I would assume that Hoyt and Mathews are the leaders in selling bows with Bowtech nipping at their heels. Just curious if any of you know who sells more bows to American hunters? Or could it be Bear Archery, PSE, Browning,or Martin as they sell these bows mail order in the Cabelas and Bass Pro? Who is the leader in sales?

PSE without a doubt is selling more bows than Bear, Browning, or Martin. Remember as well, Browning is PSE, as well as Archery Research (AR).........all PSE's.

I know Martin experienced a 25% increase in sales last year alone as well. They sell a TON of bows through the box stores as well as having a good pro series only line, plus they have the traditional line as well as Rytera too. I know they don'tsell as many bows as Hoyt, Mathews, or Bowtech but I am sure they are selling a LOT more than people realize just because of all their lines.........they can get into more stores that way without having to deal with territory restrictions. The gold series bows can be sold through any shop with no territories, the traditional bows can be sold anywhere, and then the Martin Pro Series and Rytera's which are sold in protected dealer territories are split up as seperate product lines.........so realisticallyif you have 5 shops in a 10 square mile area all 5 can be selling bows manufactured at the Martin facility. I know where I live there are 6 shops within 20 or so miles and you will find some sort of new martins on everyones racks.

Since there are no territory restrictions and with the mail order business, maybe they are out selling the high end, high priced, pro shop only bows?

I have to agree PSE without a doubt.

I was reading in one of my bowhunting magazines (sorry don't remember exactly which one) that since Bear was bought out by Kasscade (not sure about the spelling) they have had a 30% increase in business. I don't know where that puts them with all the other companies but I'm sure they are getting close to the top 5.

PSE by a good ways

It would have to be PSE. They sell a lot of Walmart bows and I believe both Cabelas and Bass Pro sale them too. I think Mathews or Hoyt probably sales more high end bows but total numbers would have to go to PSE.

I have got to agree with PSE they are every where, you name the store and if they sale bows then they have PSE plus Browning and AR it has to be PSE by a pretty large margin

hardcore,

I'm also interested in the sales figures between Matthews, Hoyt and Bowtech (excluding PSE which is #1). I'm sure Bowtech has gained ground, but unsure who lost the market share. It also seems like more people are bowhunting (at least in my circles), so maybe the rising tide is lifting all boats, but I'm sure some more than others.

It will probably be hard to get numbers because I don't think any of these companies are publicly traded. If they were, they would always be talking about margin, market share, and it would make for interesting reading (would know the markup on bows).