Top_Heavy's World

I finally got my hands on a Monster in 80#. I draw that poundage with no problems and expected the crazy snap with 2 1/2" or so, of draw length remaining. I suggest you draw this power house with your bow hand fully closed, the snap is violent and will bounce the bow in your thumb to palm area possibly altering your grip and creating major problems. I used my standard hand held Cobra release and shot about a dozen times. The bow was properly named, it is a monster... the vibration is monsterous for a Mathew's bow. I haven't hit my arm for years and after the first 3 shots I had a red spot the size of a quarter at my wrist. It wasn't string slap, but vibration slap from the string after the arrow left the bow! The first shot made me ask the question "Is this enough spine for this arrow?" as the vanes kicked several inches to the left but then corrected and hit where I was wanting. I was assured they were right, the heaviest Gold Tips Fin and Feather had. The bow was simple, just the D loop and a whisker buisquit rest. I shoot enough instinctive archery that I was comfortable shooting at 20 yards with out sights, so after shot #4 I was calling the dot! The bow is accurate, you can't deny that, I was never more than 2 3/4" off my 4" dot at 20 yards. I shot 3 arrows and all 3 touched vanes on my best group (only shot 3 groups. A medium build guy watching me asked to shoot the bow and after 2 shots was done and he had a huge string slap mark down his forearm to prove he drew it, but he had to use a wrist strap release to do it. I finally drew it, held for several seconds and then attempted to slowly let down as if in a hunting situation. Remember, I have been putting in massive hours at the gym for the past 90 days, am 6'3"ish and weigh 220 solid lbs... I was able to let down with out the arrow smacking the riser and my arm waving crazily (like the guy behind the bow counter), but I pulled some muscle tissue off the back of my right scapula and my entire right arm feels fatigued even today, 24 hours later. There is no way I would shoot this bow in a hunting situation... I can draw it and shoot it well, but if I drew on an animal and couldn't find an opening, I would shoot it into the dirt before I would ever let it down again! I would hate to be in Africa, draw on a huge bull elephant and then not get the shot... how do you explain to the PH that you have to shoot as you can't let down... somehow I think the herd of elephants will turn you into jelly before you can get out of there after a poor showing like that!
I have gotten several responses from young guys who bought the Monster 70# bow and they all tell me how I must be lacking physical manliness to not want one. I suggested to each of them that they draw while sitting, let down, stand up and turn then draw again and shoot. One nice guy wrote back and said... "I can't do it, is that bad?" Perhaps not for you, but I see it as a problem.
I don't want to sound like I am bashing the bow, I can see the need for a bow like this if traveling to Africa for a few of the Big 5, but I wouldn't even think of having one for anything else in the world. The bow is the fastest I have ever shot, looks OK, feels like you would expect from a bow of such power and is backed by Mathew's. Just be very careful and know what you are getting into if you pick one up and try to shoot it!

I sit trying to give you the feeling of shooting this bow... My father has a 700 whatever series BMW, that is like shooting a Drenalin or a Switchback. I have a diesel 2500HD with big off road tires, that is about like my LX, and when you are sitting behind a big Harley and the guy lays on the throttle making the bobble head on your dash lean over and your CD's fall from the viser and your lungs feel each cylinder stroke... that is like shooting the Monster 80#