Ive bow hunted in the past but no longer own a bow. Id love to be able to afford a new Mathews or Hoyt but I dont see that happening. Ive looked at Bow Techs, Martins and all the brands they all seem to be good or great but Im looking for a Bow in the 300 to 500 price range be it new or used. What in your opinion would be my best bet?

Elite... transferable life time warrenty.

I just bought a RedHead Kronik at BassPro for $399 and am very pleased with it. It's made by Bow Tech, but has the RedHead name on it. It is the best selling bow at BassPro.

who makes the elite brand? good lookin bows seem so be a fair price too. what about diamonds?

Elite. They are ran by some of the Big Dogs that got G5 outdoors up and running.

Transferable warranty makes it now worries when buying a used or new bow

If you can spend $500 then you can easily get a good used Mathews, Hoyt, Bowtech ect for that.

I only gave $500 for my omen. Archery talk is a great site for used bows.

I understand that I can get a used bow for 500 but if I can get a comparable bow with warranty etc than Id think that would be a better buy....

Check out Misson bows they are made by Matthews and are very reasonably priced. Can be found at most Archery Pro shops

I had a RH Kronick but didn't it. Switched to the Misson U2 this year and it's been great. a guy that works at BP has a Kronick also but swapped it for a Toxic. Said it's a major upgrade for $100. Might look into it next year.

Mathews Mission eliminator II ..... $625.00 packaged from Santa Fe Archery, Santa Fe Texas

Join up on Archery Talk and shop the classifieds there! You will find what you want, loaded to the gills for 500 bucks! Good luck and have fun!
DannyG

i shoot an 09 diamond iceman and love it... diamond is a sister company to bowtech, an iceman is basically a single cam admiral. bowtech and diamond both have great stuff... iceman is one of the quietest, no vibration, smoothest bows out there and very afordable...


09 diamond iceman
spot hogg real deal sight
apache dropaway rest
alpine soft lock quiver
octane stabilizer

You can find one year old bows loaded for 500-600 if you look.
Much better than Bass pro or Cabelas crap they sell

I have a 2010 Ross Cardiac I'd sell cheap.

Set at 29 in D.L. & 65 D.W. I'd let it go for 300.00

Has a brand new string on it, I don't ever shoot stock strings.

350.00 if I leave the trophy taker arrow rest on it.

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That right there is a good guy stepping up to help someone out. That is a good price.

Pse makes many great bows in your price range, and cheaper, already rigged to hunt. I started with a PSE stinger, and it is just as deadly as the more expensive bows. I think you can get one ready to go for like 399 or so.

Ditto.

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check out some of the bow shops, I bought a brand new hoyt that was a year old model but it was still new for $400. It wasnt the brand new trykon but it is still a great bow, didnt get the trykon cause i didnt like it he told me to try this one out and I loved it plus it was like half the price.

I would stay away from cabelas/basspro, the big name bow makers dont let them carry their bows for a reason, they normally dont know didly squat about much of anything.

go check out KC's archery there in spicewood, ive been goin there for years, that old man knows alot.

How about the 101st airborn? any good?

yep, all of the Bowtechs are good bows! That Ross offered to you on here is a great bow and good deal too.
Dano

Try a Reflex, they r made by Hoyt and just as good of a bow for a percentage of the cost.

I personally have had a great exprience with Bass Pro, at least the one in Grapevine. There are a couple of exprienced bow hunters working there that have spents hours with me getting set up, and I didn't even buy one of their bows. All I bought was a rest and some arrows, and they gave me all the time in the world. They got me all tuned up and shooting great. Are Diamond, PSE, Bear, and Quest not considered big name brands? Just my 2 cents.

With that said, I'm a big believer in giving the smaller local pro shops buisness, I just wanted to give the guys a BP their deserved credit.