Mission X3, 60lbs, 29inch draw. I still use an overdraw shelf. Have used an overdraw shelf for years. 3 fingers under the nock, no peep, two pins. I used to have the PSE G-Force back in the day when it first came out. NOT THE BABY G. Loved the bow! 70lbs with the overdraw shelf. Same setup as I have now with the Misson bow. Never lost a deer with it. Had a 30 yard pin and a 50 yard pin. She was a great shooter, but age has a way of making you step down from these higher poundage bows. Never the less, it is still my all time favorite bow and I have had plenty of others before/after. My Mission is at 2 pins but not nearly the force of the PSE G-Force....what a flat shooting bow that one was.
So today, it's the Mission bow for now. It is quiet, forgiving and accurate. Not as flat as my PSE G-Force, but that was a totally different bow.
Mathews 3D Hunter - it's a bit on the old side (age-wise only, it's REALLY low milage) but I'm pretty new to bowhunting so it's a comfortable starting point.
I shoot a mathews DXT 70lbs with a 26"draw. I bought it the first year it came out 2008 and also have a set of 50-60lb limbs for it that I will put on before long to drop my draw weight due to 2 recent heart surgeries. I love this little bow, I guess because of my short draw length it just seems to really fit me. I also have changed the string and cable out to a winners choice. With the quiver full of full metal jacket easton arrows any deer with in 40yrds is in grave danger lol.
I'm shooting an old Ben Pearson McPherson Hornet. I've had it for awhile now and it shoots good for me. It still works so I can't see the need for a new bow.
i still shoot a old bear bow it is the fred bear model at 68# it is still a deer slayer so i keep it.
it is at least 13 years old and with a new string it stacks em tight i see no reason to try and find one that fits or feels better.
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the cute lil puppy in my avatar fell in her tracks to it and a 90 gr muzzy 8)
At present time have started to shooting my new Cascade 53# 52" recurve!
Great little bow and accurate!! As a backup to this bow and my elk hunting bow is my Dakato "Pro Hunter"55# 62" recurve!!
I am Shooting a Mathews Z-Max 60lbs pull. 4 pin Tru Glo sight, Trophy Ridge 4 arrow quiver, Mathews arrow rest, Scotts release. Arrows are Browning by Gold tip with 90 grain Muzzys.
Well Boys,
I'm about as hard up for bows and guns as I have been since I was a early 20 something. Wife graduated with her BA earlier this year and I had to part with all but three firearms and no bows outside a 45# ben pearson fiberglass recurve. All to fund her going to three or four interviews a week for months.
Now that momma has a new job, she kept her word and with her first check bought me a new M10 Savage in 308 that is quite a shooter, but that for another thread...
Last year I was running the ( first compound bow) 2010 Fred Bear Charge at 60#... Two weeks ago I thought unless I get off my butt and start carving me out a bow that I'm not going to get to hunt stick and string this year, Buddy had a old ( thought maybe 1995 to 1999 ) Alpine Rebel that had been sitting on his shelf for 3 years , well I took that used lefty home for $32 and change.. Got to the pro shop I use and had them set me up on the super cheap ( some actually good used equipment ) Had a trophy ridge fiber site off my wifes sold off 2010 Young guns bow, thats cheap enough , got the Octane rest for $15 and a TRU release for $10.. Had to get the quiver new for $ 20 , Apex stabilizer for $10 add to that another $10 for a new tension peep and kisser and I have a bow that ( found out its a vintage 80s bow by the way) that is stacking them up in a 1-1.5" area at 25 yards...
I'm running the Trophy Ridge 550 Hail Fires
125 Magnus Snuffer that are going right where the field points do.
And 4" feather flecthing. It will be an interesting season lol
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