other day and he recommended the Parker and Mathews, but the Parker higher because he gets more Mathews in for repairs, but seldom ever gets a Parker.

What does everyone think? I have a 29-30" draw and will shoot about 65-70#. I think that forgiveness and quietness are probably the most important factors for me, as well as a bow that I won't have to worry about working on all the time. I love speed to shoot as flat as possible, but most new bows probably have sufficient speed. If anyone has specific brand/model recomendations and/or experience I would appreciate it.

Also, what is a good target for shooting broadheads into without tearing them up?

I appreciate everyone's time and input.

Edited by - 270bolt on 01/29/2002 22:16:39