Who's gonna be reporting back from the ATA?
 

OK guys, who's gonna be givin' us the scoop from Atlanta?

We want cell phone pics that have been secretly snapped and to know that you risked your lives to post them on here... We won't tell! [:-]

Or, better yet, full-quality digitals!! :D

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What's it worth to ya?...[8D];)

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We're here right now and will be updating the site tonight. Just eating some breakfast right now and getting ready to head into the show.

And it's all free. :D

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hey justin, i heard there will be a new serving machine there from someone other than apple. will you spy it for me and tell me what you think. crackers may be over there by it.

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Anything new with Lone Wolf.........I wanna know!!!!:)

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I want a report onthe Ross 331!

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Justin, you've got a PM as well... :)

Pat,throw ina little bit of extra bugging to Todd about hurrrying upmy paperwork, and I'll have to see what I can do... ;)

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Ha! Foiled again their Pat! ;)

Pictures, updates, Pictures, stories, Pictures, gossip....did I mention pictures? Come on now Justin, spill it.

:)

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Well so far the only thing I've seen from the show is the Mathews Prestige. Not much to get excited about yet.:eek:

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Man, ain't that the truth... Mathews says it'll do 322 (approximately, which we all know they're bad about over-inflating their speeds) but it takes a SIX-INCH BRACE HEIGHT to do it!!!! [:o]

Take 10 fps off for going from a 30" draw to a 29", and the Tribute will still doup to318 with a 7 1/2" brace height! [8D]

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I want to know what Elite has at their booth or if they show up.

I also want to know if Bowtech and Elite's booths will be within shooting distance of each other.

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It should be taped off as a hard hat and bullet proof jacket area.[:-]:D

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... and the Prestige also packs a walloping $1,000 MSRP!! [:o]

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Thats because Mathews has to pay their staff to shoot them. That and their advertising bill.

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I would like to know if Summit has any new stands for 2006 or should I just go ahead and get the Goliath?

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Hey guys - sorry for the lack of updates from the show. You really don't realize how much work goes into walking the exhibit hall all day, talking with people, then getting back to the hotel, eating dinner, and eventually going out to socialize with everyone. Between Weds, Thurs, and Fri nights I think I got a combined total of 12 hours of sleep.

I'll be working on putting up photos and a show report when I get into the office tomorrow.

Lots of new stuff to talk about. :D

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Yep, it was definitely busy. Now that I'm back I've had to do a bunch of non-Huntingnet work, and set some beaver traps.

I'm still waaaay behind on sleep.

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I had a great time, yes busy........very busy. Bowtech was jamming as usual.
Got to see Justin, Todd, and Christine from HNI for a while, even helped Christine with some shooting which was especially fun being that she is , shall we say, a little "Behind the times";):D.
Oh Christine, the technical hang up on the bow I was fitting for you? It was left handed, top cam is bottom and bottom is top!! :eek:If I spun it one more time it would have flown away.:D

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...Ah... that explains it then. It makes me happy that I'm such a pain.... hee hee hee.

Thanks so much for taking the time to set up the bow for me. Teaching me to use a release was cool too.

I guess I'm going to hang up my 'retro' bow for now and jump in with the Bowtech Equalizer, a release and something other than my Huntmaster 2000. :D

'Course, now I'm going to actually be upset if I drop my bow from the tree stand.

Oh, and have any ideas on what kind of release would actually fit me??? [8D]

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So, are any pics and/or explanations of the show listed anywhere?

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We're working on it right now. This year we decided to put together a quality presentation of new products versus just slapping up a bunch of photos with no captions or explanations like some other websites. ;)

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[quote]ORIGINAL: HNIJustin


That should be well worth the wait. Glad everyone made it back ok and had a good time. Now............................for the presentation.:)

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Here's a photo from the show(actually the limo to the show)with no caption. ;)

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I play a mean air guitar when 38 Special is on.

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now that's a lot of hair product right there.

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LMAO...only have to do your do once the whole weekend...There's no time to take a shower.:D

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I use a suprisingly small amount of hair product actually. One jar of this stuff lasts me a good 6 months. :D

Don't hate me because I'm beautiful

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you must not be in the picture. :D

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You guys are funny!!!:D

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you might be a redneck if.....

......... you take a limo to the ata show.

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Thanks for just not slapping pics together.....and btw thamks for the report on the Ross bows...I already got them off Archerytalk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Christine I am with you... After sgooting the BowTech Equalizer at the show I think I may just get one, I really enjoyed shooting it and the nice fella at the booth was willing to chrono the bow with me and try different stabilizers on the bow with me as well. That bow at 27 inch draw, 60 lbs shooting 302 fps... TALK ABOUT A FAST BOW for us ladies and shorter draw archers.... I even shot the Equalizer at 26 1/2 inch draw with 52lbs and a heavy 387 grain arrow and I still got 250 FPS. We are a new shop and have only been open 5 months. We just became a BowTech Dealer so I cant wait to get them in and play with them some more and the Tribute looks like a great shooter also... we sold over 50 Hoyt Bows and nearly the same # of Mathews as well as selling Parker , Jennings and Reflex and Bear in the last 4 months at our shop so now were goinna see if we can do as well at selling the BowTechs... I dont think it will be tough with the speed and accuracy these bows have. The Diamond Bows looked great also especially the Liberty!!!

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I begining to think Ill be reading about the bows from this years ATA on archeryhistory.com before we see any pictures here.

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Hey Look! It's a Motley Crew in a limo....

Not to be confused with "the Motley Crue" (Mick Mars-right, just doesn't look like he used to)...[8D]:D

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"Man, ain't that the truth... Mathews says it'll do 322 (approximately, which we all know they're bad about over-inflating their speeds) but it takes a SIX-INCH BRACE HEIGHT to do it!!!! [:o]

Take 10 fps off for going from a 30" draw to a 29", and the Tribute will still doup to318 with a 7 1/2" brace height! [8D] "



MQ1 Shooter ..........just for clarification the Prestige shoots 322 on 29" draw..........it's not even available in 30" !! So 322fps on a 29" draw single cam with a 6" bh is pretty impressive........I don't care who's making it !!

Kinda interesting how you act all nice/interested over on the Mathews forum and seem to jump on them over here in Bowtech land !!

Oh and from my testing of a Tribute.........I got 260 fps on 30" 61# with a loop &WB rest and a 451 grain arrow ! That would make it IBO around 316 fps "if" I gave it 5 fps for the WB !! I would say that was a few fps short of 328 !! ;)................Now I did like the Tribute ....so I am not bashing .....I came real close to buying one ! But the one I was looking at did not perform as well as expected !!

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CBM,

What are you talking about....didn't you know every web sight is BowTech land?:D:D:DEvery place I go there is BowTech related topics everywhere. Actually archery talk has more over there than we do on this sight. What a bummer it must beto start your own chat board (archerytalk.com)trying toincrease sales for your product then have BowTech take over the entire thing and reap the benefits. HA!:) I'm only a BowTech fan from all the research I did on both web sights. I read, I listened, I tested and then I purchased. Couldn't be happier.

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Don't get me wrong(I used to post here a lot) and I know there are some "great" people on this site ............with a wealth of information !!

I just got sick of crap like above ........Mathews is boring blah blah blah.....322 isn't fast for a 30" draw 6" bh bow(when the freakin' bow doesn't even come in a 30")..........and then blah blah blah about Bowtech !!

I have seen nothing earth shattering this year from anyone ...........nothing !!

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look at my post about nubo's new strings. that'll shatter something.

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CBM, when did I EVER say the Prestigehad a 30" draw?!?I think you're inferring things that simply aren't there.I was very well aware that the Prestige is only available in a 29" draw; that's why there's the statement in there "Take 10 fps off for going from a 30" draw to a 29 (for the Tribute's IBO speeds so that we're talking apples to apples)." And you're right; 322 fps IS impressive... Just bothers me that it takes a six-inch brace height to make those speeds whena Tribute will get very close with a 7 1/2" brace.

I went back and read through each and every of my whopping 20 posts that I've made to date over there, and just can't see what prompted that little remark; in fact, most of my posts over there have hadvery little to do with anybrand specifically. Most of them were like the one where I congratulated you "for using your noggin" in thanking your landowner by giving him some meat from the deer you killed on his land... Is that the kind of posts you were referring to? :eek:

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It also bothers me that a company won't listen to its customers; let me ask this: For how many years have literally hundreds and hundreds of customers been screaming on the internet for Mathews to make a longer axle-to-axle hunting bow, in full camoflage, with a moderate brace height (It really soundsto me as if everyone is asking them to makea modern-day MQ-1).

Now, the Switchback XT, to me, is probably the single nicest bow released from Mathews in a good while. Taking nothing away from their accomplishments with this bow, it's STILL not what their customers have been screaming for.