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Author Topic: Whats the number one quality you look for in a bow?  (Read 1638 times)

Offline slayer1

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Whats the number one quality you look for in a bow?
« on: October 25, 2007, 07:57:00 AM »
I know a lot of guys are speed freaks, some like a bow to have a certain grip, or made from a certain wood. The number one quality I look for in a bow is how quiet it shoots. I guess that's why I love my Dwyers so much. They are quiet, smooth and they shoot good. Whats the number one quality you look for in a new bow?

Offline Whip

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Re: Whats the number one quality you look for in a bow?
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2007, 08:10:00 AM »
I always seem to be drawn first to a bow by its beauty, but what it really comes down to is how it shoots for me.  Some bows just seems magical in their ability to put an arrow at the spot I'm looking at.  Others that might look good when I first pick them up just don't have that feel when I shoot them.
Quietness is certainly high on the list, along with grip style, smoothness of the draw, and handshock at the shot.  When it comes down to it beauty takes a back seat.
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Re: Whats the number one quality you look for in a bow?
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2007, 08:25:00 AM »
wow. I would have to say....Whip nailed it for me too... I think it all comes down to How the bow feels & shoots for the person (me) shooting it..

Offline Bill Carlsen

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Re: Whats the number one quality you look for in a bow?
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2007, 08:31:00 AM »
Performance and not too long...I like my bows to be 56"-60".
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Re: Whats the number one quality you look for in a bow?
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2007, 08:35:00 AM »
If it dosen't say Morrison on it I don't look anymore.
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Offline TexMex

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Re: Whats the number one quality you look for in a bow?
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2007, 08:36:00 AM »
Yeah, Whip, nailed it for me too.
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Offline slayer1

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Re: Whats the number one quality you look for in a bow?
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2007, 08:43:00 AM »
I just recently acquired a Horne brush bow. The bow shoots great, its smooth, arrow goes where I look, its fast, good workmanship. But the one thing I couldn't get past was the sound....Its hard to describe, like a doink sound when its released....I think if I add some wool string silencers it will help. Anyway it made me realize how important having a quiet is to me..

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Re: Whats the number one quality you look for in a bow?
« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2007, 08:59:00 AM »
Beauty catches my eye first, then it has to have the right feel...
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Offline Tom Leemans

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Re: Whats the number one quality you look for in a bow?
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2007, 09:11:00 AM »
Good tiller
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Offline pseman

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Re: Whats the number one quality you look for in a bow?
« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2007, 09:32:00 AM »
Feel for me also. That starts with the grip. Also mass weight is key, not too heavy, not too light.

Of course bows are a lot like women, how they look is usually what makes me want to pick one up in the first place.

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Offline Kip

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Re: Whats the number one quality you look for in a bow?
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2007, 09:59:00 AM »
Quite,grip,and length 58" or less.Kip

Offline Swamp Yankee

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Re: Whats the number one quality you look for in a bow?
« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2007, 10:14:00 AM »
Durability!
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Offline Pinecone

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Re: Whats the number one quality you look for in a bow?
« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2007, 10:22:00 AM »
Grip is first, because all else being equal,that drives a lot of accuracy for me.  After that, the characteristics of smoothness of draw, quietness, and performance are high on the list.

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Offline madness522

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Re: Whats the number one quality you look for in a bow?
« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2007, 12:38:00 PM »
Shootability.  If it shoots good and is quiet it really doesn't matter what it looks like.  The looks are only for you and your buddies.  A deer or any other animal couldn't care less whether you shot them with a pretty or an ugly bow they'll be just as shot.
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Offline insttech1

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Re: Whats the number one quality you look for in a bow?
« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2007, 12:43:00 PM »
What Claudia said...but I put performance slightly over quietness--that's just me.
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Re: Whats the number one quality you look for in a bow?
« Reply #15 on: October 25, 2007, 12:46:00 PM »
pretty much what claudia said,,,besides: "i'm gonna shoot it right, not display it as art work" (i like ugly bows as it helps me look better).  :saywhat:
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Offline fleetus

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Re: Whats the number one quality you look for in a bow?
« Reply #16 on: October 25, 2007, 12:57:00 PM »
I would say stability.  Now, it is not easy for me to define stability or explain how to judge it.  But I think stability could be described as, a bow designed such that the riser and limbs perform without any torsional rotation and can propel an arrow forward the exact same way from one shot to the next.  I've had plenty of top quality bows and tuned properly, they still would only get me pie plate accuracy on my good shots.  I always assumed it was my form and never put any blame on the bows I was shooting.  I have a bow now that has amazed me at its ability to deliver the arrow right where I am looking on the occasions that I do my part.  It has opened my eyes to just how stable and accurate a bow can be.  My advice to anyone comparing bows is to forget about speed.  Take the bow that gives you repeatable accuracy, is quiet and gives you the most confidence to make that shot in crunch time.  Ask yourself, if someone offered me $1000 if I could hit a coke can at 30 yards with one shot, which bow would I take the shot with?  That's the bow you need to hunt with.
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Offline Jason R. Wesbrock

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Re: Whats the number one quality you look for in a bow?
« Reply #17 on: October 25, 2007, 01:12:00 PM »
Forgiveness.

Offline vermonster13

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Re: Whats the number one quality you look for in a bow?
« Reply #18 on: October 25, 2007, 02:53:00 PM »
CLaudia nailed it pretty well I'd say. I don't care what it looks like so long as it SHOOTS pretty.
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Offline Kingstaken

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Re: Whats the number one quality you look for in a bow?
« Reply #19 on: October 25, 2007, 03:51:00 PM »
Beauty, grip and brace height.
And for you guys/girls who want pretty, IMHO JD Berry gets the crown. And that's besides the feel and performace.
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