My son has a Crux and it's hands down a better bow than the Cruzer.
Really overall a dang nice little hunting bow for the price. Plan on getting better stings installed after you get it broken in and used to shooting it, though. Bear's strings aren't all that great.
His came RTH with all the Trophy Ridge accessories. Not the best, but certainly usable. He upgraded the rest to a Ripcord Ace dropaway.
If you're new to the sport get the 50-60 pound limbs. Far better to start lower than too heavy, and develop bad form and bad habits.
You can upgrade to a heavier draw bow in a couple years if you ever feel any real need to.
If you don't want to switch bows then, just call Bear and order 70 pound limbs for your Crux.

 

Thank you for the quick advice. I thought the Crux was a better buy but I guess it is no longer offered.

I will keep everyone posted on my purchase. Where do I upgrade to 70 lbs limbs?

 

You should be able to find new Cruxes pretty cheap now that Bear has discontinued them. (They'll still service it for years to come, so don't let the fact that they're no longer in the latest lineup deter you from getting one).

Any shop that services Bear bows can probably order the 60/70 pound limbs for you when you're sure you're ready for more draw weight than 50/60. Those are what I was referring to when I said 70 pound limbs; (roughly 60 with the limb bolts backed out, about 70 when they're tightened down all the way.) I suspect that Bear puts essentially the same limbs (within the various poundage specs) on several different riser models.

You could call Bear Archery, but I doubt they'd sell them to you directly. They want a factory-authorized shop to install limbs for liability reasons. If there isn't a shop near you, they'll probably have you send it back to the factory for the install.
When I bought my son's Crux' I made the mistake of going with the 70 pound limbs, but they were too stout for him even backed off all the way. So I just ordered a set of 50/60 limbs for him to use now (Gander installed them) and I kept the 60/70 set for the future if he ever grows out of the 50/60.
When he started out, we were actually able to get the 50/60 set backed down to around 45 pounds (safely), and it shot pretty nicely even cranked down that low. He's shooting around 52 now and we bump it up a half a turn or so whenever he's ready for a bit more draw weight.
Edited to add: I mean that many models have similar 60/70 pound limbs, etc, NOT that the 50/60 limbs are the same limbs as the 60/70 limbs.
I need to go to bed!

 

Is it worth the extra $85 for the Crux over Wild?

I found a Vendor that has Bear Wild ready to hunt 60-70# for $255. Or Bear Crux Read to Hunt 60-70# for $340.
The specs look almost the same. And the local shop lets me hold but not shoot. Can't tell the difference ( I am a rookie).

The Wild has almost no reviews or videos because it is a new model. The Crux has been out for 2 year and is now discontinued.

 

The Wild on Bear's website is depicted as a single cam, the Crux has dual, hybrid cams. In fact they are the same H13 cams as on my Anarchy HC.
Crux would probably outperform Wild by a fair bit, but I can't say that for sure. Never shot a Wild.
Being a single-cam bow, Wild may be a little smoother drawing at the price of a little bit of heavy, hunting-arrow performance.
But again-pure speculation on my part.
Hopefully someone with Wild experience will chime in.

 

Thanks,
for the feedback again. There are no shops in my area that have the Crux available to shoot. And the Shop that has the wild available for shooting charges $130 more that I found it for. That is like 35%!!!

 

Well miscommunication the seller already shipped the Bear Wild 70lb RTH. I am sure it will be fine for this rookie for a while.

I will be sure to post my feedback for others

 

If you really are a rookie, 60/70 pound limbs are going to be a curse for a while, and could cause long-term bad shooting habits.
That's just too much draw weight to learn to shoot really well for most people, even strong men.

 

Crux!

 

I own a 20 yr old compound bow (Bear) that maxes at 50lbs so this is not my first bow. Bear wild is shipped and in route. I am 220 lbs and go to the gym so I hope that the limbs will work.

I intend to hunt hog and deer.

 

You use spears to hunt hogs