Well, after weeks of waiting and impatiently hoping for the phone call that my beloved Hoyt Carbon RX9 is in, the wait finally ended. YES! I am the proud owner of a high-end Hoyt hunting bow! And it feels good!
I custom ordered the olive drab green riser and black limbs. The color scheme is for Cerebral Palsy awareness. I want to inspire everyone to pick up a bow and enjoy the sport! I want them to say, “If Chris can do this, I can too!!”
Bows take 8 weeks or more to get in. Plus, I chose the most expensive bow on the market. At a $2,100 price tag, I definitely took my time deciding. Even so, sometimes more adjustments are needed. For example, we ordered the 25-inch draw. I learned on a 26-inch draw, so I thought I’d try it. Turns out, I’m a 24-inch draw, so we reordered the bow to fit me better. Draw length is important. If the draw is longer than your arm length, you will not shoot as well as you can. Even though I learned just fine on a 26-inch length, with the high price tag, I wanted it to fit me right!!
Buying just the bow is not enough. There are a ton of accessories that you need. Archery IS not cheap!!
A compound bow is a workout!! You can get in shape quickly shooting a bow. It is better than the gym for sure. I am working with an archery coach. Tammie is great! She has a plan for my form and stance and even how to pull the trigger on the release! She is a great archer herself. Brett is the owner and he is awesome! Kacey is the expert of the archery shop. He helped me pick out everything and pretty much had my bow set up by the time I got the call.
Setting up a bow can take some time. You have to get the sight dialed in. The peep sight and the draw length have to align perfectly. The arrows have to be cut to where you want them. When you put a bow sight on, you have to make sure it lines up right. This is the same with an arrow release. It has to line up with the path of the arrow. Kacey chose a perfect drop arrow rest. It makes my arrows much faster at release. My bow sight is set to shoot up to 140 yards. Perfect for hunting or 3D archery.
I put a tripod on the bow so it can stand up! And it has rubber nubs on the cams so the cams do not come in contact with the ground and dirt.
I chose a carbon bow because it is light!! When I pick up my bow, it’s like nothing in my hand. Most bows are heavy and that’s not good. That’s also why I got the tripod. I can pick it up at will, instead of walking back and having to hang the bow up.
I have made some great shots with my bow. When we were tuning the bow and Kasey said aim at the X, I shot right along the middle line twice, which is pretty good! Now with anything, there is a learning curve. Same with using a bow. The draw is different on all bows. This one has a little more resistance than I’m used to. And it’s taking a little more elbow grease to pull, but I’m getting it! Back-wall is the percentage of weight you hold when holding on a target. 85 percent is common. 90 percent is actually less weight than 85 percent.
Tammie guided me as I pulled the trigger on the release. She showed me how to ease the trigger back and not jerk it. I need to crank the bow down to work on form a little. But I am getting great shots already! One shot, I hit less than an inch from the bullseye. I shot again and the two arrows hit and crossed.
I have gotten more bullseyes with this bow!!
In the end, I did my homework! I put the time in! I got a bow that will last the rest of my life. Too be honest, I have never shot better with any other bow! But still, this is definitely not my last bow purchase!! To quote my bow hunting buddy when I showed him a picture of the bow. “I’m a little jelly.” (jealous)
