Extremely smooth draw cycle, well balanced, quite, vibe free, accurate, sets dead in the hand after the shot, not a rocket launcher but descent speed, everything you need in a hunting bow.
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Both of my most recent bows I bought sight unseen. So I would have to offer that my decision was originally based on reputation and past experience. I have never had a major issue with any of the Bowtech bows I purchase and when I did have questions their technical support and customer service was top notch.

As for the bows in particular...... I wanted a bow with specs specifically geared towards 3D shooting so I opted for the Old Glory. Its length, brace height and speed ratings are what initially caught my eye. My hunting bow, a Diamond Triumph, also appealed to me as its axle to axle length, brace height and speed were exactly what I wanted for a hunting bow. The price wasn't too shabby either.

I bought a Reflex Excursion. It was on clearance. Anything was better than my 18 year old bow. And it is. No regrets.

Last bow I bought was a ChekMate Kings Pawn recurve. I've sworn off compounds and wanted a recurve. I have to have stickbows custom built to draw without stack to my ape-armed draw length. I got the Kings Pawn because it was an incredibly good price for a custom bow. I make my own longbows, but don't have a recurve form. The price of the Kings Pawn was less than it would cost to buy the materials to make a form, and then buy the materials to make the bow, so I just placed the order for the bow instead. I'm still gonna make my own recurve someday... maybe this summer...

When you're your own bowyer, you know the workmanship and customer service will be outstanding.

I use a Q2XL or Conquest 2 for almost all of my hunting. Here are my reasons for oth bows.

Q2XL - at the time is was ultra smooth shooting, queit, shot great, felt good in the hand, had a great warranty, and some of the better archery shops in my area carried Mathews so I wanted a bow that I could get serviced in case of warranty issues. I also wanted a longer ATA bow & at that time most bows were starting to be made in the 32-35" range but I still didn't want to go over 40" ATA. This is my main hunting bow, it does everything well & I have not found a bow that I like better.

Conquest 2 - I wanted a longer ATA bow for long range shooting and that was a tad faster than my Q2XL. It still had to be fairly queit with low hand shock and I did not want it to be too heavy. Also on this bow I was looking for a little higher letoff % to allow for easier holding in case I was waiting for an animal to get into position at 30-50 yards. It's a very good bow, I also use it for 3-D shooting.

The last bow I bought was Kolomi longbow from Harrelson Traditional Archery. I want to try my hand in trad for awhile and see what happens......

To expand my hunting season.

I like short ATA bows so my selection was limited. Also wanted a dual cam bow this time so my selection was even more limited. I shot a few bows that I could find that fit my requirements and chose the Bowtech Defender VFT. Pretty simple process.

Bought my bow because it shot great,accurate,wanted split limbs,liked tech riser, cam 1/2 design,same great features as more expensive models for the most part ,and had heard nothing but good about them. I ended up buying the Hoyt Ultramag and I think it is a great bow and performance is excellent in fact performance is better than I am capable of.

i didnt buy my bow, i got a hand-me-down from my bro, he didnt wanna bow hunt any more so i got his bow-pse nova