Tribute vs. Drenaline
08-27-2007, 11:28 AM
#12
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RE: Tribute vs. Drenaline
Ok, what is a STS and MeanV? lol
I will have to find out the total weight of his arrows and I will check mine as soon as possible. Would arrows really be the cause of "bow-thwack"?
Maybe I can take a short vid tonight to show you guys what mine sounds like...then you can tell me if it is normal...if not, I am calling BowTech! lol
I will have to find out the total weight of his arrows and I will check mine as soon as possible. Would arrows really be the cause of "bow-thwack"?
Maybe I can take a short vid tonight to show you guys what mine sounds like...then you can tell me if it is normal...if not, I am calling BowTech! lol
08-27-2007, 11:29 AM
#13
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RE: Tribute vs. Drenaline
ORIGINAL: statjunk
Which one was easiest to draw? Which one had less hand shock?
Tom
Which one was easiest to draw? Which one had less hand shock?
Tom
08-27-2007, 11:36 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Mckenzie, TN
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RE: Tribute vs. Drenaline
I had the same problem with deciding on which bow to buy the tribute, drenalin, was my first to decide from and had settled on the mathews was saving me money to go buy one and just so happened to go in this little shop and shot a ross cardiac and it blew them both away in my opinion. It might not be as fast and might not have a mathews name on it. But it is the smoothest draw cycle and most comfortable bow I have ever shot. Alot of people just by a bow because of the name. But I have never been a mathews or bowtech fanboy. I by whatever bow feels best to me..
08-27-2007, 12:15 PM
#16
Giant Nontypical
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RE: Tribute vs. Drenaline
ORIGINAL: TN Deer Hunter
I have never been a mathews or bowtech fanboy. I by whatever bow feels best to me..
I have never been a mathews or bowtech fanboy. I by whatever bow feels best to me..
08-27-2007, 01:43 PM
#17
Typical Buck
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RE: Tribute vs. Drenaline
This is a STS(Shock Terminator Suppressor).
http://www.stsarchery.com/rear.html#
I just put one on my Guardian this weekend. Great product.
http://www.stsarchery.com/rear.html#
I just put one on my Guardian this weekend. Great product.
08-27-2007, 02:04 PM
#18
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Tribute vs. Drenaline
Hey, sometimes father knows best.
ORIGINAL: whitetailhunter01
Well, a few months ago I purchased a BowTech Tribute after trying a few Hoyts and a PSE. I liked the speed and how quiet the BowTech was so to me, there was honestly nothing better as far as I could see.
A few weeks ago my father decided to buy a new bow to replace his old Browning. For some reason, he wouldn't buy a BowTech, he said it was too heavy and I think the other reason is because he didn't want to follow suit with me. Anyway, he settled on a Mathews Drenaline and he paid $649 for it, brand new at a local dealer.
He brought the bow over this weekend and I could not believe how light it was. It is only a few ounces lighter than my Tribute but I could definitely feel it. He climbs a tree and shoots the bow at our targets and I was shocked at how quiet it was. It is truly quieter than my BowTech Tribute! My uncle also came over with his new Drenaline that he bought the same day as my dad for the same price.
He shot his bow and the only sound I heard was the whistle sound coming from his new G5 Montec broadheads. Now, my father and I shoot a few different things. First, I shot a whisker biscuit and he shoots a limbsaver drop away but you would think that would make his louder. I shoot a peep-sight with the rubber tubing, he doesn't, this probably causes some of my sound. Finally, he shoots a LimbSaver S-Coil 4.9oz stabilizer and I shoot the WildThing stabilizer. But we shoot similar arrows, with exact same broadheads, Rage 2's.
I shot the Drenaline and I could not believe how smooth it was, how quiet and how well the bow handled. Had I known this, I would have a Drenaline now instead of my Tribute.
Don't get me wrong, the Tribute is a great bow, its just the Mathews is better bow for the same price, if you can get it for that price!
I took my Tribute down to the shop I bought it from later that day. I had them remove the peep-sight that had the rubber tubing and replace it with one that didn't have tubing. I also removed my WildThing stabilizer and replaced it with a LimbSaver S-Coil 4.9oz stabilizer. The bow is a little quieter...more like the Drenaline than before. Its a little lighter now without that huge WildThing stabilizer but I am keeping my whisker biscuit, for now.
Anyway, if I could find someone to buy my BowTech Tribute with a WildThing Stabilizer, whisker biscuit, Trophy Ridge sights, BowTech quiver all set-up for $650 + shipping, I would go down to that dealer and buy a Drenaline.
Mathews makes a great bow!
Well, a few months ago I purchased a BowTech Tribute after trying a few Hoyts and a PSE. I liked the speed and how quiet the BowTech was so to me, there was honestly nothing better as far as I could see.
A few weeks ago my father decided to buy a new bow to replace his old Browning. For some reason, he wouldn't buy a BowTech, he said it was too heavy and I think the other reason is because he didn't want to follow suit with me. Anyway, he settled on a Mathews Drenaline and he paid $649 for it, brand new at a local dealer.
He brought the bow over this weekend and I could not believe how light it was. It is only a few ounces lighter than my Tribute but I could definitely feel it. He climbs a tree and shoots the bow at our targets and I was shocked at how quiet it was. It is truly quieter than my BowTech Tribute! My uncle also came over with his new Drenaline that he bought the same day as my dad for the same price.
He shot his bow and the only sound I heard was the whistle sound coming from his new G5 Montec broadheads. Now, my father and I shoot a few different things. First, I shot a whisker biscuit and he shoots a limbsaver drop away but you would think that would make his louder. I shoot a peep-sight with the rubber tubing, he doesn't, this probably causes some of my sound. Finally, he shoots a LimbSaver S-Coil 4.9oz stabilizer and I shoot the WildThing stabilizer. But we shoot similar arrows, with exact same broadheads, Rage 2's.
I shot the Drenaline and I could not believe how smooth it was, how quiet and how well the bow handled. Had I known this, I would have a Drenaline now instead of my Tribute.
Don't get me wrong, the Tribute is a great bow, its just the Mathews is better bow for the same price, if you can get it for that price!
I took my Tribute down to the shop I bought it from later that day. I had them remove the peep-sight that had the rubber tubing and replace it with one that didn't have tubing. I also removed my WildThing stabilizer and replaced it with a LimbSaver S-Coil 4.9oz stabilizer. The bow is a little quieter...more like the Drenaline than before. Its a little lighter now without that huge WildThing stabilizer but I am keeping my whisker biscuit, for now.
Anyway, if I could find someone to buy my BowTech Tribute with a WildThing Stabilizer, whisker biscuit, Trophy Ridge sights, BowTech quiver all set-up for $650 + shipping, I would go down to that dealer and buy a Drenaline.
Mathews makes a great bow!
08-27-2007, 03:21 PM
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RE: Tribute vs. Drenaline
Please let me know if this movie works...I had to host it through Photobucket.
http://s225.photobucket.com/albums/dd82/whitetailhunter01/?action=view&current=100_0509.flv
http://s225.photobucket.com/albums/dd82/whitetailhunter01/?action=view&current=100_0509.flv