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skipperfishflipper 12-15-2007 02:50 PM

please help me pick a bow
 
I posted this on another site and didnt get any help...I was hoping this site would be better

you can skipp to "THE QUESTION" or read on

I started shooting again last year after a 12 year break I'm 24
this fall my buddy just bought a new drenilin(sp). I didnt even know he bow hunted
after shooting his bow I couldnt belive how great it shot compaired to the stuff I was used to shooting(I could actualy hit what I was aiming at). Acting all excited about bow hunting he offered me his last years bow if I wanted to go hunting. I said HECK YEA!

well about a week later he called and said I could come pick it up at his house
I went over there thinking I was goning to get a switchback or something. then he opened the door and handed me some early 90's POS plastic cammed browning bow. I acted greatfull went out bougth a sight,rest, and release. shot it for 2 weeks strait untill the start of bow season.

to make a long story less long I got 2 bucks with it this year and had a great time doing it...I now have the archery bug.

MY QUESTION IS: being a newb to buying a bow what do you think i should get?(i have withheld the names so fanboys wont mess this up)
I want a bow that I can enjoy shooting in the off season too. what do you think i would end up liking more?

thould I get
Bow A: faster than bow B, lighter than bow B, smoother draw than bow B
more cam setting options, bigger vally, a little hand shock,less forgivign

Bow B:little slower,heavier,cooler looking, harsher draw but not too bad, dead as nails at the shot. smaller vally.more forgiving

what do you think? what do you think I would be happier with in the long run? I cant buy a new bow for a long time after this one. thanks for the help

ps after shooting all these bows(a ton) I dont think the drenilin is for me

Rob/PA Bowyer 12-15-2007 03:00 PM

RE: please help me pick a bow
 
Bow B. Speed means nothing BUT if you can have it all and speed, well than the choice is obvious. Good luck in your decision and like you, I left out names so as to not be a fanboy. ;)

Shoot as many as you can, and have fun doing it. Let us know what you come up with. :)

bigtim6656 12-15-2007 04:47 PM

RE: please help me pick a bow
 
sounds like bow A since it is smoother and more options but since rob said b i would just agree with him and shut up now lol

i started bow hunting at 13 stopped at 14 still two years ago they was my first season out with it

i got a reflex for the money it is a great bow made by Hoyt and i would and will buy another

il coyote 12-15-2007 04:51 PM

RE: please help me pick a bow
 
Two words, silent and accurate. I'll take those overmega-speed any day.

Hunter Dan7 12-15-2007 04:53 PM

RE: please help me pick a bow
 
Shot all the Bows you can and you decide witch one you feel better about.

skipperfishflipper 12-15-2007 05:55 PM

RE: please help me pick a bow
 
shot them all and narrowed it down to A and B thanks for the input guys. plz feel free to keep it coming

Rob/PA Bowyer 12-15-2007 06:00 PM

RE: please help me pick a bow
 

ORIGINAL: skipperfishflipper

show them all and narrowed it down to A and B thanks for the input guys. plz feel free to keep it coming
show them...LOL I know that reads "shot them all" LOL Then definately B is my pick.



skipperfishflipper 12-15-2007 06:03 PM

RE: please help me pick a bow
 
opps Ill fix that[:-]

davidmil 12-15-2007 06:37 PM

RE: please help me pick a bow
 
Dude... really, just go buy yourself a nice Bowtech Guardian or General. If you don't like them, buy yourself a Darton Maverick with recurve limbs. It's my back up bow now that I own a Guardian, but it's still the best shooter of the bunch.

M77man 12-15-2007 10:35 PM

RE: please help me pick a bow
 
Diamond Black Ice

Problem solved


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