As you all know I have been pondering what bow I want to get this year. I have thought about Whisper Creek but they sent me their 2005 catalog with prices and specs in the mail and I have to say that I was much more impressed with the bows on their web site than I am the ones in their new catalog. Their speeds have gone WAY down and it looks like they are using three cams. The Darton CPS, Hoyt cam & 1/2, and Mathews HP cam. You would think that with all the engineering that they have put into the bow they could have designed their own cam system. Not what I was expecting with all the talk about them. Oh well, I don't think I'm gonna travel the 6 hours to shoot one.

The others I am considering are the AR 34 and the Alpine Denali. While I have yet to shoot the Alpine I did get to shoot the AR today. The PSE rep came by the shop to get orders for this year and he just happend to have all of PSE's top of the line bows and the AR 34's.

To say that the AR34 shot nice would be a gross under statement. The grip felt perfect in my hand and the bow ballanced equally well. The bow had nothing but a stabilizer attached to it with no string silencers, or any other dampening products of any kind on the bow. The bow had absolutely no vibration at all at the shot and absolutely no hand shock. It just sat there in my hand at the shot. If the arrow hadn't impacted the target I might not have known I had shot the bow. Other than the string obviously twanging after the arrow left the bow there was no other noise made. It just sounded like a dull thud.

I must admit that I had my doubts about this bow but after shooting it today they have completely vanished. This is one sweet shooting machine. Both the Ram & 1/2 and the Ram plus single cam. The Ram & 1/2 did seem to be just a tad smoother than the ram plus single cam but both were exceptional.

The Blade colors look very cool too.

We deal in Hoyt and Mathews both and I have to say that the AR was much smoother, quieter and had less hand shock than both H & M.

If any one is considering a new bow this one should be on the top of your list of bows to try.