https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyCRWAsFcag The Gearhead X16 is a 70-, 90- or 125-pound draw-weight crossbow with a hearty 16-inch powerstroke, and yet weighs an industry-low 4.5 pounds bare. Still, when first picking it up, I assumed that ultralight weight meant a louder crossbow. And at the 125-pound max draw weight, the X16 probably lobs arrows like a beer-league…
Mogadore, OH. Pre-season crossbow practice is one of the most crucial elements to a successful and ethical hunting season and industry leader TenPoint Crossbow Technologies has set out find the most accurate pre-season target shots in the #TenPointAccuracy Sweepstakes. The sweepstakes runs from July 1st to July 31st and will reward one lucky contestant with…
Black Eagle Vintage Traditional Crested Arrows The Vintage arrow is a traditional option for archers who use a compound bow, recurve or both. This high-quality wood-grain carbon arrow has a hand-painted cresting. Each Vintage arrow must pass strict quality-control procedures. The Duracoat wood grain overlay-finish allows refletching and cresting. Vintage arrows are straightness-sorted, spine-matched,…
Easton introduces the new FMJ Match™ 4MM arrow shaft for tournament archers. The new FMJ Match™ micro-diameter 4MM is designed specifically toward the high-performance world of competitive compound and recurve archery. The shaft is made using a high-strength carbon fiber core that is then wrapped in a high-precision aluminum jacket. This aluminum/carbon hybrid is engineered…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glrD7ZWzqio Mathews' Avail is a compact, lightweight bow engineered for female archers and bowhunters. The Avail tested here was set for a 25-inch draw length and slightly more than a 50-pound draw weight. This draw weight / length is efficient for tagging animals such as black bears, whitetail deer, springtime gobblers, and more. These bow…
The International Olympic Committee has announced that archery will receive a fifth medal event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, with the recurve mixed team competition added to the existing program of men's and women's individual and team events. Mixed team competition features pairs of athletes, one woman and one man, from the same nation,…
In this month's Inside Retailing column, we introduced you to Albuquerque's Archery Shoppe. What we love most about the Shoppe is their level of community engagement. Archery Shoppe is the home of the New Mexico Chili Peppers JOAD chapter. In February they hosted the 2017 New Mexico State Indoor Championships, and they also recently hosted the New…
For nearly 60 years, this largely family-owned company has been thriving in Cumberland, WI, northeast of Minneapolis. "Our very first employees nurtured a culture of hard work and innovation. Through the years, we have stayed true to those values." Ardisam's design and manufacturing teams produce brands that are distributed nationally and internationally. They offer a variety of…
SUPERIOR, WI, JUNE 6, 2017 -- FeraDyne Outdoors, LLC (“FeraDyne”) announced today that the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) has issued a powerful “General Exclusion Order” (“GEO”), protecting FeraDyne’s popular and innovative RAGE® line of broadheads from foreign patent and trademark infringers. The GEO, which took effect June 6, 2017, empowers more than 20,000 Customs…
ANTALYA, Turkey - Compound finals day at the third leg of the Hyundai Archery World Cup saw the U.S. men's team take silver and individual silver and bronze for Steve Anderson (Bountiful, Utah) and Braden Gellenthien (Hudson, Massachusetts). Standing on the line with a 134-135 score on the board and one arrow to go, two…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyRLDD9bCjo I’ve bowhunted with previous Hoyt carbon bows. And although I’ve put more Hoyt aluminum-riser bows to work than I can recall, I’ve deemed Hoyt’s carbon bows among my annual favorites ever since the venerable manufacturer jumped into this program. The Carbon Defiant discussed here is a Michael Waddell Bone Collector Brotherhood Collector’s Edition, which…
Buck Rub Outfitters Magne’ Drop The Magne’ Drop eliminates springs and triggers by replacing them with powerful Neodymium Rare Earth Magnets that never break, weardown, or stretch - all while offering arrow containment, fletching clearance, and tune-ability that is second to none in the industry. The rest features mirror image parts so it can be…
