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Sorry to all you Mathews lovers but I am not impressed with them just too much hype for me. But that isjmho

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If those are my only choices than bowtech. What is it you don't like about Mathews

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When you get something shoved down yer throat so much regarding Mathews commercials on hunting channels it just turns me off to them. I am sure that they have quality products but to much hype is a huge turn off to me.

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Well even though I don't shoot them you should still include Mathews just for sake inclusion of all participants.

I shoot a Hoyt myself. Haven't tried a BowTech or a Mathews yet. Maybe one day.

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OK i can understand your view point but if your looking to get a new bow have an open mind about all brands

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ORIGINAL: iowabob85

When you get something shoved down yer throat so much regarding Mathews commercials on hunting channels it just turns me off to them. I am sure that they have quality products but to much hype is a huge turn off to me.




I agree... But I'veowned Matthews, not impressed.

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Pearson. Oldest and best bow maker in America. :)

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I hear ya! I refuse to drive a Chevy truck because of all those damn commercials , or drink Miller Lite , or use CellCom , or use Sprint , or get a Dell , or..or..or..........

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Well....I for one am offended that Browning is not on the list......:D

Seriously, I would choose the bow that felt the best in my hand and shot the best for me. To me all of the bows listed are great and will kill just fine. I am assuming this is for hunting? After all, deer can't read the name on your bow and I don't think it matters much to them what they get shot with.

For me, as long as it 's in my draw length I can shoot it well enough to hunt with. Yes I notice slight differences in the bows but come on now let's get realistic here. Most of my hunting happens in some very cold weather and I have more to worry about than how muchone bows "hand shock" is than the other. I wear big gloves and lots of bulky clothes. It pretty much takes most of the "feel" out of it. So I just want a bow that will work when I want it to and ALL of the bow manufacturers listed will do just that. Yep, some bows draw better than others...again BIG DEAL! Christ I swear some of you guys are like girls (sorry gals;)) "Oh, this bow draws too hard and that bow has slightly more hand shock than this one and...and...and..." If you can shoot....you can shoot. If you can't you need to practice more!

If this were a competition shooting board I could understand, but it's not. Last time I checked itwas HUNTINGnet. Pick a bow you like and isin your price range, shoot it, if you like it buy it. Do you really think that deer (or whatever game animal you shoot) is going to say to you "yeah you got me but I noticed alot ofhand shock in your bow, you should have bought a (enter bow name here)"

Come on people lets think about this, are there better bows than others?.....Yes, but will it really make that big a difference in the field? You can buy a $45,000.00 Perazzi MX3 Competition trap gun to take hunting but you won't kill any more birds than the guy with the $250.00 Remington 870 Wingmaster on any given day if youare bothequally skilledshooters.The higher line (priced) guns, bows, pistols, etc... matters only in the hands of the most elite of competition shooters and marksmen, and ONLYin controlled enviroments. Stick a pair of heavy gloves, jacket, boots, pants, bird vest full of Pheasants on a competition shooter let him walk in the snow half of the day looking for birds where his eyes are watering, he's snow blind and hisrunny nose is frozen to his upper lip and watch howWELL he does shooting.:eek:

Some people here put WAY WAY too much emphasis on the brand of bow. Hey there is nothing wrong with liking a certain brand, I'm partial to Browning but some guys take it too far.

Buy what you like and get out there and do it!

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For strictly hunting purposes your right BigJ , however alot (probably most) folks who visit here regularly ,shoot their bows all year long , so it is important to pick out a bow that feels good when shooting it. I know I wouldn't look forward to a 3d shoot knowing that my bow had alot of hand shock , or that my arm would be ready to fall off by the end of the day due to a harsh draw cycle. So it's important to keepall that in mind when picking out a bow.

Out of the selections given , I enjoyed shooting the Hoyt Ultratech the best.:)

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I voted BowTech, because that's what I'm currently shooting. I am pleased with the performance of my 2003 Ext VFT and I'm not one to just jump on this year's model because its newer and has the latest camo pattern. When I feel I've outgrown my bow or there are SIGNIFICANT advances, I will probably shoot a whole lotta bows and make a decision on what to buybased on what feels right, not what label is printed on the limbs.

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None of the above

ROSS

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Huntingnet has lived up to its nickname , bowtech bbs:D

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Whatch what you say>If you say any thing about matthews they will pull your reply!!

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I love Hoyt's but not the price... Call me a cheapskate, I don't care... ;) I am seriously leaning toward Reflex bows. They are almost the same as a Hoyt and 1/2 the price!

I owned an old PSE and don't think I'd buy one again. The quote "Parts Scattered Everywhere" just cracks me up - and is true since my old PSE did blow up on me at full draw.

I have tried Parkers and also tried the Mathews Switchback too. For some reason, I am drawn to Hoyt's and the balance and feel of them. But I can't see paying THAT MUCH for a new bow. Therefore, I looked at the lesser version bows by Reflex and really like them.

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Your right, just to be clear I was talking about strictly hunting bows. I do however shoot my bow(s) all year as well. While I do not compete I do practice often. I have never had any problems with hand shock nor was I ever tired of shooting even after the longest of practice days, andmy Blood Brother or Rage Onewould never be confused with "high line" bows.;)

Maybe Browning does make the best bows in the world. And to think I foundthe RageOnein the garbage........

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I refuse to answer this poll as I now feel segregated from the rest. You should have atleast put in an "Other" category. I am sure those are all great bows, and I have shot a few. But if you are going to do a poll, you shouldn't eliminate something or people because you don't like that particular bow.

Yes, my mathews would be number 1, and I used to have a Golden Eagle that would rank 2. My old PSE turned me away from them many moons ago. For some reason, I just don't like the hoyts. Which would also eliminate the reflexes, being they are the same bows. You will basically put the same company on a poll 2 times but you won't put a totally different manufacturer on there. What is that all about

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If I had to make a choice andthese were the only bows left on earth, I would demand a recount.There is only ONE and since you have seen the commercials, I am sure that you know who that is. Just Kidding!!!
Trying to get an uproar going.

These are all good bows. Ihave shot an AR the last 3 years and it is a good bow, not a great bow. I killed plently of deerso I have nothing bad to say about it except it has abitofhand vibrationwhen you shoot it.

On that list I would probably go with Hoyt first.

These lines all have very good bows. Shoot all of them and you decide which one you like.

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You really only have 3 manufacturers up here since Hoyt owns Reflex and PSE owns AR. This sounds more like a budget dependent decision to me.

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They pulled mine and I never said anything negative about Mathew's ,I just said Mathew's wasn't for me LMAO
I also recieved a nasty email to boot from another on the forum ,now that was a big LMAO ROTF

nubo

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John.

You know it was probably the truth:);):D

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No offense BigJ12, I almost had to give away a browning I was using for hunting... I knew better, got a good price on it and thought it's better to take that into the woods thanone of my 3D bows. Hate to tell you padnar, but you need to go and shoot a real bow, and you'll stop that stuff about it doesn't matter what you shoot.. I've owned just about every brand of bow on the market... And I am not a sissy about had shock...a good bow won't have it... I shoot the fastest bow on the market, and has no shock what so ever.Hey, if you love your browning that's cool. Just don't say it doesn't matter to the deer, it matters if you place a good clean shot and get a quick kill, or gut shoot one and let it suffer.

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Sounds like you have too much money and not enough time to research what is the better technology......just a observation, don't get your holy panties in a bunch.

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Rev.

I stand by what I say. I have shot all types of bows out there (in my draw length) and while they are all different I could shoot all just fine. Pulling back the bow all day is no problem, no matter what the draw is like (or weight for that matter)

I don't know what "hand shock" you guys are feeling. Some of you act like the bowwill jump out of your hand if your not shooting the latest and greatest bows out there. Great marketing if you ask me.I bet most of you guys load up your bows with all those little "limb Saver" gizmos because heaven knows if you don't have themyour bow will be a buzzing rattling mess,:eek:again great marketing.I use a 4in Doinker Stabilizer and string leachs (or whiskers) and that's all, nothing else. All my bowsshoot just fine, no problems at all. No loud noises, no excess vibrations, no buzzing, no violent hand shock either.

I have no problem putting my arrows where they need to go either at the range or in the field.I have never shot a bow that I hated. All bow manufacturers have had problems with their bows one time or another including Browning and Bowtech. I'm not talking about that.

All I do is hunt and I want something that is reliable, durable and accurate and most bows on the market today fit that bill. You want to spend all thatmoney for a few more fps it's fine with me but don't try to sell me on it.

I canhaveany bow I want, money is not an issue for me.I just can't see spending money on something more expensive when what I have does everything I want it to do and very well at that. And yes what I have is a "real bow" it kills "real deer" and does it "real good"

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BigJ12 quote:

I bet most of you guys load up your bows with all those little "limb Saver" gizmos because heaven knows if you don't have them your bow will be a buzzing rattling mess,:eek: again great marketing. I use a 4in Doinker Stabilizer and string leachs (or whiskers) and that's all, nothing else. All my bows shoot just fine, no problems at all. No loud noises, no excess vibrations, no buzzing, no violent hand shock either


Seems to me that a stabilizer was created, like inventions like limbsavers, dampeners, and so on, was to improve function, versatility, and play. Putting on a stabilizer and string leaches, and then damning the world for wanting extras on their bows to improve whatever they think needs improving, well something smells of hypocrisy, and it is not me. And who was it trying to sell you the bow or accessories that you didn't want, because you have a system that works? For a man claiming to be almighty and his ****ake mushrooms don't smell, you really make a big deal of things.

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First of all, just when did I claim to be "almighty"?

Second, I never said stabilizers don't work, I'm sure they do to some extent.

Also what I didn't say is Ishot many deer back in the day with NO stabilizer on my bow at all.Yes I'm sure they will dampen some of the vibration but alot of folks think their bows will be this vibrating mess without them.I put even less credence on all of those "limb Saver" stick on gizmos that seem to pop up everywhere now! Hell they even sell them for your rest, sight, quiver as well as your limbs, limb bolts, you name it and they (the manufacturers) will try to convince you that you NEED one of those little rubber dudads on every part of the bow in order for it to be "stealth" Christ, how did we ever even kill a deer years ago without these God sends?:eek:

You missed my point all together these gizmos are a microcosm of what the big bow companies are trying to pull on everyone. By letting you think you will never be able to kill a deer with that hand buzzing, noise making, hard pulling, jumping from your hand bows the "other" bow manufactures are trying to sell.

I choose not to buy into it and I'm labled "almighty".......spare me.

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If your going to do a poll, why in the crap don't you make it a honest poll. My current set up is a Mathews Switchback, before that I shot a Martin Fury, and two differentGolden Eagles before that. I love my Mathews but if I wasto think that everyone else should like it to, thatwould be very stupid on my part. I do feel that is what you are saying about your favorite company with this poll.I have said this before but because I teach archery education I try outas many different types of bows each year. I feel most of them make very good bows, sure each have differnt features and selling points and each have a fan base. I for one am glad there are so many companys, they keep each other ontheir toes andeach strive to design a better product each and every year. I tell my students when buying a new bow to shoot them allthenown and shootwaht feels best to them.If you don't like a certain company thats fine don't buy their product, but if your going to take a poll, then put most if not all the major manufactures in the poll. To do otherwise is shallow thinking in my opinion.

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For the record, I never said Mathews, hoyt or Bowtech didn't make great bows, they do. I was just trying to put this whole "class war" into perspective. Some people think that unless you buy one of those bows you have junk. A perfect example is the Rev's post....it says it all:eek:

And

Finally

According to the Rev (what he was implying)unless I run out and buy"a real bow"I have no business hunting with my inferior Browning because afterall all it's onlycapable of gut shooting deer.:eek:

The sad thing is....alot of people think like him,he was just misguided enough toactually post it.

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Well idaho I didn't put Mathews on here because of all the hype. I also didn't put the Company that made the bow I hunt with on here either because I figured it would only get one vote and that would be mine. So as far as yer whining about not putting Mathews on here maybe start yer own poll with just them. I bet you get alot of votes but you will also get alot of boos from the non-mathews people also. By the way I shoot a Merlin Storm and have killed numerous deer with it including a 150 class buck.

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Join the club!!They pulled mine for my opinion!!I thought that is what made this fourm,But i guess they want pepole to be on there side or no side!!Sorry but NOT!!There are a lot of matthews shooter on here.
I started a poll to show what this fourm is leaning toward!! If you
dont want to put a manufactuer on here because of hype,as you put
it then you should take hoyt off because they,and PSE are pushed also!!

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I guess this thread went a little off topic for the mod's, There's not a bad bow in th market if they all do the job.
I think all I was trying to say was that the individual who started this thread has his own right to include or exclude hich ever brand's he chooses ,so if your brand wasn't posted why create problemabout it.All I said wasthat that particular brand wasn't for me,if that's any reason to pull my thread thenwe have aproblem here.
I thought we all had a right to our own opinion.

nubo

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[ORIGINAL: BigJ12


Come on people lets think about this, are there better bows than others?.....Yes, but will it really make that big a difference in the field? You can buy a $45,000.00 Perazzi MX3 Competition trap gun to take hunting but you won't kill any more birds than the guy with the $250.00 Remington 870 Wingmaster on any given day if youare bothequally skilledshooters.The higher line (priced) guns, bows, pistols, etc... matters only in the hands of the most elite of competition shooters and marksmen, and ONLYin controlled enviroments. Stick a pair of heavy gloves, jacket, boots, pants, bird vest full of Pheasants on a competition shooter let him walk in the snow half of the day looking for birds where his eyes are watering, he's snow blind and hisrunny nose is frozen to his upper lip and watch howWELL he does shooting.:eek:





BigJ12 this what I was referring to... if your going to shoot under those conditions, gloves jacket, boots, pants, etc.. that's when you are going to rely on a good piece of equipment to deliver. you said gizmo's like string silencers and such were gimmicks.. HeyI don't want to spook my target anymore than the next guy.. I agree bow companies are out to make money, and people like to have the latest on the market, right, most bows that killed deer 20 years ago, will still kill deer today. They are just getting better and better, smoother and quieter. just don't knock us that like the high tech stuff... some us shoot year round and have different bows for various activities.

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I am not trying to whine or gripe, if it seems so I am sorry. I am trying to express my point. In my mind if your going to do a meaningiful andunbiased poll, then you need to list all the flavors including yours, its fun to see what everyone shoots. Yes there might be some dissagreement but all of us who come here in bowhunting will be involved. Not just the ones that shoot the brands you listed. If this was a manufactures web site then I wouldn't dissagree or disspute it. I would still think it was biased and unfairbut I wouldn't say soon their forum.I guess that is why Istay away from the manufactures web sites, from what I have seen the forum members are much to biased and stubborn for my taste. As far as starting my own poll, well I have seen that too. It has happened on several otherarchery sites just this past few months.Fellow archers do this same thing with their polls then after the thread isdone and over, they make a announcement that such and such of bow thehas tobe the very best because everyone voted for it. I went the verbal rounds with a fellow that did this very thing with Mathews bow. He felt that Mathews was the best and that everyone should see it from his point of view.I know I amsaying this again but Ifeel where we as archers error is when we assume that because brand X feels the best to us then it should feel the best to everyone else as well. When a archer makes a statement that he or she owns and shoots brand X because its feels best to them, they are correct and I belive them, but not for one second do I assume that it should feel the same to everyone else as well. With your poll I also wonder if you are choosing/deciding to buy a new bow between these companys? I also agree with whatGut Check said"You really only have 3 manufacturers up here since Hoyt owns Reflex and PSE owns AR. This sounds more like a budget dependent decision to me."If you are choosingto buy a bow from these brands then great, and you will have a awesome newbow. If this is the case, then why not just say so andask what would you choose between.If not, then I don't understandwhat results you are trying to achieve. Please don't feel that Iam trying topick a fight, because I am not, my whole purpose is to understandwhere you are comming from and at the sametime to get my point accross. I will add I know a verbal war does nothing but leave a bad feeling in ones gut, and makes one want to get revenge.Ihope that all of us members come on here to escape and get away in our mind from the dailystress of work and family needs.Heck with all the time I have spent hunting my beloved elk in the high countryin the rockies here in my home state of Idaho, I have yet to run into a fellow bowhunter/elkhunter and haveafight or argument over who's bow is betterat killing a elk or otherwise.Yet on the web sites there are verbal fights all the time over whos bow is better at this and that. I just don't understand it, oh well I'll shut up for now.

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I just don't understand some of your mentalities...he's not asking what's the best bow...that would be a stupid question because one doesn't exist. He's not asking what bow do you shoot, he's asking of the choices he's listed, which one would you shoot...get over yourself and pick one....I certainly wouldn't be offended if he had Mathews on the list and not my choice bow...I'd simply pick one from the list....geeeeezzz[&:]

In fact, I currently shoot a Hoyt and didn't pick Hoyt in the list because some of the things I'm hearing about the Trykon so I picked BowTec because I haven't had the chance to shoot the Hoyt line....AND I'm possibly going to purchase a Switchback and if I am a Mathew owner, I'm still not going to have the mentality that it's the only bow on the market....

The only problem people have with a quality bow like Mathews is.....some of their owners.;)

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I agree 100% Rob ,I think that was my point all along ,but obviously I ruffled some feather's for just being here .
I got a chewing out from another member for bashing and if anyone on this forumknow's me is that I don't bash any brand .
Enough said from me ,I'm sure I'll get another chewing for this one as well

nubo

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I do have to admit that of the bows you chose for the poll you go from the bottom of the barrel to some of the best. Of the ones you have the price range can be anywhere from $150 to $800 or more. In my view there is no comparison.

You forgot to list Martin, though. Next to Pearson they are the next oldest bow maker and still of the highest quality.

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On the post that got took off I was not saying that the only bow was a mathews,But,every time i am talking on this forum about a mathews
someone with brand X gets on and bashes them just because they don't
feel good to them!!If you will go back and look at some of my post you will see I incourage pepole to shoot more than one and decide for themselves!!!

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Rev,

I'm glad you quoted that because it goes directly to my point, and that is youDON'T have to spend $800.00 on abow to be able to hunt and be successful at it. There is absolutely nothing aHoyt, Mathewsor Bowtech can do that any other well known bow manufacturers bow can do.

Please understand that I am now and always have been talkingabout hunting situations.Only when you get to the skill level of national competition shooters does the equipment come into play more and more. A perfect example is,A national champion archershootsa $200.00bow against you in a 3D shoot and you shoot your high dollar bow. Who do you think will win?

I am willing to bet that most of the bows on the market today by well known manufacturers (no matter what the price) can and will shoot better than 90% of thepeople shooting it. What happens is people fall into the advertising traps and marketing ploys.

If you want to spend to big money on the latest greatest bowthat hits the market today that's fine but don't think for a second that a lower dollar bow won't do the same thing. I'm not talking about a 20 year old bow either, I'm talking about a brand new bow with up to date technology just not the price tag to go with it. And contrary to what you think they are "real" bows too.

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It seems to me on these posts, that there are a bunch of old women bickering back and forth, saying you don't need that, because I don't use those extras, or that bow and so on. People forget very quickly that if you strive to become a good archer and a hunter, regardless of your technique, products, and philosophy, then that is what counts. A good archer. Not just a hunter, but a good archer and hunter. I here this crying on here that some people are mouthing off at, including claims that "this is the real bow you need, and if you don't get this bow or product, then you don't have a real system that works like mine". BULLCRAP!!!!!. If you stripped down all the recurves, the compounds(except for a general pin sight), and the longbows, then people would be adjusting to that plain technology very quickly, and a little less pissing going on as well. Give this post a rest, and who cares about some poll. It goes to show, in the history of poll taking, that there is very little emphasis on truth and fact, and major emphasis on discrediting the polltakers. Instead of listening to fools say "you don't need to do that, don't buy that, buy this instead, you don't have a cool setup unless you have this brand", just go out and shoot. It wil make you feel a lot better.

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I will agree, there is a lot of hype on the Matthews with lots other bows as good. I like mine and will use it till cant use it. But IMHO if you are gonna have a survery of which one you like, like or not, you got to include all! [&:]