today my wife finally gave me the go-ahead on a new bow,also my first real bow.....dont got a whole lot of money to spend so i'm looking at either the Bear Charge or the Mission Craze since theyre both about the same price and i seem to like the looks and specs of both any opinions or advice would be greatly appreciated thanks in advance
I assume you're hunting with this bow. (skip to the guy with the afro if you want to skip the technical stuff.) They both look to be good beginner bows at a nice price. Since you are new I don't know if your draw weight is near 70lbs. if it is something like 40 or 50 you might not want the craze because bows are designed to work at their peak draw weight. It will work way under 70lbs like most bows, and you can even see the bolt to know how much room you have left(very cool). Since your an adult (i'm 16) you should be able to get up to or near 70lbs quickly enough. If you don't want to spend time tuning your bow then the charge would be great. A cam and a wheel means almost no time spent tuning and they are easy to manage. The craze would require more work since it's two cams or cam & 1/2 (not sure which) but it will have much more straight nock travel. It can also have three different types of limbs 50,60 or 70lbs limbs for what ever level you're at. If you plan on taking down really big game later on but don't want to get heavier limbs, craze is great, it should be plenty accurate even at 40 or 50lbs. A single cam on the charge doesn't in anyway make it worse. I've seen pro target shooters use single cam with no problem. Basically, both will be just fine for hunting and all you really need to consider is whether you don't want to tune the cams every now and then(charge) or if you want to have a wide range of draw weights available(craze). P.S.- you need a bow press to tune a dual or hybrid cam bow(craze). What ever you get, make sure you are not straining yourself with draw weight or length. what you gain does not out weigh the loses. I shoot a hoyt ultratec xt2000 55lb cam & 1/2.
thanks bassman for all of the info, its nice that at least one person knows something about these 2 bows that could give me some helpful advice(or at least was willing to take a few minutes to do so)
As I've said many times it's best to go shoot some bows. Take a couple weekends if necessary and let the bow choose you! You might be surprised what you end up buying! Dan
That I definitely a huge part in selecting a bow. I would do more research and try to find more than a couple bows in your price range and shoot as many of them as possible.
