fred bear montana bow`

[jtj4times]

#6834

im new to tradittional . i am think of purchasing a fred bear montana bow. anyone have any thoughts on this bow. anything would help.

thanks

[Steve J]

#55984

jtj4times wrote: im new to tradittional . i am think of purchasing a fred bear montana bow. anyone have any thoughts on this bow. anything would help.

thanks

JTJ ,, This is the first question,, exactly,,that I asked on this forum,, great minds think alike:lol:
I havent been on here long, but what I believe you would be told is its , a ok mass produced bow, but there a mom& pops that make better. If your like me , your so new to this stuff, you are just going by the bass pro catalog. I would bet the montana would be good,, but for the same 329, the grizzly recurve would be better, esp. if you new to this. wish I could help , but Im still groping in the dark LOL

[jtj4times]

#56001

thanks steve j,
yup i am new to this and there are so many choices out there.i have not found to many ttrad guys here on long island yet.i shot a bob lee long bow which felt real nice. a check of that web site had some good sales(400 range). i dont know if i should spend a little more or stay in the bear range. these forums are good but i guess you really need to get out there an try to shoot a few different one.

[SteveMcD]

#56227

Beauty is always going to be in the eye of the beholder. My simple advice is. Before you buy a traditional bow, go to a traditional shoot or range where there are traditional shooters a try shooting a fews bows first.

What you think looks right. And what actually feels and shoots right for you are two different things. A testament to that are all the “Classifieds” for “Custom” bows on the internet Classifieds.

And don’t worry about a “Production” bow. Those “Grizzly’s” are production bows too. There is nothing wrong or diminishing about a production bow.

It’s not about the bow. A good shoooter can shoot most bows very well. A bad shooter can’t shoot any well.

[Chris Shelton]

#56321

I will be 100 percent honest with you, I have bows that are old bows that are new, bows that I have finished, slow bows fast bows. Expensive bows, and cheaper ones. The bottom line is that I wouldnt spend alot of money on a custom bow, that is for your first bow. I started with a hand me down, old Galaxy mars recurve, a company which I have never heard of and can find very little about on the web. I then purchased a 55 pound deer master recurve take down by greatree archery, and it is to this day my one and only “baby”.

Battle scared and nicked up from chasing the rabbits through the briar thickets, it shoots better than it did that very first day out of the package. Cheap but effective. The reason some are cheap and others break the bank is the wood, if you get some zebrawood, or other exotics like that, the bow will break the bank. My bow is black walnut and maple! Strong, and beautiful, only 200 bucks.

I also own the Martin hunter recurve, 489 dollar bow, 70 pounds, definatly a beast and a fast flat shooter, probably shoots close to 240(never measured, just guessing) an absolutely beautiful peice of bowyer art. But what bow am I finding myself carry into the woods when I need a bow that I KNOW will provide?

[skip.jacobs1]

#58443

I have a montana longbow and while its decent for the money I would recommend getting something a little better if you can afford one. I am a huge fan of bear products, I have several compounds of theirs as well but after a couple of seasons of shooting you will probably want an upgrade. However if you are just getting started in trad bows I think the Montana Longbow will do you just fine for a while.

[Carbomask]

#59796

I went to 3 rivers archery and got to shoot all the bows. $800 bows included. take downs, tomahawks etc etc. I shot the montana too, and one thing I came away with after one or two shots… it had a way different feel than the fancy bows, and i recall deciding against it right away in light of all I was getting to shoot. Heres one thing, I got a tred barta longbow, as it wasn’t real expensive either, but seemed to deliver alot of the fancy bow feel, at half or less of the price. even looks like a montana…now, 3 yrs later, I find that bow still feels great to shoot, seems to have alot of power (50# 64″), I like the finish, yet the major drawback…just a bit too long for the woods.. but I still take it with me occasionally, it deliveres a reliable shot it seems to me. perhaps this helps. I also have one of those bows greattree is talking about. walnut and maple recurve..AWESOME low cost bow, stable, simple 45#. I am about 4 yrs in on traditional, and I think that one thing that is missing from my whole bow experience is a higher poundage bow.

[Richie]

#59981

jtj4times wrote: im new to tradittional . i am think of purchasing a fred bear montana bow. anyone have any thoughts on this bow. anything would help.

thanks

I just got a Montana Longbow a couple of weeks ago. I’m just getting into traditional myself and chose the Montana because of the price and it seemed like a good place to start with longbows. I’m going to practice with it until I feel like I deserve a “high end bow”. I want to be able to know the difference when I do finally get my hands on a more expensive bow. I’m doing my homework on my next longbow already. I wish I had a place to try them all first. When I get my next bow I plan on passing the Montana on to a family member to get their feet wet with a longbow. I’ve never shot another longbow so I don’t have anything to compare to, except a recurve.

[Steve J]

#9691

Carbomask wrote: I went to 3 rivers archery and got to shoot all the bows. $800 bows included. take downs, tomahawks etc etc. I shot the montana too, and one thing I came away with after one or two shots… it had a way different feel than the fancy bows, and i recall deciding against it right away in light of all I was getting to shoot. Heres one thing, I got a tred barta longbow, as it wasn’t real expensive either, but seemed to deliver alot of the fancy bow feel, at half or less of the price. even looks like a montana…now, 3 yrs later, I find that bow still feels great to shoot, seems to have alot of power (50# 64″), I like the finish, yet the major drawback…just a bit too long for the woods.. but I still take it with me occasionally, it deliveres a reliable shot it seems to me. perhaps this helps. I also have one of those bows greattree is talking about. walnut and maple recurve..AWESOME low cost bow, stable, simple 45#. I am about 4 yrs in on traditional, and I think that one thing that is missing from my whole bow experience is a higher poundage bow.

Im glad you mentioned your experience with the Barta Bow, I keep lookin at it in the catalog.
It must have been great to go to 3 rivers and shoot all those bows. cant imagine, down here they dont let customers test fire almost anything

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