I'm looking at starting bow hunting and was looking at maybebuying a Reflex Highlander or Excursion. Anyone have any thoughts on these bows for my first bow, or any other suggestions for a starter bow?

I shoot a reflex grizzly and like it..im not sure about highlander or excursion but would suggest the grizzly... you may have to buy one slightly used because they did not come out with an 06 model but mine shoots great and flat.

Reflex Grizzly 55#
Whisker Biscut
Trophy Ridge Micro Matrix V-drive
Alpine MR3 stabilizer
Super Carbon Magnum

i shoot a reflex highlander. for the money it would be a hard bow to beat. smooth, quiet, pretty vib/shock free..



and accurate...the pic is a robinhood..theres 2 arrows there...first day i had the bow..within the first 50 shots..happend at 15yds away.



did i mention accurate?? this is my latest 35yd group after switching from feathers to blazer vanes and having my arrows trimmed 2 inches..im VERY happy with the highlander. its a good shootin bow. may i mention the fact that ive only shot the bow about 3 weeks and NEVER shot a bow prior?? i owe alot of it to these guys on these boards..helping me learn form etc...and i own my bowshop the second pic..they retuned my rig after i got the arrows trimmed and refletched...but its a prettyyyy user friendly bow. only about 350$ bare..i love it...

my advice..get to a shop and shoot it...and others in your price range. see what one you like best. i didnt get to shoot any because i bought from hunterfriend.com but i did draw a couple diffrent bows at Dicks sporting goods, the highlander felt best in my hand. the grizzly felt good, but a bit long ATA..which the highlander cured.

Yup, you can't go wrong with the Reflex Highlander... It is the best bang for the buck out of any bow on the market IMHO.... It is patterned afterthe Hoyt UltraSport (actually they took the same riser configuration from the Hoyt UltraSport and stuck Reflex Limbs on it). So you are basically buying a $500-$600 Hoyt bow that happens to say Reflex for 1/3 of the price! I tried the Reflex Excursion and it was nice, but wasn't as nice as the Grizzly. When I learned they phased out the Grizzly and came out with the Highlander, I just had to check it out.

i agree with mauser..pick one that feels best to you..and the one thing i would change about the grizzly is the axle to axle..little long

Yep! Good bow. Very user friendly.