Bear Archery Showdown Bow
 

I am looking for my first bow and came across the bear showdown package. Does anyone have any experience with this bow? I have read some good reviews on it. Thanks

RE: Bear Archery Showdown Bow
 

I bought a showdown last August.Its a very enjoyable bow to shoot, very quiet and forgiving. I thought about buying a higher dollar bow but opted for the showdown and I'm glad I did.Took a doe and a 9 point in the same day with this bow, both were complete passthroughs. Awesome bow.

RE: Bear Archery Showdown Bow
 

Nice Man. Did you buy it as a package or did you put your own accessories on it?

RE: Bear Archery Showdown Bow
 

I dont own the Show Down but have shot it several times. Like said earlier, this is a very enjoyable bow to shoot and very comfortable. I was deciding on 3 bows to buy, the Showdown, Lights Out and the PSE Stinger NI. I went with the Stinger NI. All 3 bows are excellent bows.

RE: Bear Archery Showdown Bow
 

I shoot a showdown as well, and again like above, it is a very nice bow to shoot, smooth and quiet. I bought as a package, depending on the price you are paying it might be the best way to go. Any package I've seen with Fred Bear bows comes with a Whisker Biscuit, Trophey Ridge Sight and Quiver, not to mention the string loop and peep sight...

The most important thing to do would be to shoot one and see how it feels, the nice thing about it is, you can set it at a range of draw lengths, which is why I liked it...I needed a longer draw

RE: Bear Archery Showdown Bow
 

IMO the Showdown would be a very good bow for someone new to the sport. We sell a ton of them at the shop, mostly to guys like yourself that are looking for their first bow or to guys that want a good hunting bow without dropping $1000 for a setup. The bow is very quiet and easy to shoot. It is not the fastest bow on the market, but I would assume you would expect that based on the price tag. I believe it is one of the better choices out there for a guys looking to get into archery, he does not have to spend a bunch of money, but he still gets a great shooting bow. Once you have it and have hunted with it for a few years you might want to decide to upgrade then, but the Showdown is a great hunting bow and there would really not be a reason to upgrade later unless you just really wanted to get into one of the high end bows. Great choice!

RE: Bear Archery Showdown Bow
 

You will like Bear bows, good luck and have fun

RE: Bear Archery Showdown Bow
 

I did the setup myself. I put a Toxonics(if I spelled that right) sight on my bow along with a wiskerbisquet. Setting up this bow wasn't hard to do, howeverthe bow did come with a peep already installed. As was mentioned above this isn't the fastest bow but I also think a lot of guys put too much emphasis on owning the fastest bow.In other words, don't get caught up in the numbers.

Bear Showdown quick ?
 

Is the Bear Showdown really limited to 60-70#s? seems like it should adjust lower for practice, is there no way to set it lower?

Peak weight adjustment
 

Most likely Not, you will only be able to go down approx. 10lbs.
My son has a Showdown and you can safely turn out the limb bolts only 3 full turns,each turn will lower draw weight approx.2-4lbs.
If you buy the bow new the birth cirtificate on the string will tell you max peak weight which is what the bow will be shipped set on.
In my sons case the max peak weight was 72lbs when I set the bow up for him I decreased the peak weight for him turning out the limb bolts 2 full turns and came up with 64lbs,
You will be able to lower the peak weight approx. 6-12lbs although each bow is differiant.
As you can see in my sons case we lowered peak weight by 4 lbs per turn of the limb bolts therefore one more turn will set peak weight to 60lbs.

ouch, isn't 64lbs a little high for target practice? Since I dislocated my shoulder years ago, it feels 70lbs gets the pain flowing pretty quick.

In my opinion, you should target practice for the most part at the weight you want to hunt at. If all you are doing is target practicing, that is a different thing, but for hunting, keep it the same. Perhaps with an injury you need to limit the # of shots you take at one time. Just take one arrow out with a broadhead or a practice broadhead on it and shoot it a few times from different distances. Makes it more like real hunting situations and doesn't tire the muscles and hurt the joints as much. I also like to do various things, such as come to full draw, hold it for 30 seconds and then shoot, or give myself to the count of 5 to make the shot before having pulled back. You don't have to shoot as many arrows in a row, and it is more fun to me. To each his own, though. I am sure that many of you folks do things like this as well.
If, with a shoulder dislocation or something similar, you are unable to consistently and comfortably shoot at the pull you want to hunt at, you may want to trade in for a lighter weight bow.