hoyt katera
 

has anyone bought the new speed bow by hoyt? what do you think!

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I shot the Katera and the Katera XL along with many other bows. I am not a huge speed freak and I went with the Katera XL. I am getting upper 290's with a 389 grain arrow at 29" draw set at 68 pounds. For whitetails that is plenty fast enough and the bow is VERY quiet.

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My Katera XL came in last Friday at Len's shop.Last night,the Vapor Trail strings were installed.I'm very pleased with the "shootability" of the bow,but there again,that is what the Hoyts are all about.At 31"draw,65lbs.it;s running in the the low 280's with a 429gr. arrow.Speed is not the most important aspect to me,it's how the bow handles,feels and shoots....Bob

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nice just bought a 2007 Vectrix XL and lovein it . GO HOYT

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thanks for all the input! I ended up buying the katera 80 lbs the other night it is pratty fast, with a 425 gr arrow it shot at 321 ft per second and smooth,absolutely no shot jump. can't wait for bow season.(91 ft lbs. of kinetic energy). wow.

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i too thought this bow seemed pretty fast

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Does the fletching miss the edges of this rest?? Looks pretty close.

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I have the Katera XL and I love it. It's fast, accurate and pretty forgiving. I love the bow....hate the string and cables. Fuse makes some good things but strings aren't it. I think this is an awesome bow but invest in some good strings and cables like vapor trial, winners choice or I believe a guy on this site...bucknasty has a really good standing with everyone on this site that has used him. I think the only bow I would possibly look at besides this one is the Bowtech Guardian....not sure why they went to that General...

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Chuck - I don't know if you are familiar with how drop away rests work, but the little arm in the middle of the rest goes up when you draw the bow back (cord attached to the cable pulls down on it), and then drops back down suddenly when the bow is shot. Picture you posted shows the rest in the "down" position. Clearance should not be an issue.

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I appreciate your patience with me men..I shot with some fellows once with drop away rest...with all the moving parts I was just worried it might manfunction in the woods..I'm sure I would like it though..No sir..I did npt realize that was a drop away site..I think I'll take the advice of one fellow and go to a bow shop and try some out..I'll take a 31 inch arrow too.:D

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Its a HOYT you cant go wrong.;);)

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Last year I had two of the Hoyt Vulcans which is a lot like the Katera, 6'' brace.
Got the Katera XL, preferred the higher brace, and longer ATA, now have two (Gotta have backup).
I've owned 18 different bows over the past 12 years and the Katera XLis the best.

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I went from a ViperTec that I loved, then to the Trykon which was good, still liked my ViperTec as well. Now got a Katera and its like both bows Iloved packed into 1.

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IMO Hoyt has the butt ugliest bows on the market, that riser uuuugghhhhh[:@] When I stopped looking at it and shot it (at the shop ownwers insistance) I fell in love. He had me shoot it along with a DXT, a Truth 2 and a 737. It was definately the best of the bunch.

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Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder.;) I think my Vectrix is gorgeous.:D:D:D

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I did not test fire one but I did hold it and it seemed a tad on the heavy side for me. The Allegiance is a pretty sweet bow at 295 fps with speed mods and a normal hunting setup!

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I never thought I would own a Hoyt. To make a long story short I fired every dang Matthews, PSE, Bowtech, Diamond and was leaning toward an Ally or Guardian when I was forced into shooting a Katera. I picked it up and shot three arrows, looked at the thing for a second and new I was now a Hoyt man.

My 80# Katera shipped from the factory today!

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Here is what I am getting out of my new Katera at 82.2# and 28" draw.

403gr. arrow@ 309-311fps
428gr. arrow@ 303-305fps

This is with a Trophy Taker Drop Away rest and the new Easton Axis ST Nano's with Blazer vanes.

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Racewayking- to bad you are still using that work excuse to get yourself out of shooting with all of us this weekend. I was looking forward to seeing the new beast!

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MECHDOC can tell you all about it, he shot a few arrows through it today. Don't be surprised if he gets one in the near future;)

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i shot a katera on a 27 in. draw on 70lbs with a easton lightspeed 500 and got 306 fps.

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Aren't you a bit underspined with the 500 arrow? Those babies are only 6.5gr. per inch of arrow and you should be shooting at least a 350 gr. total weight arrow out of that Katera @ 70#.

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i just bought my 1st bow used.its a Hoyt Rebel Xl