I'm looking to buy a new bow???

[PA BEN]

This is an outdoor related topic, so I thought I would ask here.  I have a Darton Maverick compound bow and haven’t hunted w/a bow for the past 7 years. I purchased a Bear Outbreak bow for my daughter and I can’t believe how fast and quite it is. My top of the line bow back in the day is outdated. I don’t want to break the bank right now but w/my daughter shooting and hopefully hunting this fall I want to find a good bow for a good price. I know if I ask I will get more different bows then dogs have flees. So I narrowed it down to two bows in my price range.  Both of these bows have good reviews so I want to ask here for a little more help.
 PSE Stinger 3G™ Ready-To-Shoot Package and Bear® Archery Encounter RTH Package
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[dawn2dusk]

A bow is kinda like a women, you gotta find the one that works best for you!  so my advice would be to shoot as many as you can in your price range. You will know once you shoot a few which one fits you best. Good luck and most of all have fun!

[DoubleJ]

2 things from me:

1.  I haven't shot the Bear Encounter but, I own the Bear Legion and LOVE LOVE LOVE it.  If you want more in depth info on Bear's, PM RadSav.  He works closely with Bear and has info you won't find on the Bear website.

2.  You will very quickly realize that the RTH package isn't.  Sure, it comes with everything you "Need" but, the accessories it comes with are the very bottom of the barrel parts and, I can almost guarantee you won't be happy with them and will soon be looking to replace them.  I'd suggest buying the bare bow and adding the accessories you want from the start.

[Arnbo]

A bow is kinda like a women, you gotta find the one that works best for you!  so my advice would be to shoot as many as you can in your price range. You will know once you shoot a few which one fits you best. Good luck and most of all have fun!

     

[romaknows]

Another option is to look for a top of the line used bow ,built after 2006 .Bows seemed to hit a plateau after that in my opinion.

That way you could have a  top of the line setup for a bottom line price.

[sakoshooter]

I'd post this in the 'bowhunting' section.

[carpsniperg2]

I just took your other one off since it had no responses and moved this one to bowhunting

[PA BEN]

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[deerslyr]

For a budget bow I personally really like mission. Been shooting the maniac for the last 4 years and have had great success. I shot the ballistic the other day and really liked it. 330 fps IBO and very smooth draw. I think they retail for 500 or so. Throw a biscuit and a truglow on there and your set. Bear and diamond are also putting out excellent budget bows. Hoyt came out with the charger this year and it seems to get good reviews as well. You can always find awesome deals on top of the line used bows on archerytalk.com too

[coop2424]

I bought the stinger last year since I was not sure if archery was for me.  In my mind for the price it is a great bow and I am very happy with it.  I have not shot really any other bows so can't compare to others.  At this point I updated the rest and soon will update the sight.  I probably will go to another bow in the future but this serves the purpose at this point.  I get great groups out to 50 yards which is all the pins I have.

[NWTFhunter]

As stated earlier, your going to get a different answer from every one who shoots a different bow.  I shot the stinger at cabelas last year and liked it a lot. But got a much better deal on the bowmadness.  I dont think there are many guys on here that shoot pse, but I can say they are very very quiet, and comfortable.  If you have narrowed it down to those two bows, go shoot each and see what feels best. I have never shot a bear before, and cant say anything good nor bad about them.

[sakoshooter]

A bow is kinda like a women, you gotta find the one that works best for you!  so my advice would be to shoot as many as you can in your price range. You will know once you shoot a few which one fits you best. Good luck and most of all have fun!

Good way to put it, LOL.

[bobcat]

Give Martin a try if you get a chance. They're made here in Washington state (Walla Walla)

I shoot a Martin Pantera. With Martin, you'll get a lot of bow for your money.

[BowForElk]

Another option is to look for a top of the line used bow ,built after 2006 .Bows seemed to hit a plateau after that in my opinion.

That way you could have a  top of the line setup for a bottom line price.

+1 Ive never had a brand new bow. I shoot a Bowtech Tomkat and its a few years old but I loveee it. Ill never buy a different brand. Ive also had PSE and Hoyt. You might look into Diamond as well (owned by bowtech )

Now is the time to be shopping though. Keep lookin, Craigslist is your friend!

[RadSav]

Are you looking at the factory R2H packages (around $399) or something more like Hunter's Friend R2H packages (around $525)?  Big difference between the two!

Both great bows.  Both with similar hand grips.  Both with good warranty.  Both very easy to shoot.  Both with a bow only price of $299.  Pretty hard to beat that no matter which one you choose.  Though I might go the route of getting just the bow.  You should already have accessories from your current bow.  Use those until you make sure you like it.  Then get on a search for nice accessories you really want.  A lot of guys here on H-W have some darned good stuff they aren't using anymore.  A simple shout out might get you set up better than you would for the extra money for the R2H factory pkg.

I wish most of the $1,000 bows out there were as easy to shoot as these bargain bows.  Both really are a darned good bang for the buck!  Only thing they lack is the $200.00 roller guard and $500.00 Hoyt and Mathews name tag