New Bow or Not?

[MTLabrador]

First, I’m the furthest thing from an archery expert on Hunttalk for lots of reasons, and the last few years I’ve gotten away from archery hunting a little. I’ve missed it, and am looking to do a lot more shooting and will be applying for an archery elk permit this year.

My current bow is a 10ish year old Bowtech carbon icon. I’ve always liked it alright, and it generally shoots pretty well. It’s always been a bit of a pain in the ass to get tuned to punching perfect bullet holes and to keep it that way. Again, I don’t nerd out about archery, and I’m a 40 yards and in hunter, exclusively hunting for elk in the timber.

I’ve considered an upgrade for a while, and I recently found a couple 2024 Mathews lifts at a good discount. Even at a discount it’s still more than I want to spend once you factor in a new sight, rest, etc. However, if it really would be that big of an upgrade from my current setup, I’m considering spending the money. I just want a bow that I know will be as accurate as possible and that I have more confidence in. I want to kill elk without drama. I’m not completely sold on the Mathews and am open to suggestions, but I am looking for a deal if I get something new. Will I really see that much of a difference?

 

[Dave N]

No idea of the difference but you can switch all of your parts over to the new one and sell your old bow. Save some money that way.