My 2014 hunting bow is.....

Hunting season 2014 just got a little better for myself. I will be shooting the 2014 Prime Defy at 70 pounds of pure knock down power. I shot a variety of bows at the beginning of the season and I finally decided on the Defy. After shooting my Centroid for 3 years I was happy with how the Prime shot and felt in my grubby little paws. Since I loved shooting my Centriod, I decided to stick with Prime. Prime makes a great bow and I am a strong believer that you get what you pay for. That being said, I shot a few Strothers this year, My hunting partner has 2 and they were great bows at a great price. If you have not shot a Strother check them out. The Prime just felt right. If you are in the market for a new bow, shoot every bow, from as many manufactures as you can.

I was finally able to pick up my bow last Wednesday from Archery Outpost. I had Conner install my Peep, D-loop, rest, and sight. Once he got everything dialed in I was ready to take my bow home.

2014 Bow Setup.
Bow: 2014 Prime Defy 70# in Real Tree
Rest: AAE DOA Full Capture Fall Away Real Tree
Sight: Montana Black Gold Custom Vengeance or Ambush Single Pin
Stabilizer: B Stinger Pro Hunter Maxx 8"
Arrows: Deer Crossing Archery, Hunters and SD Hunters 300 spine
Fletchings: Blazer Vanes
Broadheads: G5 Montec 100 grain
Release: Scott Little Bitty Goose
Quiver: Tight Spot 

2014 Prime Defy

2014 Prime defy

The first day at the range with my new bow was a success. I was shooting really close to where my old sight was sighted in. I was off by about 6-9 yards. I will be changing out my Vengeance to my Ambush sight. I have grow more accustomed to the single pin Since I have shot one for 2 seasons. My first end at 40 yards was a little low but the grouping was not bad. This bow shoots extremely flat and fast. I am always impressed with the products from Prime.

First End at 40 yards off by a few yards

At the end of the night I was very pleased with my new bow. I will swapping sights today and getting my quiver mounted. After that 3-5 days will be spent at the range or behind my office shooting. I want to be dialed in for Colorado. With only 58 days left till we leave, I have my work cut out for me. I am confident I will be able to get everything tuned perfectly on my new bow. I have been shooting a good amount this year so I am confident in my form. I just need to get the new bow sighted in. I just have to get over to Archery Outpost, chronograph my bow to get my feet per second, then slap on the right sight tape and I am dialed in to 100 yards. I should have all that done by the end of this week. I have a great feeling for this upcoming season.

Hiking and Checking Game Cams.

It's been a little over a month since Al and I set our trail cams in a spot we wanted to scout, we finally have a weekend that we can check the cams. Al will be at my house at 4am tomorrow so we can make the drive to the trail head (about 45 minutes). Then we will hike the 4 miles to our cam location. The area we set them looked promising and we a hoping to find some big deer. Depending what is on the cams, they will either stay up or we will pull them and get to a new spot. Once that decision has been made it's a 5 mile hike back to where we had our cams set last year. We are going to hang a new one up in this spot to see if anything is left over from last season. We saw 3-4 sets of fawns during hunting season, hopefully they have grown into a few nice bucks. After that, it's back out the last 3-4 miles to the truck where cold water, a protein shake, Pat's Back country and my bow will be waiting. We should have a little time to shoot so we will set up a few targets and let some carbon fly. Then it is back to the house to enjoy the rest of my Saturday. If all goes to plan we should be home by 1 or 1:30pm. It is going to be in the low 90s by mid morning so we want to get in an out. All in all we will hike about 12 miles for the day while most of my buddies are recovering from the night before.