Arthur P; You are the most. Keep it up and you will be my archery Guru. However, you did mimic one term made by the others that I too recklessly use, but in a cliché manner. That term is "forgiveness." There is no such animal as a bow that forgives a mistake or a maladjustment. Some bows are less sensitive to certain forces or a maladjustment, but never forgiving. Enter the toy bows and rad gear, sensitivity is a major consideration and can compound negative forces, mistakes and, maladjustment's.

Without hesitation, I have to go with you down the trail on everything else you have pointed out. You are "spot on." Those toy bows and all that radical gear had better be in the hands of a shooter that can always shoot robotic well, and able to shoot from a form (posture) that is not a perfect form, range or stand. Put the same gear in the hands of an average shooter, or a shooter who only shoots just before the season, you have a disaster in motion and one very frustrated person.

I do quite well with my 45" standard wheel and my 43" Sonic wheel, bows. The 45-incher is coming out of the chute at about 239 and singing to the 32-yard mark with nary a bobble. The 43-incher is busting out at 253, and running fast and straight as if attached to a rail. The shaft usually arrives well before the deer can leave the station.

Both pieces are in the 4 and 5 pound range, before attached gear. When I hold them at the vertical, they stand still and straight like a Marine standing inspection. When I fire those horses, they squat and hold position.


Soon, Kellogg will be putting hunting bows in their cereal boxes as a marketing tactic.