I'm with pah. At our local shop, for very close to that price, minus the shipping, I set my son up with a 2005 Hoyt Ultrasport, with similar equipment and carbon arrows. Bare bow was $330. Of course he got to test drive it for several sessions before buying. Now, I don't know, but that grizzly sure looks like the same bow as the ultrasport. Probably someone out there knows.

I started with a reflex gamegetter three yrs ago, and it only lasted a few months, when I tried a better bow, and was begging someone to buy it or trade for a large loss. So if you're like me, you're smart to start off with higher end, provided you have the means. It would also be easier to sell if you change your mind.

The only reason I don't like the next-model-up reflexes is those animal track castings in the riser. Too gimmicky for me.

Be careful not to try the best bow in the shop, or you'll be obsessed. [8D]

Edit - I just noticed that your package is shipped free and includes a case. That would make it a little better deal than ours for sure. But I still would pay a little more to test drive it. Test driving is also like getting free lessons!

I might see if I can test it at Bass Pro and then possibly purchase from that website. Does anybody know if BPS sells the Reflex Grizzly?

Which ones and why?

Yup. Just saw it on their website. $299 bare bow. Bet you could outfit yourself with accessories for a price very close to your other deal.

alright sweet im gonna go test it.

I shot a Reflex Excursion before I had my Bowtech. I will not bad mouth the Reflex bows. They are good bows. They are basically the last year line of Hoyt(that is oversimplifying it but....). My only suggestion is to go to the models that have the machined risers. Grizzley and Excursion are cast risers. The Buckskin or Superslam would be better bows. I know I would not have been in the market for a new bow after only 5 months if I had gotten a Buckskin last summer.

The Buckskin is a bit more expensive than the Grizzly. If I can get my parents to fork out even more money for my birthday gift this year ill be lucky.

I bought a Reflex Buckskin from that outfit a few weeks ago. Checked out the bow locally and did my homework on the accessories I wanted (even with package bows, they'll let you substitute accessories; of course you'll pay the difference in price). Other than screwing up the color of fletching I wanted on arrows, they did a great job of setting up and tuning the bow. I have no complaints from that standpoint.

Can you Sub one bow for another at Hunters Friend?

Icedragon - Not exactly sure what you mean by that question. In may case, I ordered a custom set up; I picked out the bow and all of the accessories and they priced it out for me, including the cost of a hard case, tuning, shipping, etc. The price they quoted was a discount from the off-the-shelf prices (or so they say). Could I have done as well or better locally? Hard to say. I'd prefer to deal with a local shop, but there isn't a true pro shop closer than 20 miles from here and they're all limited in what they offer. From my perspective, I got the set up I wanted and it was tuned well, so I can't complain.