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Help setting up a new Hoyt Carbon Element or Matrix (arrows, sights, rest, broadheads
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<blockquote data-quote="SWAT Medic" data-source="post: 661637" data-attributes="member: 49418"><p><strong>Re: Help setting up a new Hoyt Carbon Element or Matrix (arrows, sights, rest, broadh</strong></p><p></p><p>Used to like longer bows, but I love the Element because it straps to a backpack without a care and is tough as nails. Because it is so lightweight, it is easier to hold on target for longer without your arm starting to shake.</p><p></p><p>I like Trophy Taker rests...I've used all sorts of rests that have fancy pants features, but Trophy Takers work, and are simple machines...nothing to fail</p><p></p><p>Same goes for the Sword Centurion single-pin slider sight. It has a sight picture like a rifle (no multiple pins to crowd the view). I found that using multiple pins increases the chance of sailing one over your quarry (or into the dirt) because when your heart is racing it's hard to remember red is 25 yards...or was that green. WIth the slider, you dial it in and place the single pin over the lungs...thwack! Plus, I hunt hard, and the Sword products stand up to a beating!</p><p></p><p>As for arrows, I LOOOOOOOVE the Victory VAPs. Pencil thin arrows can penetrate deeper, and they hold on target better in a crosswind. Victory actually supplies most of the carbon for the arrow industry, so why not save money and go straight to the source. A dozen VAPs are 1/2 the price of a similar quality offering from Easton or Carbon Express.</p><p></p><p>For Broadheads, I like Slick Trick...again, simple and they just work. No fancy gimmicks, just sharp (and easy to sharpen) blades and stiff and strong trochanters. Plus the price is right.</p><p></p><p>As for 80 lbs...dang!!!! Why use a .50 BMG if a 6.5x55 will do the same job? You'll be able to practice more, and hold a target longer with a lighter poundage. I have a bum shoulder, so I needed to shoot less poundage, but it still works the same. If a kid can take a deer or elk with a 40-45lb bow, so can anyone else. No one at the archery range will be measuring your set-up, and unless your going for the Big 5 in Africa, I'd stick to a more modest 55-65lbs. Hoyt now makes an intermediate range limbset of 55-65 lbs. There is no replacement for a well placed shot. And lots of practice gets you that. Good luck!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SWAT Medic, post: 661637, member: 49418"] [b]Re: Help setting up a new Hoyt Carbon Element or Matrix (arrows, sights, rest, broadh[/b] Used to like longer bows, but I love the Element because it straps to a backpack without a care and is tough as nails. Because it is so lightweight, it is easier to hold on target for longer without your arm starting to shake. I like Trophy Taker rests...I've used all sorts of rests that have fancy pants features, but Trophy Takers work, and are simple machines...nothing to fail Same goes for the Sword Centurion single-pin slider sight. It has a sight picture like a rifle (no multiple pins to crowd the view). I found that using multiple pins increases the chance of sailing one over your quarry (or into the dirt) because when your heart is racing it's hard to remember red is 25 yards...or was that green. WIth the slider, you dial it in and place the single pin over the lungs...thwack! Plus, I hunt hard, and the Sword products stand up to a beating! As for arrows, I LOOOOOOOVE the Victory VAPs. Pencil thin arrows can penetrate deeper, and they hold on target better in a crosswind. Victory actually supplies most of the carbon for the arrow industry, so why not save money and go straight to the source. A dozen VAPs are 1/2 the price of a similar quality offering from Easton or Carbon Express. For Broadheads, I like Slick Trick...again, simple and they just work. No fancy gimmicks, just sharp (and easy to sharpen) blades and stiff and strong trochanters. Plus the price is right. As for 80 lbs...dang!!!! Why use a .50 BMG if a 6.5x55 will do the same job? You'll be able to practice more, and hold a target longer with a lighter poundage. I have a bum shoulder, so I needed to shoot less poundage, but it still works the same. If a kid can take a deer or elk with a 40-45lb bow, so can anyone else. No one at the archery range will be measuring your set-up, and unless your going for the Big 5 in Africa, I'd stick to a more modest 55-65lbs. Hoyt now makes an intermediate range limbset of 55-65 lbs. There is no replacement for a well placed shot. And lots of practice gets you that. Good luck!!! [/QUOTE]
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