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Post by salt on Nov 5, 2014 23:00:07 GMT -5
I went in to the Sportsman's Lodge in Decatur today during my lunch. They had just received the new "No Cam" Demo bow. Now, take into account I am left handed and this was a right handed bow. But, 3 years ago I bought the Helim and said I may never buy a new one. But, this new No Cam bow just felt good. I couldn't believe how quiet it was. Mathews has done something special. No price out yet, but if you shoot Mathews or just want to be a part of the new big thing, I encourage you to go to your local Mathews Dealer and try this awesome bow out.
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Post by Genesis 27:3 on Nov 6, 2014 12:42:22 GMT -5
They are nice bows however, I can't afford them. I know you said there is no price yet but I am confident that it will be out of my price range. Hopefully I'm wrong. But until then, I will continue to be a big fan of their Mission company.
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Post by ms660 on Nov 7, 2014 2:42:12 GMT -5
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Post by dbd870 on Nov 7, 2014 8:25:36 GMT -5
Man that's salty and not very fast by today's standards. I wonder how it will sell?
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Post by salt on Nov 7, 2014 8:40:45 GMT -5
Yeah I am not paying 2 grand for a bow! But I am telling you, the thing was quiet!
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Post by mission5 on Nov 19, 2014 13:00:00 GMT -5
Know of lot of people who are buying it. Personally if I'm going to pay 1k for a bow, I want it to have a high IBO speed rating because of my not so long draw length.
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Post by single_shooter on Jan 10, 2015 1:30:25 GMT -5
All this about new-fangled gadgets and speed and I am looking at going to a 45# recurve...hmmm.
I used a PSE LIghtning-Flite II for 14 years. Took 33 deer with it. Completely rigged and ready to rock with a dozen arrows and even a box of broadheads it cost me a whopping $400 brand new in 1994.
How many years and how many deer would it take for someone to justify spending $2,000 on a bow??? Just too unreal for me. I have killed bunnies, birds and deer with a $50 garage sale recurve. And I am going back to that style of hunting this year...with a $160 recurve....and that price is for a brand new one!!!
Maybe I'm just too cheap???
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Post by steve46511 on Jan 10, 2015 4:30:58 GMT -5
All this about new-fangled gadgets and speed and I am looking at going to a 45# recurve...hmmm. I used a PSE LIghtning-Flite II for 14 years. Took 33 deer with it. Completely rigged and ready to rock with a dozen arrows and even a box of broadheads it cost me a whopping $400 brand new in 1994. How many years and how many deer would it take for someone to justify spending $2,000 on a bow??? Just too unreal for me. I have killed bunnies, birds and deer with a $50 garage sale recurve. And I am going back to that style of hunting this year...with a $160 recurve....and that price is for a brand new one!!! Maybe I'm just too cheap??? Not at all. There are all type of challenges one can put upon themselves to over come, there-by increasing the satisfaction gotten from hunting, and one can put limitations on not only the methods used and TYPE of weapon but also put limitations on the amount of funds put into such. While the true pinnacle of challenges in hunting, IMHO, is making one's own equipment by hand completely and succeeding in taking the game animal of choice, the levels one can gain increased satisfaction from somewhat lower than that level is quite large in number. One of my favorite seasons was one I hunted only with a 1952 longbow I bought on ebay from a seller who did not know what they had. Buy It Now for 35 dollars....shipped. Combined with some 40 year old cedar arrows I had put together way back then, using the same broadheads they have carried for the same amount of time and hunting from the ground without a blind, I was fortunate enough to take 2 deer and the satisfaction I got from that season I doubt I'll ever surpass but like taking a so-many inch buck......once you've done it, "something better" then becomes the goal. Few will ever realize this even though such is hardly new ,much due to current advertising IMO, but there are ALL KINDS of ways to gain greater satisfaction from one's involvement in the outdoors . Upland hunters who switched to a 28 gauge understand it. Fly fisherman understand it. Primitive archers CERTAINLY understand it as do black powder enthusiasts. "Stepping back" to age old ways ( or simply those more challenging) is a path many seasoned hunters DO take when the "thrill of the hunt" somehow has lost some of it's luster. Putting together equipment for such as low cost as possible, has been a real thrill to me for many years. As an example, my latest effort is a rifle I picked up for the (proposed) 2015 season, chambered for a round first developed in the late 1800s, in a rifle someone "sporterized" and, out of necessity due to current situation and winter living costs, and I got it for the what I could get out of 150 new old stock rifle brass that I had.  There ARE ways to do things even during the darkest of hours. (Thank you, Lord!!) It's easy to apply this philosophy to ALL types of hunting equipment once it becomes SOP when looking at another to hunt with and I could go on for a long time on the ways to do so but I'll stop for now since I've hi-jacked the thread a bit. It's just that for those like myself, succeeding year after year with NON "state of the art" equipment and methods fulfills the same levels of satisfaction (at least) that others gain by only willing to a certain size (score) buck. Neither is "better" than the other nor is either unsatisfactory for the hunter choosing that path. Combine the two together and one would have a true "hunt of a lifetime". God Bless |
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Post by single_shooter on Jan 10, 2015 9:38:39 GMT -5
I started with shotgun/slug. Then to muzzleloader. Then to archery. Then to handgun. Then to taking only head shots with whatever weapon I was using. I constantly challenged myself to do better and achieve a greater ability.
Well....now I have done 150 yards head shots with a handgun. Longest shot on a deer with handgun was 278 yards. Longest head shot with my "old" PSE was 46 yards. mLongest body shot with a bow was approx. 60 yards. Longest muzzleloader head shot on a deer was 215 yards. Longest muzzleloader body shot on a deer was 240 yards.
Now I have HP rifles that are accurate out to 800 yards. My muzzleloaders are capable of body shots on deer at over 400 yards. My HP handguns can easily deliver a kill at ranges out to 400+ yards.
So now....the challenge is to see how close I can get. Best I have done thus far was to leave powder burns with my handgun on a deer's side. But that was in self-defense so the wife says it doesn't count.
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Post by dbd870 on Jan 10, 2015 13:02:27 GMT -5
All this about new-fangled gadgets and speed and I am looking at going to a 45# recurve...hmmm. I used a PSE LIghtning-Flite II for 14 years. Took 33 deer with it. Completely rigged and ready to rock with a dozen arrows and even a box of broadheads it cost me a whopping $400 brand new in 1994. How many years and how many deer would it take for someone to justify spending $2,000 on a bow??? Just too unreal for me. I have killed bunnies, birds and deer with a $50 garage sale recurve. And I am going back to that style of hunting this year...with a $160 recurve....and that price is for a brand new one!!! Maybe I'm just too cheap??? Do it; I'm having a ball with my recurves |
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Post by jjas on Jan 10, 2015 16:53:53 GMT -5
I'd like to shoot one of the new Mathews no cam bows to see what the fuss is about, but I surely wouldn't drop $1,100 (bow only) for it.
Having said that, I'm sure they will sell tons of 'em and more power to those who want to own one.
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Post by GS1 on Jan 16, 2015 2:27:52 GMT -5
I handled one yesterday. They're really not as ugly in person. The owner of the shop said it is the smoothest bow he has ever shot and he has shot a lot of them over the years. He's already sold 17 of them.
Two of the 4 of us are getting one this summer. It would probably be 3 of 4, but I blew all my money on a crossbow for my son.
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Post by trapperdave on Jan 18, 2015 9:18:14 GMT -5
if one is going to spend that kind of money on a bow, at least get a one of a kind that wont lose its value. Like a voodoo kustom  oh yeah, its a no cam bow too     AND ITS PURDY lol |
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oh yeah, its a no cam bow too
