Help, My son wants to bow hunt!

[wabow]

I'd consider any of the mission bows also. The accessories that come on the diamond razor are junk to put it bluntly. The basic Mission package comes with decent accessories not to mention better than average strings and cables. The quality difference is fairly obvious.

Don

[NWWABOWHNTR]

I'd consider any of the mission bows also. The accessories that come on the diamond razor are junk to put it bluntly. The basic Mission package comes with decent accessories not to mention better than average strings and cables. The quality difference is fairly obvious.

Don

The octane hostage rest is a good rest,  the octane quiver is very good.  WHat does the mission cost?  I have 2 of the Razor Edges and the only part I would think of swapping out would be the sight in the future for my daughter and son.  Now does the rest compare to a QAD Ultra?  No.... but for a complete setup at $300+ dollars?  Excellent and over 300 FPS?  Outstanding.  

[wabow]

I'd consider any of the mission bows also. The accessories that come on the diamond razor are junk to put it bluntly. The basic Mission package comes with decent accessories not to mention better than average strings and cables. The quality difference is fairly obvious.

Don

The octane hostage rest is a good rest,  the octane quiver is very good.  WHat does the mission cost?  I have 2 of the Razor Edges and the only part I would think of swapping out would be the sight in the future for my daughter and son.  Now does the rest compare to a QAD Ultra?  No.... but for a complete setup at $300+ dollars?  Excellent and over 300 FPS?  Outstanding.  

Not a fan boy but I do think they are a better value. I just bought a bottom of the barrel Mission for my son in law and my buddy just bought a Diamond Razor both less than three weeks old.

Side by side. The Mission obviously came from a Mathew dealer. The Diamond from Wholesale Sports Lacy.
The Diamond $329 the Mission $349. The Diamond sight is all plastic with semi clear "d" shaped flimsy sight ring and hard to adjust. The Mission is metal with bright pins easy to adjust with good sight ring. The quiver on the Diamond is just a foam block stuck in plastic bolted to top and bottom of bow. The Mission also a no name quiver but is quick realease bolted to the metal sight bracket, with real rubber broadhead insert. Both bows come with the same style rest. The Diamond is the all plastic version and the Mission is the all metal Nap Quick tune version. The string and cables are typical factory strings on the Diamond, the Mission uses Zebra hybrid. Not the best but definately a step or two up. The Diamond Razor chrono'ed 1fps faster than the Mission Menace with the same arrow and draw length. The Mission is much smoother feeling on the draw and the noise level is also lower. The Mission has a taller grip and is more suited to a guys hand where the Diamond is quite short. Although new to Archery and sort of clumsy my buddy has already nicked a finger with a broad head, due to the small grip area. His pinky actually rest on the stabilizer. The cams on the Mission are quite large @ 52 lbs it takes 53 to get them rolling vs 58 on the Diamond with the much smaller cams. Other than being smoother feeling Im not sure there is any other real benefit. Looks are a personal thing and make no difference but the Mission IMO has a nicer color with the Mathews type Camo. Overall I think you get a great bang for the buck with Mission.

Don

[JBar]

The kid is 5'11", don't get him a Razors edge. He'll most likely already be at the upper end of that bow with no room to grow. Look into an adjustable cam bow for growth or potential resale but look at something a step up. Mission has a great adjustable cam bow that will get good performance and Bowtech has the Soldier and I think that both goes a little higher in draw length and weight than their entry level bows. Rainier Archery should have both also look at the mid level Diamonds.  

[robb92]

With that budget it will be pretty hard to go from zero to hunting with an all new setup.  You can get a new bow for that amount but then you are talking arrow rests, sights, quivers, a couple dozen arrows, target(s), broadheads, etc. etc. etc.  

PSE has the deer hunter package for anywhere from 199.00 to 249.00, comes with everything except for arrows. Its not a bad first time bow, cheep but dependable, and if he decides he doesn't like bow hunting then you are not out several hundred bucks.

[let.it.fly]

missions are great bows for the money. i shoot a 2009 mission eliminator. very smooth draw, quite when shooting my heavy hunting arrows. i mean very quite. with lighter arrows its kinda loud but who cares when shooting foam. i found out what bow my buddy got from wholesale sports in fed way. its a 2008 kodiak outdoors nomad. great bow to begin with but at a 244$ price tag and it cant be beat. check out wholesale. you wont be dissapointed.

[wapiti hunter2]

I hope this will not be a one off thing.  He has hunted elk twice with me (modern) and enjoyed it both times.  We have a 50 yard archery range at our house with straw bales.  My wife shoots an old Bear recurve.  Is there a reason that they would not work for general practice?  I'm thinking damage to those expensive arrows.  There is so much to know here but I guess thats part of the fun.

[PacificNWhunter]

Saw this on craigslist

http://seattle.craigslist.org/kit/spo/1684267801.html