Purchased a Diamond Outlaw last year. I was shooting the same Martin bow for the last 18yrs with fingers. Just went to a release. After 35yrs of finger shooting, took a while to get used to it. It may be because of what I was shooting before, but I am loving the Outlaw, and my shooting is better than ever.

Used to shoot a diamond. Now i want an athens archery bow.

I shoot a Mission x3

Mathews Z7 Magnum

Bear (Golden Eagle) Talon

Custom made at the Bear Plant in Gainesville Florida for me specifically, riser from one year of a bow model, limbs from another year model, and accoutrements to match them together. I LOVE this bow, and it really fits me nicely.

well perhaps custom ASSEMBLED is the better term. They had the parts, they made this one for me by assembly of various components so that it would fit me better than the other bows they had in the price range could be made to do.

Bubba, your bow reminds me of a song!




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWHniL8MyMM&feature=youtube_gdata_player


I'll add my bows while I'm at it:
just got a special edition PSE Evo 6 have not even shot it yet!
08 Browning Illusion ( made by PSE) love it.
Bird custom carbon bamboo recurve ( wish I had the time to shoot it enough to hunt with it)

Mathews helim

I've been shooting and plan to hunt with my Martin Hunter recurve but I do keep my hand in with the Bowtech General to.

Mathews Dremalin LD

Hoyt Maxis 35 and a hoyt ultratec.

Hoyt Vtec and Moosejaw longbow.

Been shooting the same ole' PSE Firestorm for years. I think I bought it around 2000-2002. 32" axle to axle and at 65lbs with 80% letoff. I can shoot out of a treestand with no trouble at all and hold it back for what feels like all day. It's easy to draw and runs around 250fps with Beman ICS hunters. She's a quiet little bow too . Man I wish I was that size again

Mathews Switchback LD
70#
31" Draw with a 3/4 inch D-loop
Rage 100 Grain 2/2" blade Mechanicals

Hasn't let me down yet!

mathews switch back xt here. ALTOUGH A LOT OF TUNING PROBLEMS finnaly got it rite.

Mathews Switchback XT
Excalibur Equinox xbow

Bear Kodiak Magnum recurve, circa 1972.
I've even got some FIBERGLASS arrows from back then that I use.

Shayne

Heli-m and Z7 Extreme for hunting. Conquest and MR6 for taget and 3D. Just finished building a new string and cable today for my old LX that I've not shot in a long time. I shoot a Mathews lol.

Bowtech Insanity CPX,84 lbs at 29" shooting a 398gr Gold Tip Velocity Pro
At 340fps thru my chrony

PSE Bowmadness

2011 PSE Stinger.

Older Jennings Rackmaster Compound Bow...bought a new Mission "Craze" in the Lost Camo,it has a short 28 inch axel to axel width and can be set for several draw lengths and from around 20 to 70lbs with 85% let-off.

Still have to decide on what arrow rest,sight and quiver to get for it?

I picked up a '12 Bear Legeion it shoots very nice. Hit the kill zone on my delta speedbag at 50 yards 99.999 % of shots. Love the bow. Solid back wall. Pretty quiet. Very little hand shock.

Love my old Hoyt Stryker

XI flatliner

Bowtech Insanity CPX, 397gr gold tip velocity pro at 343fps at 84lbs/29"

PSE Dream Season
Mathews MQ1
2 Bear Kodiak mags 1 is factory camo 1963 model
Bear Cub 49# long bow
Wifes bow is Bear Truth II

I shoot a bowtech diamond razor edge. At 26 inch draw and 60 pound draw weight it shoots 308 fps. Ive beeen shootin it for 4 years now. and for a bow considered a youth bow itll keep up with alot of big expensive bows. my next bow will deffinatly be a bowtech you cant go wrond.

Z7....

I shoot an elite pulse!!

Bear Assault 30"@80#

Reflex Super Slam

Hoyt Viper with XT2000 limbs. I love it.

Hoyt Carbon Element with 80 lb limbs. Proven killer.

Jealous!

Elite Pulse

Been using the Mathews SwitchBack XT last few years. Just picked up the Mathews Monster for a good deal and will give that a try this season.

Mathews DR2

Mathews Legacy

I shot various PSE bows competitively and as my primary hunting rig for many years. Got out of Archery/Bow hunting scene for awhile due to other interests and family obligations.

Pleased to say that I am back in the saddle this year as I picked up a lightly used 2011 Hoyt Carbon Element, it sure is a shooter!

Well, after about 15 years out of bowhunting, I am finally doing what I should have done several years ago and getting back into it. To treat myself, I picked up a 2012 Martin Bengal Pro. So far, I am really liking the bow and can't wait for the season to get here.

Hoyt RAIDER INTRUDER from 1990's
Going to try to shoot it soon to see if my shoulder will tolerate it.
It's sorta old but so am I. If shoulder says "OK" it stays

I hunt a right hand 2011 Bowtech Destroyer 350 and a left hand 2010 Mathews Monster, both in 70lb. My Destroyer is my deer, coyote, and 3D bow, while I use the Mathews for turkeys and hogs (longer, heavier arrows. Bullheads for turkeys, so the shaft had to get outside my riser).

Do you shoot them eqaully well ?
All the years I've been in the archery business I've never seen this.

I'm still a little slower with the left hand bow, but I'd say I shoot them both "very well" for a bowhunter. I don't shoot competitively much anymore other than the occasional 3D match, but I'll drop 5-20pins a night out of both bows on 2 or 3 nights a week (10yrd range in my basement) after a good workout.

Backstory, because you'll all enjoy this:

Someone owed a friend of mine some money, so he took the Mathews against the debt. He offered it to me for sale (this would have been back in January), knowing I shoot firearms, throw a football, etc etc ambidexterously. I had just bought my Destroyer, so I wasn't looking for another bow, BUT I figured since we had it, I'd go ahead and try shooting it...


Second shot I took with it:


What it looked like 2 days later....


So at that point, I put it down, and didn't touch it until the fear of ripping my skin off went away. For whatever reason, at first it felt like my bow was too far away from me, so obviously I was sticking my arm out into it trying to get closer to my bow.

After a week or so, I picked it back up and got myself comfortable with the bow. Here is a pic of my 3rd group I'd ever shot left handed, at 10yrds, complete with a ruined arrow:


Give me a break, I was using a bunch of my junk arrows in case I threw one into the wall (punches a hole in the dry wall, and crushes the insert and point into the carbon on the brick on the outside, been there, done that, spackle is cheap, arrows aint).

I was hitting high and left, but they were going where I needed them, and it's been rolling really well since then.


After a month or so of not finding a buyer, I told him I'd take the bow in trade against some free hotel nights that I had earned at work so he and his wife could take a little vacation. So I ended up with a Mathews Monster, QAD Ultra HD rest, and HHA OL-5019 trigger sight, for free (Figure around $1200-1500 new price).

I can do most things with either hand. I probably should have been a lefty all those years ago, since my left eye is my dominant eye, but I've practiced both ways so much now, I'm pretty well interchangable. I shot my buck this year left handed (on accident) before I even realized I was holding the rifle left handed, 250yrds out of a Marlin 1895 Guide Gun .45-70.

Your response is pretty common when I tell people I shoot either hand. One of my buddies says I need to put up a youtube video with one continuous cut, shoot one right handed into the 10ring, then switch bows and break the arrow left handed, but I haven't quite mastered the intentional robinhood switching bows yet... Video to come when it happens!

Lol, that's a darn good whack on the ol' arm. I've not done that in years. Thank goodness!

Over the years, when I'm shooting "good" right handed, I usually end up with a narrow "string tickle" just at brace on my left wrist, maybe a 1/2" to 1" wide welt. It never hits hard, and it generally only happens when I'm shooting really well, so I don't mind it (kinda gets a callous up after a long season). It's always kind of a lingering warning like my bow is telling me not to play too close to the edge, so I'm always pretty wary of string slap, even after 20yrs of slinging sticks. Every practice I mount my bow, heel the heck out of it, then sort of twist my bow arm elbow in and out once to remind myself where it needs to ride, then go on shooting.

But that's right handed...

Apparently that muscle memory did not translate to my left hand for my first few shots! The lefty bow has bitten me twice in the 8mos I've been shooting it, but I've also broken a lot of arrows with it, and taken a couple decent turk's, so I figure the juice is worth the squeeze.

Shooting a Hoyt Alpha Burner. This thing rocks. I've got the #70 bow and the limbs maxed out, should be a little over #70 draw. Its at the shop right now getting new strings.

I was shooting a #60 Hoyt Magnatec before. A great bow, quiet and accurate, but for me 50 yards was max range.

The Alpha Burner's first pin can be used from close enough to pet the animal to 3" low at 40 yards. Then its got a 50, 60, 70 and 80 yard pin. I can make good shots at 80 but with that practice I can hit large apples at 60 yards. Love it, its been gone for 24 hours now and Im itching to get it back with new strings!!!

mathews ovation took me years to get to shoot it as well as i did my old ben person.
finally went to a relese and tightened it up.

Bear legion in March. Had a bent riser. Hoyt rampage xt in April to replace it.

Wish I had stuck with the bear.

Two longbows: A Bama Bow 57# and a Big River 60#. Love my longbows. Been through a bunch of them over 20 years of shooting them, Howard Hills, Jerry Hills, Martins, others. I used to shoot 80# but my shoulder won't take that anymore. 57# shoots all the way through them, so I guess I haven't really lost much.

The Bama Bow is the first one I've ever had made just the way I wanted it, and I'm super-pleased with it. The Big River is my backup, and it shoots and feels very similar, so I can switch if I need to or just want to carry a different bow some days.

Have a renegade and a mission,like them both...

2011 PSE Evo 62lb 28.5" draw 385gr arrow at 305fps. Shes a sweet shooter

07 diamond black ice

G5 Quest,

Hoyt Maxxis 31

Hoyt maxxis 35.

Bowtech Assassin 61# 26" draw Easton Epic arrows and Muzzy MX 3 100gr.

No black widows? Gee , I love my black widow recurves and the long bow too. Sad to say I do not even own one now. Have had a few though.
Daryl P.

Mathews Heli M

Picked up a loaded Mathews Monster over the summer, cant wait to whack something with it!

Bowtech destroyer 340 65 lbs gold tip Ted Nugent arrows. Only been bow hunting three years. Got first blood last year.

Matthews Z7 tactical extreme with fuse stabilizer, rip cord code red rest, armortech 7 pin and a patridge in a pear tree!!

Bowtech Guardian

Mathews for at least the last 10 years.

Mathews Conquest 4 for hunting and target.

I shoot a Bowtech.

Elite Z28

I shoot a Bear Homewrecker, the hubby shoots a Diamond Black Ice. Exciting new bows from Bear this year though so I have a feeling he'll be switching back to Bear soon.

I just got a Mission craze a couple months ago. It is a little thing that's for sure but spits the arrows out at a pretty good clip. I have it set at 70# and 30" draw. I'm not going to lie it looks a little silly a guy my size shooting a bow that small but you know what, I've already killed one deer with it and I still have a little money in my wallet so I'm happy. I figured I would shoot it for a couple years and then pass it on to my son when he is old enough.

Irish, there's nothing wrong with the way those little Craze bows shoot. And 30 inch 70lbs has a IBO speed rating of 305fps.
I always take one along on elk hunts. If a major breakdown happens it will fit anyone of the four of us.

Mathews DXT, Easton ACC 340, Slicktrick 100 gn

Oneida Black Eagle. Easton XX75 2315's with 125 gr. Razorback 5s set at about 65 lbs.

2012 pse omen pro 60lbs 28 draw

Hoyt 38Ultra. MAthews are nice bows and so are Bow tech. Ive owned them both but Hoyt always gets my vote.
Daryl P.

Bowtech Insanity CPXL

Mathews switchback xt

Hoyt Vectrix #70 Cackerized with Crackers strings
Sure Loc sights
QAD Rest
Posten Stabilizer
Stan SX-2 Release
Goldtip Arrows

2012 Hoyt Carbon Matrix

60# PSE Mossy Oak X
Trophy Ridge outfitted

Bow tech tomkat- axt sights- nap rest- and carbon express mayhems arrows tipped with rage three blades.

2012 PSE BRUTE-X 70 lb,soo smooth,soo quiet, i added rope DIY silencers to make it super quiet, best thing i ever did to the bow

2012 prime shift
2011 bowtech invasion

Bowtech Assassin with the dirt nasty G5 T3's.

If i had the money for a new bow (all i do is bow hunt unless im yote hunting) id go for the new Elite Hunter.

Striker Stinger Take Down Longbow 53#

My son just bought a 2013 Elite Answer and that is one super smooth shooting bow. I will be buying one this summer.

Strothers Sr-71 xt hunter gold tips with stingers 100

i shoot a Ross Cardiac

No doubt the smoothest bows i have ever shot.

I would only get the hunter because of the bigger brace height, (7" 3/4). answer at 7ish, which still is great. dont know what i would get [beeep]

I am really impressed with the quietness, smooth shooting, accuracy and absolutely solid back wall. You just can't creep the string with the Elite, it just sits back there and you can hold it forever.

53lb Thunder Stick MOAB Takedown Longbow. I can't hold it forever but it shoots good!

2013 Mathews ZXT 29"DL 60# dw

Hoyt rampage xt.

old alpine

bowtech assassin awesome bow an i loved my darton also

Posting up for the missus, forgot to add this one to the list when she got her first bow this fall:

Mathews Jewel 50lb x 24.5", Trophy Ridge Alpha V5 sight, QAD Ultra HDX, Axion Gridlock 6" Matrix, Rage 2blade, GoldTip XT Hunter 3555, Pink and yellow tiger Blazers on pink tiger wraps.

'06 PSE Mossy Oak X 60 lbs. Bought it half price in '07 at a closing Sportsman's Warehouse. Shoots like a dream and still in better than 90% condition.

Soon to be mathews mr6

Pse fireflight been using it for years

Hoyt Katera

PSE x-force dream season

Mathews MQ2

Mathews SQ2

With Mathews Downforce rest, Tight Spot quiver, G5 Optix XR sight and Bowjax all around.

bowtech equalizer

Bowtech Admiral

Hoyt maxxis 35...

2012 elite answer

2012 Hoyt carbon element

Mathews DXT

Mathews Z7 Extreme and Mathews Creed

Matthews Switchback XT

Bear lights out

Bowtech insanity cpx

Mathews Chill

Hoyt Alphaburner!

PSE BRUTE!

mission eliminator 2 & bear Kodiak hunter.

David W. Miller original. Custom made Long Bow, cedar riser, hard maple laminate limbs, 1995

PSE DNA

Matthews Mission Maniac!

Hoyt Rampage XT

Mathews DXT and a Mathews Z7 Extreme Tactical

I shoot a Strother SX1 in Predator Deception Brown camo.

2007 Bowtech Allegiance 70lb 30"
CE Maxima Hunters and Muzzy Phantom MX broadheads

G5 Quest REV, 70# 30" draw. QAD ultra fall away rest, B stinger stabilizer, G5 Optix Rock sight, shooting Gold Tip XT Hunters(5575) behind 100 gr Grim Reaper Razor cut broadheads. Scott release.

Mathews switchback XT,nice and smooth

Bowtech Admiral

Mathews Heli-m and Diamond Outlaw

HeliM Tactical
Z9 Tactical
Camo Z9
Switchback
Conquest II
Pearson Spoiler

Hoyt alphamax and back up is a hoyt trycon working on up dating the trycon to a spider

Just depends on what kind of mood I'm in
Mathews Drenalin & Outback
Bearpaws LightSpeed td recurve
Brigham Custom td recurve
TOH KAH Osage longbow
Ten Point Titan

Bear Kodiak that belonged to my grandpa and made in 64 of 65. It means a lot to shoot and hunt with this bow since it was his first hunting bow. I've taken two deer with it so far.

Bear Kodiak Magnum from 73 that I bought at a garage sale for $5

For a compound I am shooting a Bowtech Tribute that my brother won as a prize. He didn't like shooting it so I bought it from him and really love this bow.

Mathews DXT

Details:
Mathews Creed 28" 70#
Ripcord SOS
HHA Optimizer Sight
Ktech Stabilizer
Mathews T5 Quiver
Carbon Express Maxima Arrows
Blazer Fletchings
Will have Slick tricks on when I hit the woods

xforce dream season 76lbs, pretty quick and shoots straight.

Bowtech 82nd Airborne. Been shooting Bowtech before Bowtechs were cool.

Diamond Outlaw

Got a Mathew.Think I'am ready to try a 2014 PSE DNA

Me too, so long that they weren't even Bowtech when I started shooting them! My first "Bowtech" was a Strother designed Oregon bow about 15yrs ago that was older than I was at the time.

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Me too, so long that they weren't even Bowtech when I started shooting them! My first "Bowtech" was a Strother designed Oregon bow about 15yrs ago that was older than I was at the time. [/quote]

So you were born in the 90s ?
I shot a Oregon bow for awhile when they were still being manufactured, think it was called a "Black Knight" they were a decent bow. I did like commercial of a SUV running over their bow and the guy picks it up and shoots it.

2012 Hoyt carbon element, don't plan on changing anytime soon, love that bow

Nah, Oregon went out of business in the 90's, but I have an older model. I'm a child of the early 80's, a tech that I had "age" my bow put it in the late 70's, no later than early 80's, so this old Oregon Bow and I are within a few years of eachother one way or the other. We had to get pretty creative to reduce the draw length for me, and of course we had to make the strings and cables custom.

I've been curious whether the new Bowtech Carbon Knight moniker had anything to do with the old Black Knight, but drawing a straight line between John Strasheim or Kevin Strother to connect Oregon and Bowtech is a subject of debate. Seems like nobody has any straight dope about when or where these guys moved from one to the other, or how much they were actually involved in operations.

But, I lean towards the whimsical rumor mill because it suits me. Oregon made super fast twin cam bows with short brace heights, they collapsed, a few of them ran over and Bowtech emerged, also making binary cam super fast bows with short brace heights... Seems like there's something to that.

Mathews Z7 Xtreme tactical.

Bowtech general

A & H longbow.

Mathews Switchback. I am wondering if they have a newer bow that is just as smooth with a soft valley? I don't like the feeling that if you creep a little the bow is going to jump out of your hands. Suggestions?

hawkeye, You might want to give the "Chill" a test shot or two.
And in a few days Mathews will introduced two new bows to try. One single cam, One dual cam.

Bear Truth
Jennings Barracuda Air
Martin Jaguar
Shakespeare Sierra
Indian Deerslayer

Compound:
PSE Vendetta XS
Archery Research AR37 (one of the best bows ever)

Old School (recurve):
Schafer Silvertip
Black Widow PSA

Just picked up a Bowtech Experience. Been shooting a Bowthech Destroyer 340

Haven't shot bows since I was a teen. Back then it was a bear compound youth model. Decided I wanted to try it again so I'm picking up a Mathews switchback tomorrow hopefully. Dont want to dump a ton of dough on something I probably won't use much.

shooting a hoyt alphamax 32 and ive still got a horton hunter express crossbow i bought back in high school. ive kept it just incase my kids ever want to use it lol. Ive been through three or four different bows over the past 10 years but love this alphamax 32.

Diamond Razor Edge
60+#
29.5'' draw
Rage 2 blade 100 grain

I am looking to get a new bow with higher poundage but that won't break the bank. Any suggestions?

Martin Onza XT
set at 65lbs
29" draw
Muzzy 100gr. 3 blade..Rage 100gr. 2 blade

Best bow I have ever owned, and I've had a lot. gen 27 3 take a look at Martin bows, I picked up mine on archerytalk, barely used, got it with a matching quiver for $300.00 to my door. I always seen Martin bows and thought "ugh" but I was selling myself way short..my bow is every bit as good as the high end Hoyts I've had or the over priced Mathews. New I seen the Onza XT for around $550.00

My Pse full throttle should be here soon. Im A little worried about the short brace height but the idea of 1 pin out to 40 yds sounded very appealing. I'll post a review when it comes in.

Hoyt Spyder 34 and Hoyt Powertec as back up

Mathews Ultramax
Mathews Switchback

Athens archery R120

PSE Stinger 3G
set at 65lb
draw length is 28"

Mathews Creed in Lost camo
29 inch draw length
70lb draw

Creed XS. It's not a speed demon but man does it shoot! Quiet as a mouse and smooth as butter.

Mathews Switchback XT

Mathews DLT

I shoot a carbon element and a am 32 rkt converson

Mathews Heli

I shoot a Mathews Creed. It's not the fastest bow I've ever shot, but it is the smoothest.

I shoot traditional longbows. I have a custom built Voo-Doo Kustom which the riser is made from elk antler. My other longbow is custom made (i helped make it) by a friend and its a Southern Draw longbow.

Alpine Vendetta... Alpines are great but not well known.

I have a 2014 Elite Energy 35 and a 2011 Bowtech Invasion