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 specs generate  respectable kinetic energy, touching 50 foot-pounds across the board.

The heart of the Avail is Mathews’  CrossCentric Cam system with Advanced Vectoring System (AVS) technology. This cam was inspired by Mathews’ No Cam technology, which maintains the smooth nature of that Gen-1 technology while increasing speeds to boost KE transfer without sacrificing the bow’s smooth character. During the draw cycles, limb tips move little between rest and anchor positions which transfers energy more efficiently for quieter shots.

When pulling into anchor, partially concentric string payout produces a smooth, bump-free draw cycle. The AVS technology vectors the draw forces to maintain perfect synchronization while working with a True Center Nocking Point for straight and level nock-point travel. The Cams on the Avail increase leverage during the draw cycle, making any draw weight seem lighter than what the scale reads. Also, CrossCentric Cams kick out at full draw to open the bowstring angle and help this 30-inch bow feel 2 to 3 inches longer, increasing forgiveness and better peep placement. Meanwhile, the CrossCentric dual string-stop system creates a solid rear wall and consistent arrow speeds.

The Avail includes a Dual Bridge Riser that provides an extra-stiff, stable shooting platform while minimizing mass. This bow’s riser has a bit of reflex, setting the Flatback Grip slightly behind the limbs’ pivot points, but the bow remains stable and well-balanced because of its long-riser and short-limb configuration. The Avail’s pivoting one-piece-milled limb pockets are set on a wide base to shift balance rearward while anchoring the bow’s slim-profile split limbs. In addition, integrated mounting slots milled into the riser accommodate Mathews’ quivers and the lower riser holds two steel stabilizer mounts.

The Avail features an array of silencing technologies including an integral Harmonic Damper above and Harmonic Stabilizer Lite below, which are set in rubber webs beneath each limb pocket. Mathews’ Avail also includes a carbon-rod-mounted rubber-bumper string stop, and proven Reverse Roller Guard system mounted on a carbon rod. On release, the Avail creates merely a dull thump.

The Avail’s compact 30-inch axle-to-axle specs make it ideal for treestand vigils or a cramped popup blind. Its sub-4-pound mass also makes it a great companion when logging long miles in rough-and-tumble terrain. With little tuning and sighting, this bow easily shot fist-sized groups at 20 and 30 yards.

To learn more, please visit Mathews Archery’s Website.

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The 2017 APA Mamba M34 TF is one of the fastest compounds I’ve tested for Inside Archery, recording 365 fps speeds with the lightest arrow in the Bow Report’s lineup. The Mamba 34 TF is less demanding than other APAs I’ve shot. Its low 6-1/8-inch brace might make the Mamba 34 TF slightly touchy, but that’s offset by a more forgiving 34 1/8-inch axle-to-axle length and a smoother-pulling version of the MX Cam.

The Mamba 34 TF includes MX Cams that are much smoother than their predecessors as well as highly adjustable for draw length and tunable for cam synchronization. The newest MX Cam matches the draw-cycle characteristics of some of the industry’s smoothest compounds and delivers high-end arrow speeds. Dual cams must remain perfectly synchronized on the Mamba 34 TF to deliver their full potential. The Mamba 34 TF cams’ easily seen tuning marks make it simple to bring things back into line. The EZ Tune Mods make minor timing and tuning a snap, even without pressing the compound.

The MX Cam includes a solid rear wall, 7 inches of draw-length range in half-inch increments, dual-sealed ball bearings, dead-level nock travel, and comfortable 75 percent let-off. An exclusive camlock feature, which is part of the APA Tool Center, lets shooters quickly replace nicked or worn bowstrings or cables, string silencers or lost peeps without a bow press. The MX Cam is radical enough to push the spine limits of several test arrows in the .340 to .400 deflection range which explains several instances of uncharacteristic jumps in kinetic energy. At our 71.9-pound draw weight and 30-inch draw length, .300-spine arrows would have produced more even energy transitions from the heaviest to lightest shafts.

APA also incorporated Twin Flex Limbs which deliver more performance and speed by incorporating the entire limb surface on this compound. This compound’s Twin Flex Limbs flex all the way through the forks, which better distributes the load while storing additional energy. Twin Flex Limbs are held solidly in pivoting, machined-aluminum pockets, and are ultra slim and held past parallel to make the Mamba 34 TF lighter, super quiet and easier to handle.

APA’s Riser Fang lets treestand bowhunters hang their bows on any handy branch without a bow hook or hanger. The Riser Fang also lets bowhunters hang bows above dirt and debris while resting or glassing for game. The Tool Center is built into the bow’s riser below the grip, so it travels everywhere with the compound. It includes a broadhead wrench, nock-indexing wrench, Cam Lock pin, and a carbide sharpener to touch up knives or fixed-blade broadheads. Other features include: rear stabilizer mount, direct-mount wrist sling with locking set screw, a side-plate grip, a POV camera mount, and APA’s signature Carry Handle.

The Mamba 34 TF includes a LimbSaver string-stop dampener that’s held on a vibration-absorbing carbon rod. This compound also has a carbon roller guide that minimizes buss cable friction and vibration. A Soft Touch Armor coating on the riser eliminates contact noise and feels warmer in cold weather. APA also equipped the Mamba 34 TF with LimbSaver’s latest limb silencers and rubber-combination speed buttons/bowstring dampeners.

That much silence is remarkable from a compound that generates chronograph numbers beyond 300 fps with hunting arrows. The APA Mamba 34 TF is everything bowhunters could want. It’s fast, quiet, quickly tuned, easily handled, and equipped with special touches like the Fang Riser and Tool Center.

To learn more, please visit APA Archery’s website.

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Watch as Patrick Meitin review on the all-new 2017 Mathews Halon 32.

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Bowtech now brings us the Reign 6 and 7 compound models. These designs combine all of Bowtech’s most notable technologies to create compound bows that are smooth, quiet, as well as more balanced and shooter-friendly. The Reign 6 has a 6-inch brace height and shoots 350 fps. The Reign 7 has a 7-inch brace and shoots 340 fps. This report discusses the more forgiving Reign 7. Bowtech annually introduces innovations that accelerate compound-bow design. This year, Bowtech has launched Outrigger off-set weight design, and PowerShift FlipDisk Technology. The Reign 6 and 7 has every aspect of Bowtech innovation that serious shooters crave, creating a “smarter bow” with improved accuracy and forgiveness.

The Reign’s new OverDrive Binary Cam is a symmetrical, synchronized system that unleashes some of the industry’s fastest arrows, which are also stable, accurate and tunable. The OverDrive Binary Cams include rotating modules that allow 6 inches of draw-length adjustments in a single bow, and without a bow press. The PowerShift FlipDisk Technology cam system simplifies previous models’ PowerShift Technology (now labeled PowerDisc3) by introducing simpler FlipDisc2 Technology. The FlipDisc2 system offers exactly that: “Performance” and “Comfort” settings only. It’s a streamlined, user-friendly design that offers plenty of arrow speed at each end and easy settings you tweak for personal preferences. The 10-position Micro Sync Dial lets you finely tune its eccentric synchronization should the buss cables stretch slightly after hundreds—or thousands—of shots.

The Reign 7 is not only a powerhouse, but it is also very well-balanced and torque-free. This bow lineup features incredible stability and balance that starts with a refined Center Pivot Extreme (CPX) riser. This torque-free riser precisely aligns the bowstring, and shifts the limb-pivot points rearward and in line with the grip for added forgiveness; this helps paralyze limb movements to tame vibrations and shot noise. This cutting-edge riser holds a FLX-Guard buss-cable carrier, a spring-loaded, bearing-equipped roller system that eliminates friction during the draw cycle and riser torque at full draw with zero lateral nock travel for greater accuracy. Bowtech’s released the new Outrigger counterweight system which are weights suspended in rubber inside a “revolver cylinder” on the riser’s bottom portion which are offset to the sight window’s side of the riser to counterbalance accessories. In addition to its advanced riser design and past-parallel limbs, the Reign 7 includes an adjustable string stop, and a riser dampener, buss-cable silencers, and suspended-weight damper on the FLX-Guard assembly.

The ability to choose a personal draw-cycle feel, which means “Comfort” for cold treestand vigils or “Performance” while running hot for bugling elk, is one of the useful technologies on this compound. The accuracy and confidence that the mirco-tuning the cam system delivers is very advanced and reliable. Further, a bow that spits arrows at 340 fps features such a buttery-smooth draw cycle is unbeatable. The Reign 7 is so stable, shock-free and well-balanced that it seems to practically shoot itself. And what bowhunter doesn’t love a quiet bow? The Reign 7 makes no compromises. It truly has it all.

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Watch as Patrick Meitin unveils his comprehensive review of the new Bear Archery Moment, an unbelievably fast, and quiet compound bow that will exceed the high expectations of any competitive bowhunter. At a glance, Bear Moment mirrors last year’s BR 33 with the same cam system, similar geometry, and overall similar features. With closer inspection, Bear improved its already impressive speed without greatly affecting the shootability.

This compound includes an 80 percent let-off EAZ Hybrid Cam System which makes this bow extremely easy to pull and has no jarring bumps or surprising let-offs. In fact, the cam on this bow is so SMOOTH, that it can make a 70-pound draw seem like 60 pounds, as well as make early season, heavy draw weights bearable in bone-chilling weather with tense muscles. The newest version of the EAZ Cam System includes DRAW-DIAL Rotating Modules that allows fast and simple draw-length adjustments anywhere from 25-30 inches without sacrificing performance and accuracy at any draw length. Bear Archery Moment comes standard with dual string stops or optional ROCKSTOPS limb stops.

This bow comes equipped with a super-strong 7075 aircraft-grade aluminum riser designed to have a wider side profile. The 7075 aluminum material delivers a stiffer, vibration-free platform for increased accuracy and silent shooting. Bear’s new design on the riser set the handle closer to the bowstring to create a speedy 6-inch brace height. The NANOGRIP promises better shooting comfort, and improved bow-hand interface. The new grip on this compound reduces torque at full draw, and increases accuracy potential.

Bear Archery bows hold several unique, notable technologies that are included in =the design of this compound: the HingeGuard swiveling offset buss-cable guard to eliminate release twang; Bi-Dimensionally adjustable top and bottom SonicStop offset string suppressors with carbon rods held by adjustable clamps; SonicBonds silencing modules in the riser between the handle and each limb pocket, and inside the limb pockets; and finally, four rubber SonicKnots that give speed studs double duty as dampeners/ silencers. Because Bear compound bows come standard as a deadly silent weapon, there is no need to mess with any extraneous quieting accessories.

Bear Archery Moment proves undeniably speedy and accurate. Even with the heaviest arrow shafts, the Bear Moment had no problems breaking 300 fps, and with the lighter shafts this impressive bow reached speeds of 360 fps, 20 fps higher than the advertised ATA speed of 340 fps. This is an impressively fast, accurate, and smooth weapon that is incredibly silent straight out of the box.

To learn more visit http://www.beararchery.com/

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Watch as Patrick Meitin describes the new Hoyt Pro Defiant in a comprehensive compound bow review. Some familiar features of this bow remain, such as the DFX Cam and ½ system and UltraFlex Limbs. Other features include multilayer lamination construction and Parallel Split Limb technologies. DFX Cams allow this compound to adjust 2 inches of draw length within a single cam set, add 3.45 inches to the overall bow length at full draw, and allow the peep to sit closer to the eye for better head positioning and more accurate aiming. The DFX-Ultra-Flex combination has gained a solid reputation with serious shooters for maximizing effective string angle, optimizing peep positioning, and providing more comfortable and consistent anchoring- and shooting-form dynamics.

Hoyt Pro Defiant has PerfectBalance Stabilization System and Offset Riser Technology that ensure it is one of the quietest, most well-balanced bows on the market. Short bows tend to be top- or front-heavy, but Hoyt has perfected the art of balancing a bow. Even with added accessories, it is very difficult to throw the bow off balance. This compound allows for a cleaner shot without having to worry about the shooters torque or hold it steady. Along with superior balance, the silence of this compound is profound and consistent, even without all of the extraneous silencer equipment. Uniform Stress Distribution Limbs, DFX Cam system, the StealthShot string stop, and the Zero Torque Cable Guard System allow the Hoyt Pro Defiant to eliminate any possible noise or vibration, thus creating a stealthy shot. Hoyt also included the Limb Shox five-fin silencer and Shock Rod Technology in the In-Line Roller Cable Guard for improved noise control. Finally, Hoyt’s ingenious introduction of Silent Shelf Technology prevents errant and all-too-common arrow clicks on the riser shelf.

On the range, 60 arrows were shot without one foot-per-second in speed variation within a single-arrow set. This translates into an accurate shot with a professional compound bow. Hoyt’s Pro Defiant compound bow is deadly silent, plenty fast for speed freaks, and as accurate as your abilities allow. As Hoyt puts it, “The Pro Defiant is purpose-built for the most serious, demanding bowhunters on the planet.”

To learn more visit Hoyt’s website.

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Watch as Senior Editor Patrick Meitin reviews the Bear Archery Cruzer Lite RTH!

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Watch as Senior Editor Patrick Meitin reviews the Hoyt Defiant! Learn more at hoyt.com

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Watch as Editor Patrick Meitin takes a turkey with his Stryker Katana crossbow!

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