BringBackThe80s
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I bought my DXT (70 lb, 26.5" draw) in 2008, the first year Mathews made it, and it's been putting meat in the freezer right into this 15th season. There have been several years I never got to hunt at all, but it has killed squirrels, a yote, groundhogs, a raccoon, 1 turkey, and 14 of the 18 deer harvested since I bought it. (Pics from this season below.)
I don't even think of it as an "old" bow, though it seems like most people swap into a new one every year or two. I practice at least a few hundred shots with it each year, though there have been some seasons I couldn't get into the woods at all. I wax and maintain it regularly during practice. It was restrung in ~ 2013 when I had to replace the limbs. (Only because a few strands of carbon laminate split when I tried to lean all the way around a tree and bumped/scraped the limb at full draw on a sharp edge of my treestand). That's the last time the DXT was professionally tuned. I've checked unfletched arrow flight a few times, and some seasons I need to adjust the sights by a couple inches. Other than that, it's wearing all the same parts and accessories as on its first day at the range.
If I ever go out west for elk or mule deer, I'll probably upgrade my sight and stabilizer. But it's the only bow I've shot a full "Robin Hood" with ($$$ dang it!) and it still keeps 5 arrows in a 2" cluster at 30 yards, which is plenty tight enough for eastern deer hunting with a light, compact bow. Why change anything when it works so well and feels as familiar as my own hand?
So does anybody else still carry a DXT or other "old" bow?
I don't even think of it as an "old" bow, though it seems like most people swap into a new one every year or two. I practice at least a few hundred shots with it each year, though there have been some seasons I couldn't get into the woods at all. I wax and maintain it regularly during practice. It was restrung in ~ 2013 when I had to replace the limbs. (Only because a few strands of carbon laminate split when I tried to lean all the way around a tree and bumped/scraped the limb at full draw on a sharp edge of my treestand). That's the last time the DXT was professionally tuned. I've checked unfletched arrow flight a few times, and some seasons I need to adjust the sights by a couple inches. Other than that, it's wearing all the same parts and accessories as on its first day at the range.
If I ever go out west for elk or mule deer, I'll probably upgrade my sight and stabilizer. But it's the only bow I've shot a full "Robin Hood" with ($$$ dang it!) and it still keeps 5 arrows in a 2" cluster at 30 yards, which is plenty tight enough for eastern deer hunting with a light, compact bow. Why change anything when it works so well and feels as familiar as my own hand?
So does anybody else still carry a DXT or other "old" bow?
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