Anyone hunt with a Hoyt Gamemaster?

[Barry Winner]

I am seriously considering one of these bows.  I've never had a metal handle trad bow, always wood.  I did shoot one a couple of times this summer at my club's 3-D range.  Very stable and dead in the hand.  Any thoughts, likes, dislikes would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

[Nosight]

I have been shooting mine for two years now.

My three sons gave it to me as a Xmas gift.

After several weeks of playing with the bow started trying differant things to get what I wanted out of the bow..

Low brace hight, 6and 1/8 inches

Am using shelf noslide between the limbs and riser.

Wool puff balls of about 1 inch die. even with the the end of the riser.

I shoot hunter extreams 65 to 80 full lenth with a 2117 cut down to 4 inches over the end use the 2117 insert with 160 gr. points. This gives me just at 30% foc and fly like darts.

The other thing that I did was start paper tuning at 3 ft with a bare shaft and keep tuning out to 30ft. Then started all over again with 2 fletch.
This took several hours over the cource of a week.
The end result is a bare shaft and a fletched shaft hitting the dot at 20 yrds.

I started shooting 2 fletch this past year. Took my BHP fletcher and attacked it with a file to get almost 17% hellical.

Hoyt came out with the GM 2 This past year. Like the looks just cannt justify spending that kind of money when I,m very happy with the GM I have now...

Hope this helps...

Later......Buzz

[bigiron]

i hunt with one & very happy with it. 50@28 with kwiky quiver. shooting off shelf with good results, 291/2' 2016s with 145 points. bow actually scales 54#@28". if you lean it on a tree you might loose it, so be careful.

[donw]

mine is a 40#'er.

i use a tru-glo five-arrow bolt on, round grip, round hood, bow quiver, off the shelf with carbon 3555 goldtips.

i've removed the standard grip and laced a piece of leather in place of it.

i run mine with a 8" brace heigth and a B-50, flemish twist string with yarn silencers installed and pads between the limb butts and metal riser.

i also made a modification to the limb to handle connection by replacing the pins with studs of my own manufacture to aid in noise reduction.

works good for me.

[Barry Winner]

Thanks guys.  I think I'm gonna get it.

[David Mitchell]

I don't have a Gamemaster but I do really like my Dorado.  Same limbs as I understand but I prefer the riser of the Dorado. Great bows.  The bear I shot in Maine this fall didn't think much of it though    

[David Schroeder]

I shot a Gm 1..w/ dacron string .@50# scales at 53# ..does anyone shot w/ a FF string ?

[shakeyslim]

my target bow is metal/ be preped for heat transfere/-----------not trad feel but???????
 i guess its just one of those things

[T-Bug]

My husband bought one and we both love it. It's the first model and on the scales it pulls 53#. I love those smooth carbon limbs and find myself waiting on him to put it down so I can snatch it up.    :D

Super sweet shooting bow but yeah, I feel like I lose something without the wood.    :p

[pharcher]

I have one and if you go to the 2009 harvest post, you will see the bear I took with mine. I have since retired it untill I get to chase some elk. I just enjoy hunting with my classics! Anyway its a great bow and shoots as well as you can, no complaints! For me it was just my first step from my Hoyt compound to traditional archery, now like I said I just prefer my old wooden bows!

[James Wrenn]

I have one setup at 42lbs that I will hunt with some later this year.Still got to break in a selfbow before I go to the gamemaster however.

[mahantango]

GMI 60#, shot off the shelf, CX45/60 225g. points. My #1 hunting bow. Just about bullet-proof, and shoots as well or better than any recurve I've ever shot.

[Bill Tell]

I have a Darado with GM limbs.  Shoots great and I use Fast Flight string material David.  9 strands flemish twist with a double wrapped serving.  Makes the bow whisper quiet.  Shooting at 26 inches 53#.  Throwing grisly stick alaska arrows with 150 grain magnus stingers.  BH @ 7.75 inches.

[Pruneemac]

I've had one for 4 years and have a video of me shooting a cinnamon bear with it. It shoots fine