![]() ![]() I spent nearly 9 months saving for this bow (over half came from my per diem from traveling with the MIZZOU Football team for their bowl game while I was a Student Assistant for them and some winnings at the casino in Shreveport, LA). With a thin stretched budget already I decided I wanted quality but not top notch. I looked into the Hoyt brand a little deeper. I finally settled on a bow that I thought I would like after watching Bill Winke talk a little bit about his Hoyt Carbon Element on his Semi-Live web show Midwest Whitetails. I’m 21 now with the potential to draw back 70lbs consistently and a draw length of 27.5 inches. That’s when I made my mind up I wanted a big boy bow. The worst part about this bow is when released, it’s about as loud as my 30/30. It was perfect for all the bow fishing I was doing, something I could be a little rough on. You see I had an old Browning bow I had bought when I turned 16, it’s max draw weight was 45lbs and it’s draw length couldn’t get much more than 24 inches. I did my research and looked at every bow almost on the market. So I made a promise to myself to get back into getting serious about bow hunting again. But last fall, I really was fed up with how rifle season had been going on my property (an entirely different story, which I might share some other time). ![]() It left a bad taste in my mouth and I decided to just continuing competitive archery on my YHEC team instead of chasing Whitetails. You see in my younger years I maybe went bow hunting 10 times and shot once, missing a small 8 pointer. Getting back into drawing a bow back fired me back up on archery. I had spent last summer bow fishing on the Little Blue River, doing what I could to put a dent in the Asian carp population. But before I tell you about my new Hoyt, I wanna give a little history on how this bow has resurrected my passion for bow hunting. Last fall I made the decision to save up and make a large purchase this summer. ![]()
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