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What bow is everyone shooting this year?

woodsdog2 said:
I just saw Obsession was bought by Martin Archery and they moved Martin to the Obsession facility.
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I've honestly never heard of Martin Archery, but after a quick look, their bows looked pretty nice. I think aesthetically the Hoyt carbon RX series is my favorite, but I know a loooooot of people are Mathews fans. My first bow was a Parker, now I have this HB33.

If MA bought Obsession, they must be doing something right...especially if they moved Martin to the Obsession facility and not the other way around lol!!
 
Prime Centergy Hybrid but really thinking about upgrading to the Prime Nexus 4
 
Gorvai said:
I've honestly never heard of Martin Archery, but after a quick look, their bows looked pretty nice. I think aesthetically the Hoyt carbon RX series is my favorite, but I know a loooooot of people are Mathews fans. My first bow was a Parker, now I have this HB33.

If MA bought Obsession, they must be doing something right...especially if they moved Martin to the Obsession facility and not the other way around lol!!
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There's several companies that were huge that don't get as much press now (Martin, Pearson, and Darton come to mind immediately). Martin is most famous for their stick bows.

EDIT: I should've mentioned the king of that class: High Country Archery was probably close to top bow company in the US and now hardly a peep. Golden Eagle was huge. Clearwater Archery was never huge but had a presence.
 
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Xpedition Xcentric I think this will be season 6. I try new ones every year and still haven't found one that makes me want to change.
 
Gorvai said:
@raisins How were they so big but didn't get any publicity?
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They had plenty of publicity back in the day, but kind of faded. High Country had full page ads in every magazine and would win bow of the year, etc. Sorry if I was not clear about that.
 
I’ll be shooting the Prime Nexus 2.
Pairing it with some “love em or hate em” FMJs. Still undecided on broadheads, but liking the looks of the Tooth of the Arrow points.

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Back for its 5th season I’ll be shooting my 2016 PSE Decree Ti. Lightning fast and accurate. Took me a good year to get used to a “speed” bow but I’ve come to love it. Nothing fancy for arrows - 340 Gold Tip Hunter XT with a 100 grain Rage. Luckily I have had 100% pass through on every deer and none went over 80 yards. I’m confident and comfortable with that set up and no reason to change a thing at this time
 
Hawgnuts57 said:
Shooting the hoyt ventum 30 this year gotta bring it back to the shop it's got some serious cam lean going on
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Don't ignore it. I had a Reflex single cam (made by Hoyt) derail due to cam lean. It was leaning so hard that I drew it back with a thin glove once and gave it a bit too much torque and the string came off the cam. It was a very violent episode and if I recall felt like a gorilla tried to rip my arm out of the socket. This was around 20 years ago though.
 
raisins said:
Don't ignore it. I had a Reflex single cam (made by Hoyt) derail due to cam lean. It was leaning so hard that I drew it back with a thin glove once and gave it a bit too much torque and the string came off the cam. It was a very violent episode and if I recall felt like a gorilla tried to rip my arm out of the socket. This was around 20 years ago though.
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I'm not I was trying to bare shaft tune it and realize it wasnt gonna happen they I noticed the cam lean. I tried to bring it to the shop today but they were closed for the holiday weekend.
 
2012 Hoyt Carbon Defiant 28.5 " - 65 #
Trophy Ridge Hotwire 3 pin adjustable sight
Trophy Ridge 5 arrow quiver
Day 6 350 spline 4 fletched arrow with 50 gr. insert/outsert
and Day 6 EVO 125 gr. broad heads weighing 548 gr. total
Clean pass thru whitetails is the norm !
 
Hawgnuts57 said:
Shooting the hoyt ventum 30 this year gotta bring it back to the shop it's got some serious cam lean going on
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How does it shoot? All the videos I've seen of it make it look smooth as butter. The V3 or whatever from Mathews looks great but there's some drag near the end of the draw cycle on it that I didn't like.
 
Gorvai said:
How does it shoot? All the videos I've seen of it make it look smooth as butter. The V3 or whatever from Mathews looks great but there's some drag near the end of the draw cycle on it that I didn't like.
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It's super smooth nothing like previous hoyts and it's also really quite
 
Same bow as last year for me. It was new for me last season but due to work commitments, I only got out with it 3x. I have yet to shoot an animal with this one.
2020 Hoyt RX4 Alpha
29" DL
71lb DW
 
Gorvai said:
How does it shoot? All the videos I've seen of it make it look smooth as butter. The V3 or whatever from Mathews looks great but there's some drag near the end of the draw cycle on it that I didn't like.
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The Defiant has a smooth draw and solid back wall, 80% let off is night and day difference from the Hoyt Alph Burner that I was shooting w/ 65 % let off. Bow is also very light. I purchased it used for $450, new they were $1500.
 
Bow is pretty well setup now. Just waiting on my new sight.

2021 Bowtech Solution set at 66#
Shooting 481gr Victory RIP TKOs with about 18% FOC
Ripcord Cage Micro rest
Still waiting on my new sight but it'll have a MBG Ascent Verdict single pin
Tight Spot Rise quiver
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