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ORIGINAL: PreacherTony

My thoughts ..... last year I got into the 21st century and bought a Drenalin. I absolutely love it, by the way. Previously I had a 15 year old set-up. I have been watching bow technology for the last 2 years, and in my little experience, Bowtech stand above all as of 2008 as far as advancements ....IMO

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ORIGINAL: MeanV2

I Agree Tony! I have been in Archery for 40+ years I have owned Martin, Pearson, Bear, PSE, High Country, Jennings, Parker,Oregon, Hoyt, Mathews, Bowtech,and the list could go on. Bowtech has undoubtedly took more strides in bow design than I have seen in the short few years of their existence:D

Every time I have thought they couldn't raise the Bar they have:D

Dan

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ORIGINAL: MeanV2

I Agree Tony! I have been in Archery for 40+ years I have owned Martin, Pearson, Bear, PSE, High Country, Jennings, Parker,Oregon, Hoyt, Mathews, Bowtech,and the list could go on. Bowtech has undoubtedly took more strides in bow design than I have seen in the short few years of their existence:D

Every time I have thought they couldn't raise the Bar they have:D

Dan

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ORIGINAL: Germ

Tony just a brown noser[8D]

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If I could afford it, I would definitely get me a Bowtech .....

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ORIGINAL: PreacherTony

Said in Germ's caveman lingo: Germ just jealous Tony not say Ross :D

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ORIGINAL: PreacherTony

If I could afford it, I would definitely get me a Bowtech .....

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ORIGINAL: Germ

Well if you had a ROSS, you would not want a bowtech

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ORIGINAL: GR8atta2d

Or pass the collection plate an extra time or two...[:-]

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ORIGINAL: MeanV2

Tony, I have always spent more money on my gear than I should;)In 03 I bought the Mathews Flagship bow, 2-Hoyts, 1- High Country, and 2 Bowtechs, After shooting those bows for approx. amonth. I got rid of all but 2;)I still go shoot the top offerings every year,but I have yet to find anything that fits and shoots for me like my Bowtechs:D

I have always shot what I thought was best[8D]

I don't have to settle for anything else:D

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ORIGINAL: quiksilver

This right here is all I'm sayin'.

You can get mad about it, make all the excuses you want, cry in your cereal, beat the kids, or poke out the eyeballs of your quiksilver voodoo doll... You can maybe make yourself feel better by knowing you paid twice as much as I did. You can buy a bigger truck to make up for your bow's "inadequacy."

But, as they say,the proof's in the pudding. And I could make it go faster if I wanted. How ya like them apples?

HCA Power.



Zing Pow baby.

Zing muthaflippin' Pow!

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ORIGINAL: quiksilver

This right here is all I'm sayin'.

You can get mad about it, make all the excuses you want, cry in your cereal, beat the kids, or poke out the eyeballs of your quiksilver voodoo doll... You can maybe make yourself feel better by knowing you paid twice as much as I did. You can buy a bigger truck to make up for your bow's "inadequacy."

But, as they say,the proof's in the pudding. And I could make it go faster if I wanted. How ya like them apples?

HCA Power.



Zing Pow baby.

Zing muthaflippin' Pow!

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ORIGINAL: Greg / MO

Fortunately, Gundeck... this forum doesn't see too much of "bash the other brands"... There's certainly guys in here who are proud of what they shoot, and that spirit is represented in many different brands. But I really haven't seen the "bash other brands" modus operandi to put "yours" on top... If you want some true examples of that at least 50 times a day, go read AT for a little bit. ;)

To your point... I think you could very well be right. The binary cam came about as a result of an engineer working in a completely different field other than archery, but he had a love of bows and bowhunting. He had an idea for a "better mousetrap", built a prototype on his own and approached a large company with it. Long story short, they hired him, he's now the Research & Development Director, and Bowtech never looked back. :)

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ORIGINAL: GR8atta2d

Well I think Bowtech has cetainly been innovative and I think this has pushed all the other Companies to make changes, wehn they could have just rested on thier sales numbers.

I guess the question could be...what more do you want? I mean we've seen split limbs, solid limbs, split risers, shoot through risers, no risers, plenty of speed. 1 cam 2 cam 1.5 cam. We've seen cable slides, cable rollers, all kinds of STS systems. We've seen bows that don't need a bow press. We've seen brace heights increase, Long ATA's Short ATA's. Higher Let-off..blah blah blah. We've seen Bow Companies put more attention to Quality strings out-of-the-box.

What else do we NEED? I'm sure if you (anyone) could recommend a new direction and it made sense..some bow company would love to hear it!

Perhaps the next big thing will be in equipment..something more tuned to the individualbow..instead of mix and match? I dunno [:-]

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ORIGINAL: quiksilver

Greg - that was around 3.7 gpp @ 29". If I went all the way down to warranty limit, and put a little pre-load on the cams,I could probably scare 400. Problem is, I can't build an arrow that light. Coming up with a 210 grain arrow after adding an insert/nock/tipisn't easy.

There's a guy on AT who has a 30+" draw length, and he's beenshooting a similar arrow to minein the 405-412 range off of an Iron Mace. He'll probably pick up some more speed when hegoes from the Iron Mace to the Speed Force, b/c his brace height will go from 7.25 - under 7, and I think the f/d curve is little tighter. They're advertising a 7" bh on the Speed Force, but I'd suspect it's closer to 6.75. They advertised a 7.5" bh on my mace, but it's closer to 7.25.Trying to manipulate sales by puffing the numbers a bit. You know. They're all guilty.

http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.php?t=534920&highlight=412

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ORIGINAL: quiksilver
Even at mind-warping speeds.

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ORIGINAL: quiksilver

Don't be jealous Dan.Speed envy is an ugly, uglything.

Not everybody can be this awesome. It's just not possible.

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Namely, the technology to build a 5.5 gpi arrow, built to handle big-game hunting at +/- .001 straightness, that is stiffer than any other arrow on the market, thus eliminating energy loss due to shaftflexion upon release.Even at mind-warping speeds.

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ORIGINAL: Arthur P

I also fail to see how this qualifies as 'bow' technology, which is what the rest of us have been talking about. Looks like arrow technology to me. :D

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ORIGINAL: quiksilver
Don't be jealous Dan.

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ORIGINAL: Germ
[:'(]I just threw up in my mouth

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ORIGINAL: BowTech_Shooter

Just to add a quick point, the optional camo patterns have been shipping since Nov and there are plenty of them out there. Do a search on AT and you'll find a bunch of them.

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ORIGINAL: Greg / MO

It's simple, really: the fact that other companies haven't caught up with their 2007 technology makes them the leader in technology still in 2008, and they didn't even have to bring anything new to the table.

And, trust me... I know you're going to quote the "and they didn't even have to bring anything new to the table" line.But the question was who has the best technology -- and it's a runaway consensus within the industry that Bowtech does, and I'm not talking about gaining agreement from a few posters on message boards. I could tell you stories about how respected their cutting-edge designs areby the other manufacturers themselves, but they're not for this forum. Don't even ask.

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ORIGINAL: atlasman

That isn't the answer my dealer got when he called and asked.......the time frames I posted is what he was told.

You guys are making this out to be like I have something against Bowtech..........I still shoot a Patriot and they are my #1 choice for bows.

2-8 weeks for stock bow and no guess would even be made on specialty camo options. That's what I was told when he hung up the phone..........standing at the counter with $1,000 in hand.

Do they ship to different parts of the country slower maybe??

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ORIGINAL: quiksilver

You fail to see a lot of things, Art.

Namely, the technology to build a 5.5 gpi arrow, built to handle big-game hunting at +/- .001 straightness, that is stiffer than any other arrow on the market, thus eliminating energy loss due to shaftflexion upon release.Even at mind-warping speeds.

I must have missedthe newpaper clipping the last time somebody tried to market that "old" idea.

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ORIGINAL: atlasman
What got your attention this year?

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ORIGINAL: Greg / MO

The treestand pattern was out of Bowtech's control; that's about all I can say there. ;)

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And atlas, I don't think Bowtech brought out anything "revolutionary" this year, but I would disagree with "exciting." :)Bows hitting 348 fps legitimately (read 5 grains per lb. ;)) is pretty darn exciting. Again, not revolutionary, but exciting none the less. :)

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ORIGINAL: MeanV2

Exactly what Bowtech are you shooting atlasman?;)

Dan

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ORIGINAL: BowTech_Shooter

Like Greg mentioned, the Treestand pattern not being offeredis beyond our control.

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