Finally ready to buy my second bow

[PaulB84]

So about 15 years ago I decided to get into archery. I bought a used PSE Bow Madness XS, watched YouTube and read until my eyes bled, and got pretty decent. I have killed a pile of whitetail over the years, and when a friend jumped into archery with both feet (he bought 3 flagship bows, spent used car money setting them up, and sold off what he didn't end up killing) I thought maybe it would be time to consider an upgrade

I'm drawing 70#, 30" DL (I generally turn that weight down for the season but it's good practice). In doing some research I've found that I'm doing a bunch of, well, weird shit. Like having a draw length longer than my axel length. Im running a $40 Truglo sight and a $60 QAD rest, iCS bowhunter arrows, slick trick heads etc. Basically, I'm slumming it, but i love this bow. It's insanely quiet, unreasonably fast (441 grain arrow at 290 fps) and I shoot it well. It has an 8" BH which is crazy long compared to a 6 1/8" on my buddy's ARC. But is this a "you don't know what you don't know" situation? My sample size is exactly one bow for w very long time. If it sucked, I probably wouldn't knows

I finally went to a shop and shot some new bows. The ARC 30 and 34, and the Tritech 31 and 33 really stood out. The valley and letoff and overall smoothness are amazing. But the $ to upgrade is crazy. I'm very torn. Any advice? Would I immediately see a big upgrade in accuracy by getting a longer a2a length and better let off/valley?

The shop pro who runs the league I shoot at with my kids watched me shoot and said "you'd be nuts to get a different bow" lol so there is that

 

[jjschuh]

I personally don't think you would see a huge upgrade in accuracy but you would probably see some. There is a chance you would see some improvement, but maybe it's just that it feels better in your hand or your pin floats less or you're able to get anchored and set and leveled a bit quicker etc. Really what you gain with new bows in todays market is that it's a bit easier to work on your own equipment on your own at home, some cases without a press even. If that's something you're interested in.

I don't really think you can go wrong with any of the flagship bows out there either. Everyone is close to the same specs it just comes down to how it feels in your hand and when shooting.

I'm personally planning to upgrade to a new bow this year but that's just because I like to work on my own stuff and if there's something out there that will make it easier for me I'll do it. But then I don't see myself upgrading again for quite a few years until something new catches my eye.

 

[PaulB84]

I personally don't think you would see a huge upgrade in accuracy but you would probably see some. There is a chance you would see some improvement, but maybe it's just that it feels better in your hand or your pin floats less or you're able to get anchored and set and leveled a bit quicker etc. Really what you gain with new bows in todays market is that it's a bit easier to work on your own equipment on your own at home, some cases without a press even. If that's something you're interested in.

I don't really think you can go wrong with any of the flagship bows out there either. Everyone is close to the same specs it just comes down to how it feels in your hand and when shooting.

I'm personally planning to upgrade to a new bow this year but that's just because I like to work on my own stuff and if there's something out there that will make it easier for me I'll do it. But then I don't see myself upgrading again for quite a few years until something new catches my eye.

This makes sense, but I guess I don't understand what needs tinkering with on a bow. I had a reputable shop set me up initially, and haven't touched a thing in over a decade. I had a string replaced. That's it. (Now, this is coming from a guy who simply can't stop buying, selling, modifying and messing with guns, so I totally get it. Fortunately for me, the desire to mess with archery equipment on that level hasn't bit. Yet...)

The let off and valley of the new bows blew me away. I could hold either at full draw far, far longer than my current setup

That said, I do really like the idea of the Darton which is 100% pressless. And the Mathews is pretty close to that, just need a press for a couple major things like changing a string but I have a good shop for that and don't see myself back country hunting anytime soon.