A-con
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Yesterday, I went down to the local pro shop and shot two of the latest hot rod hunting bows, and compared them to my 5 year old Hoyt Razor Tec.
I stop by every six months or so and check out “what’s new”. Last time the guy told me “if you shoot it, you’ll want to buy it”. So I went in and shot my “old bow” for half an hour, then said ”OK, bring out the best”. I ended up playing with a Hoyt Katera, and a Mathews Drenalin. Both set up at the same draw length and weight as my bow.
I know there are a few Mathews fans here but I gotta tell you the Drenaline was disappointing. It didn’t hold a candle to my old razor Tec. I didn’t crono it, but it didn’t seem any faster, it WAS louder, harder to draw and had a noticeable vibration. The only good points were a rock solid back wall and the weight, it was light but by the time you slapped on enough vibration killing Sims stuff, it would end up just as heavy as anything else.
Next up was the Katera. Big improvement over the Drenaline. It weighed a bit more but was very quite and vibration free at the shot (just like my current bow). It was a bit easier to draw with a solid back wall, and clearly faster than my old bow.
Hoyt has a really nice bow in the Katera, but the improvement over my old bow just wasn’t that great. Not enough to drop almost a thousand bucks.
I stop by every six months or so and check out “what’s new”. Last time the guy told me “if you shoot it, you’ll want to buy it”. So I went in and shot my “old bow” for half an hour, then said ”OK, bring out the best”. I ended up playing with a Hoyt Katera, and a Mathews Drenalin. Both set up at the same draw length and weight as my bow.
I know there are a few Mathews fans here but I gotta tell you the Drenaline was disappointing. It didn’t hold a candle to my old razor Tec. I didn’t crono it, but it didn’t seem any faster, it WAS louder, harder to draw and had a noticeable vibration. The only good points were a rock solid back wall and the weight, it was light but by the time you slapped on enough vibration killing Sims stuff, it would end up just as heavy as anything else.
Next up was the Katera. Big improvement over the Drenaline. It weighed a bit more but was very quite and vibration free at the shot (just like my current bow). It was a bit easier to draw with a solid back wall, and clearly faster than my old bow.
Hoyt has a really nice bow in the Katera, but the improvement over my old bow just wasn’t that great. Not enough to drop almost a thousand bucks.