My bow is really simple but I' m happy with it... shootin' it feels like coming home after a long business trip

PSE Whitetail Extreme 65% letoff, 60# draw.

ahh yeah... just like the first cup of coffee in the morning! [8D]

I' m not CONTENT..... I' m estatic... jumping for joy.... smiling like a pig in the acorns...[:-] I LOVE my DARTON.[:-][:-][:-]

Hmmm, never saw a pig in ACORNS![&:]

I have a bow that I could probably shoot for the rest of my life, and never really be hurting for performance, quiet, accuracy, etc. It is a Darton Viper with steel cables, can' t go out of time, all that.

Still like to try toys, like PA Bowhuntr says, and through all my trying (mostly 1 or 2 yr. old used toys) have obtained the bow I have wanted all along. Quiet, accurate, reliable, and fast. Bowtech Pro 38 Dual Cam. I have tried many others, including 2 Mathews bows. This is the bow for me. A new bow would have to show me a significant difference to make me want to put out the $$$. I just don' t think there is that much difference, but I am willing to look.

This is the year to make improvements to the archer, not the equipment.

So, you are going to come up around Christmas time to try out that Patriot Dually, aren' t you Jeff?

I would love to buy a new bow, but I have no problems with my FX. It is a great bow, and I will keep it for a while. At least untill I am out of college.

davidmil, which Darton do you shoot?

Yeah I' m perfectly content with my Parker UL 31. I bought the bow with the intent of keeping for awhile, and I have no reason to get anything else.

For you Darton fans out there, you' ll appreciate this one.

A friend of mine (about 6+ years ago) get' s a call from his wife one day while he' s at work. " I was out at some garage sales and I bought you a bow!"

my friend: " Oh no... it' s probably no good. A darton for $20. Did you ask them if it was damaged?"

Wife: " No. Sorry."

So my friend gets home and sure enough there' s a hefty crack in one of the limbs. So he figures he' ll take it to a pro shop and see if he can salvage anything since he' s invested $20 into it. Guy at counter says, " We should call and see if it' s under warranty." They call -- it is! They replace the limb and clean it up real nice. []

So he ends up with a like-brand new Darton for $20 (darton paid for shipping and everything). That' s my kind of story!

I have an old PSE 2 cam that is at least 20 years old. I have added a cobra sight and a NAP rest, but it still shoots good. It resembles the " deer hunter" model that is still in the PSE catalogs. I killed a doe with it this season and the arrow went straight through. What more can I ask?

But, I broke down and bought a new Parker that I will be using next season. However, since I sometimes hunt in other areas of New York State, I will continue to take along the old PSE as a backup. Just can' t bear to part with it.

Clint

Frank:

OF COURSE I will come over and shoot the Pat Dually. That is the most interesting bow that is out there this year, at least to me. The only other bow that I would give a serious look might be a Pro 40 wheely, but I doubt that I would get a new one, since the wheels on those have not changed like the cams have on the dually. Pivoting limb pockets don' t impress me that much when the limbs are pretty much bottomed anyway.

I am interested in new bows just like you are, I just have more boys to eat away at the budget.

BTW, I have already been " sneaking" down to the Bowflex, working on low weight and high reps. It is looking alot like I will be shooting again soon!

Don' t tell my wife though.[]