Compound Bow Question?

Question

I just began looking around for a compound bow. I am new to bow hunting, and was wondering what would be an effective hunting bow priced around $500-600 fully equipped at the most. I will mainly be hunting hogs, and any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

alot of it is going to be personal preference. What feels comfortable to you, what you like.
I am partial to Mathews. I have had two of their bows. I currenty use their switchback. I personally really like the bow. I also have a bowtech patriot as a back up. I really like this bow also.

I think you need to spend some time at an archery store looking and especially shooting a bunch of different bows.

Find the one that fits you the best and the one that you feel the most comfortable with..

Pretty much all the top of the line bows are good. You can't go wrong checking into a Hoyt, Mathews, Bowtech, PSE etc.

GoodLuck and Happy Hog Huntin

Answer 2

Most of your big brand name bows are good, I shot a Browning for many years, and now have a Fred Bear. Also PSE, Hoyt and Matthews are good bows.

But the most important thing is finding a bow that feels comfortable when you hold it, and when you pull it back. Talk to some friends that shoot bows, and find out what archery shop in your area they like best. A good archery shop can help you pick out a bow, tune it to fit you, and add sights and other accessories. Make sure they have an archery range, that way you can shoot a few arrows as they tune it. This is why you don't buy your bow at Wal-Mart.

And don't buy the most expensive bow and accessories, just something in the medium price range. With your budget, you want to keep the price of the bow around $300, before you add the extras.

Answer 3

Here is my opinion. If you have a friend or two that shoot traditional, nothing is more fun then just roving through the woods, picking out targets to shoot at. A pine cone, a can, a plastic bottle, a leaf, a small stick, anything.The shots are at unknown distances and duplicate shots that are taken while hunting. Each person takes turns picking out a target to shoot at. You can not do this with a compound bow. Arrows would be lost, broken, or driven so deep into a stump they could not be taken out without damaging them. At a known distance the compound bow will almost stack arrows with it's sighting system. While the best a traditional bow shooter can do is keep his shots inside an eight inch circle. But here is an oddity. At unknown distances the traditional shooter can hit the target selected more often then the compound shooter can. For just pure fun, if you have friends to join you, I would pick the traditional bow to shoot.

Answer 4

Hogs are tough critters; you'll need a professional to fit you to the proper bow/weight/shaft/broadhead combination. I agree that Mathews are horribly overpriced, but I'd look at some used ones anyway. I currently shoot a Mathews Ultra Max, circa 1995, @ 62# for whitetails and that works well. I'd also look at the Fred Bear model previously mentioned...

Answer 5

The new Fred Bear Truth bow. I got one a month ago. To tell you how much I like it, I sold my $750 Switchback. Matthews bows are ridiculously overpriced, I regret ever buying it. The Truth is as good as the overpriced bows, but for $500. Sweet deal and bow.

Answer 6

Check out these bows from Bass Pro

Answer 7

Check out Cabelas Get an Archery catalog. Call them and ask for a pro in that department. www.cabelas.com

Answer 8

just buy a gun for less then $500.

its a better shot...shoots faster/longer/and hits harder wich means a faster kill with means the hog doenst suffer as much or run real far then you have to walk for ever just to find it then walk back to your car with it