Straight Shooter Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 I don't really blame the bow, but the Pro Shop that sold it to me. It was a Martin Lynx XRG and I had just gotten into archery and this guy seen me coming from a mile away. I shoot a 30" draw and he sold me a bow onthe rack that had a 33-35" draw length. I had that bow at Martin Archery 6 out of the 8 weeks I owned that bow. It got so frustrating with that thing, I had to trade it in. I'm glad I did, I might have given up archery, because of that gentleman/bow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njbowhntr Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 Re: Worst Bow? I would have to say the Martin Hunter (Recurve) I was shooting for a bit. I finally got to hunt with it. Got out in the woods. Get up in the tree, go to draw on a deer, and the thing snaps like a twig. I punched myself right in the face as the limbs snapped. It had nothing to do with the quality of a Martin Recurve, it had a bit of dry-rot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bowhunter56 Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 Re: Worst Bow? HAVE TO SAY MY LAST BOW, WAS A GOLDEN EAGLE, CABLES KEEP BREAKING, LOCAL BOW SHOP STOPPED SELLING THEM, TOOO MANY REPAIRS, THEY SWITCHED TO HOYT AND MATTHEWS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Buck Magnet 007 Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 Re: Worst Bow? This is really tough for me... The "worst" bow I had was probablly my Hoyt MT Sport. Now, this wasn't a bad bow at all, it was awsome at the time. I loved the thing, but, since then, I have had a BowTech MightyMite and now a BowTech Liberty and they are just better bows in my opinion. Heck, if I still had my MT Sport, I would still shoot the dang thing. My favorite thing about it was the "tec" riser was great to hold when you were walking into the woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 Re: Worst Bow? My first bow, and I can't really blame the bow, it was the 'expert' that sold it to me. And like StraightShooter, he saw me coming. He sold me a Browning, can't remember the model, but it was lefty (I'm right handed), the draw length was about 2 inches too long, weight was 35 pounds max. I knew very little about archery when I bought it and taught myself to shoot from watching Realtree videos. So, I really couldn't figure out why my shots always went a few feet left. It's because I was trying to shoot a lefty bow righty! I actually had that bow for 2 years before I knew anything was wrong, I thought I was doing something wrong! One plus is that I am at least proficient shooting lefty and righty now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elwood Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 Re: Worst Bow? I don't know if I would have admitted that Racksup. LMBO I have only owned two bows, a High Country Machine Supreme that SS gave me to get started on. It was a dang fine bow. Picked up a Mathew's FeatherMax and have shot it for over four years now and will get another Mathew's when needed. Have not gotten a bumb deal yet, just lucky I guess. Elwood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 Re: Worst Bow? I never really had a bad one. I had quite a few over the years. All of them were tools that I had to learn how to use. I guess my Mcphearson Solo lite with its short brace height was the most radical to shoot. By no means was it a bad bow. Do you still have that bow Al? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtBowhunter Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 Re: Worst Bow? I've never owned a bad bow (knock on wood)........guess I'm lucky that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 Re: Worst Bow? i've only owned 3. i really can't say any of them were bad, but i'll say the Golden Eagle just because it was so noisy. i gave up silence for speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikekiller Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 Re: Worst Bow? [ QUOTE ] I don't really blame the bow, but the Pro Shop that sold it to me. It was a Martin Lynx XRG and I had just gotten into archery and this guy seen me coming from a mile away. I shoot a 30" draw and he sold me a bow onthe rack that had a 33-35" draw length. I had that bow at Martin Archery 6 out of the 8 weeks I owned that bow. It got so frustrating with that thing, I had to trade it in. I'm glad I did, I might have given up archery, because of that gentleman/bow! [/ QUOTE ] Dude!!...I had that same bow ....back in the early 90's and had all kind of limb problems so it is one of my choices followed by a Golden Eagle that i owned that also liked to brake limbs so they are kinda tied as my personal worst bows. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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