Hoyt Carbon Element RKT
By Jace Bauserman
In the popular movie Field of Dreams, actor Kevin Costner repeatedly hears a voice saying, “If you build it, they will come.” So Costner built a magical baseball field that brought numerous people to his small Iowa farm. I’m not sure if someone at Hoyt heard a voice about building an irresistible bow, but for the past three years they’ve been building it, and archers have come in droves.
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Bear Anarchy
By Jace Bauserman
Excellence breeds excellence. It’s an undeniable fact, and Bear Archery is proof of it. Bear Archery is a company on fire. With an ongoing focus on building quality bows, Bear is satisfying the needs of bowhunters.
A true stunner, the 2011 Bear Carnage was coveted by bowhunters. The Carnage was the complete bowhunting package—balanced, accurate, fast and quiet. Its innovative 4x4 Roller Guard greatly reduced cable friction, giving the bow a particularly smooth draw, and its distinctive Dual Arc Offset String Suppressors were anything but run of the mill.
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Alpine F1 Fireball Bow Report
By Jace Bauserman
We are living in an era of impeccable bow design. Bows that are so fast, so sturdy, so quiet and so accurate that they boggle the mind. The only thing more impressive than today's hot-to-trot bows is the drive of those who make them. No matter how good a bow appears to be, a great manufacturer is always looking to make it better. Because of that, we continue to see bows that push the limits of our imaginations.
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BowTech Invasion CPX Bow Report
By Jace Bauserman
Survival and growth in the bow arena revolve around a manufacturer’s ability to trump its previous year’s models. Sounds easy enough. But in truth, it couldn’t be more difficult. The technology driving today’s top-end bows is nothing short of spectacular. Lineups of innovative, performance-packed rigs boasting accuracy, speed, stealth and durability are everywhere. And in addition to their performance values, most have aesthetics so pleasing they look like they belong in an art museum. Thus enters the tremendous difficulty. Without genuine innovation, even a top-notch bow company can be here today and gone tomorrow.
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Mathews Z7 Xtreme
Bow Report
By Bill Krenz
Mathews is to archery like Michael Jordan is to basketball. It’s just that simple. Since bursting onto the scene in 1992, Mathews has been a force to be reckoned with. Archers across the globe have fallen in love with the company’s innovation, “People first and business second” motto and, of course, the ingenious Solocam.


