Check out these complete bow packages to make selecting the right gear easier.
January 10, 2019
By G&F Staff
If you’re a bowhunting fanatic always on the lookout for the next cool toy, and now that the season is over you’re likely looking for something to fill your time with. Keep your eyes on the social networks during the second week of January because it’s just like Christmas 2.0 for bowhunters and archers all around the world.
January 10-12 in Louisville, Ky., the annual Archery Trade Association (ATA) show will take place. It’s the bowhunting industry’s largest and longest-running trade show worldwide. Every year the event brings together all organizations that contribute to the archery industry. It’s a very exciting time to witness new products being debuted for the upcoming year.
The time is at hand to think about upgrading your old rig to a new bright and shiny bow. And few will argue that keeping up with the latest and greatest bow accessories can be confusing. The following bow companies have put together a complete package making your job in selecting the right one all the easier — especially for the young, budding archers in your family.
PSE continues to strive for excellence in producing performance, pro-level hunting bows like the new 2019 Drive 3B. The company has taken their redesigned forged riser and added a 3-track binary cam to deliver smooth, yet rock-solid shot stability, which creates a very forgiving and accurate hunting bow.
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PSE Evolve Series Drive 3B Bow Specs
Brace Height: 7 inches Axle To Axle: 29 1/2 inches Draw Weight: 60 and 70 pounds IBO Speed: 330 fps Draw Length: 25 1/2 to 30 inches Let-Off: 85 percent Weight: 3.7 pounds Bare-bow MSRP: $549.99 Package
Amp Micro Sight Phantom Drop Away Rest 8-inch Spire Stabilizer with weights Covert arrow quiver Neoprene sling Aluminum anodized peep D-loop installed Package MSRP: $699.99 With the Ready-To-Hunt (RTH) Approach, the excellence Bear Archery is known for will continue in 2019 within this package bow. The company’s hybrid cam system offers a super smooth draw cycle while keeping to the priority of speed and accuracy. The bow’s Shockwaves Limb Dampening System eliminates shock and vibration, and the Rockstops are offset string suppressors that eliminate additional vibration making it a very smooth and quiet bow from top to bottom.
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Bear Approach HC Ready-To-Hunt Bow Specs
Brace Height: 6 inches Axle To Axle: 32 inches Draw Weight: 45 to 60 and 55 to 70 pounds IBO Speed: 340 fps Draw Length: 25 1/2 to 30 inches Let-Off: 75 percent Weight: 4.3 pounds Bare-bow MSRP: $449.99 Package
Trophy Ridge React H4 sight Trophy Ridge Quick Shot Whisker Biscuit Trophy Ridge 5 Spot quiver Trophy Ridge Static 6-inch stabilizer and sling Peep sight and D-loop Package MSRP: $599.99 The 2019 Mission MXR is a one-of-a-kind, high-performance hunting bow offering accuracy and speeds traditionally associated with more expensive bows. Built around the company’s Crosscentric Cam technology, the MXR is powerful and efficient. This bow, just like all Mission bows, is also available as a package.
Mission Archery MXR Bow Specs
Brace Height: 7 inches Axle To Axle: 30 inches Draw Weight: 40 to 70 pounds IBO Speed: Up to 324 fps at 29.5-inch draw and 70 pounds Draw Length: 23.5 to 29.5 inches Let-Off: 80 percent Weight: 4.02 pounds Bare-bow MSRP: $499 Packages
Basic Kit
TruGlo Tuff Loc 4-arrow quiver Apex Accu Strike rest Apex Tundra 3-pin sight MSRP: $99 Bowhunter Kit
QAD Hunter Rest or Trophy Ridge Whisker Biscuit Apex Reactor 5-arrow quiver TruGlo Carbon XS XT 5-pin sight (black) 365 3-inch Hunter stabilizer MSRP: $199 New to the 2019 Bear Archery lineup is the all-new Limitless. The youth hunting compound bow is highly adjustable in draw weight and draw length making it the perfect rig to begin building archery skills that can later be taken to the woods. The bow is easy to handle and easy to draw making it ideal for the new or young archer. It is available in the RTH package fully equipped with six Trophy Ridge accessories.
Bear Limitless Bow Specs
Brace Height: 7 inches Axle To Axle: 28 inches Draw Weight: 25 to 50 pounds IBO Speed: 265 fps Draw Length: 19 to 29 inches Let-Off: 50 percent Weight: 3.7 pounds Package
Trophy Ridge 3-pin sight Trophy Ridge Whisker Biscuit Bear 3-arrow quiver Peep sight and D-loop MSRP: $229.99 The Bear Salute is a package bow that comes ready for action complete with Trophy Ridge accessories.The dual cam system offers an extremely smooth draw cycle while keeping speed and efficiency at the forefront of performance priorities. Thanks to an extended brace height, the bow offers extreme forgiveness, and it features maximum adjustability to allow the archer to grow into the bow with a peak draw weight of 70 pounds.
Bear Salute Bow Specs
Brace Height: 7 1/4 inches Axle To Axle: 31 inches Draw Weight: 50 to 70 pounds IBO Speed: 300 fps Draw Length: 20 to 30 inches Let-Off: 70 percent Weight: 4 pounds Package
Trophy Ridge 3-pin sight Trophy Ridge Quick Shot Whisker Biscuit Trophy Ridge 5 Spot quiver Peep sight and D-loop MSRP: $299.99
