Last summer I made a string for my buddies newer Bear bow ( can't remember the model offhand) and of course I had to shoot it. I remember the bow was too long of a DL for me but I still shot it very well and I remember being surprised how nice it was.

 

I got into bow hunting 5-6 years ago with a bear species and it was a great bow. Killed a lot of deer with it. Never had any issues with it. I think they make product that fills a niche in bowhunting that no other company does.

 

I like Bears mid tier offerings. Pull off their god awful peep sight and put some proper strings on them, thats all they need.

 

I continue to shoot Bear (flagships - Refine / Execute) and still see no reason to upgrade to something even more expensive.

Is it the lightest? No. Quietest? No. Fastest? No. But they continue to put deer down every year, and I still am able to impress myself and others shooting at TAC and 3d events.

It would be cool for them to get some 'hype' from some of these Youtube stars, but in the end - it's kind of nice that they don't have that, and seem to get along just fine. "Old faithful" ya can call them..

 

It would be cool for them to get some 'hype' from some of these Youtube stars, but in the end - it's kind of nice that they don't have that, and seem to get along just fine. "Old faithful" ya can call them..

The Adapt series are spec'd out by The Hunting Public, they're one of the largest hunting Youtube channels

 

I was pleasantly surprised by how well it did on the Lancaster review video. Good speeds close to advertised spec. Much better than the single cam version last year that was coming in 25 fps slower than advertised.

I liked my Status EKO but it was definitely louder and less smooth than the SR6 that replaced it, and the riser finish was garbage.

 

The past couple years I have been tempted to take a serious look at them, but the only options they ever make that will fit me are either single cam, youth bows, 30" ATA or the slow models.

If they made one in a 32-34" ATA, 330-340 IBO, DL range down to 24.5" and not a single cam, I would probably pick one up.

 

I have a Bear Moment thats 4 years old and still my favorite bow. I ended up selling my mathews v3x3 and my Obsession as they never got shot. I bought an Alaskan which is nice but not as nice as the moment

 

Since I don't get "pro" deals any longer, I can almost guarantee my next bow will be a Bear. I'll give the Adapt 2 a very close look.

 

Why is the Mikes Archery guy using such a long arrow for testing? That thing could have been 5" shorter.

 

Maybe to get a specific weight?

 

Probably a nice a bow, With a resale value lower than an Athens. I guess that's what they mean by "spend a little, save a lot".

 

I ended up giving my Adapt + to my BIL as a gift. Unfortunately Bear has little to no resale value.

 

 

I love all the new flagships that come out each year, and spend way too much on a constant revolving door of bows, but as prices continue to rise (and I have it on a pretty good source that Hoyt is raising prices again this year) it is refreshing to see a bow with all the newest integration features for about 1/3 the price of the most expensive bows.

There has only been a couple of videos out so far on that bow, but the cam seems to have picked up significant speed from the single cam adapt and puts it squarely in line with most flagships with the same brace height.

Integrated pic rail and IMX rest attachments, what seems to be a decent valley and a bare bow weight of around 4.2 which isn’t much more than most of the aluminum flagships of the same size. On top of that Mikes Archery have it about the same noise level as the Lift X.

I am confident that the shot isn’t the same as a flagship but I like the idea of a bow company putting something like this out for around $500. As my life has changed over the last couple of years have found that I am much happier spending money on hunting experiences than really cool gear that doesn’t get to travel.
For a young person that wants serviceable equipment and money left over to save for a landowner elk tag or their first trip to Africa, not a bad strategy of how they prioritize where the $$ goes.

I found a "blackout xp 2," which is Bass Pro Shop's special bear bow, for sale on the marketplace for a great deal, and that is what got my into bowhunting two years ago. I have nothing to compare it to, but it is a very well-built bow for a super cheap price. I actually have dry fired it twice (lessons learned early...), and all that happened was the bow derailed. Still shoots great groups and I couldn't be happier with its resilience at such a cheap price of 250 bucks

If anything I would say that Bear is underrated!

 

It is nice to see an offering like the Adapt 2. I only wish they were not affiliated with the hunting public. There are far better and far more honest youtube personalities to link up with than them.

 

Honest???? I don't think you can find anyone more honest than the THP crew. They're not pushing sponsorships or trying to shove equipment down our throats or looking for endorsements. You got it wrong, completely wrong.

 

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I think they are a seller because of THP, yet this one is just the Adapt with old '22 Resurgence Cams... There are other bows still that fall into that category and in my opinion may offer more in the way of giving you the integrate options with a balance of speed and weight. The Whitetail INT has the flagship cams on it (EKOs) and the Legend 30 totally flew under the radar and is machined for picatinny and IMS, slightly slower with the DHXR cams though.

 

The sudden attention being received by the new Bear is no different than any other new bow that gets posted here.
A flurry of activity that soon dies off....
Not saying it's not a nice bow, especially for the price point. Absent of LAS I don't know anywhere to even see one in my area, which is a shame, as we aren't exactly underpopulated here.

 

Not really a fan of anything integrate. if any of them do it well its mathews on the sight integrate mounting option. I think this comes from my target side. Integrate limits your tuning ability and balance on your sight and rest. Qad trys with their blade but for the price, no thank you. I feel integrate hits the mark for most but after you've dialed in torque tuning, its really hard not to have that option. The forgiveness I can build in any setup having the ability to tune my rest and my sight is huge in confidence in my shot. Especially when in awful hunting shooting angle situations. I like that bear builds a decent bow for anyone. Id probably still get a torex over a bear now. But thanks to bear when I started and had to have a bow now at my budget then, it filled tags. Thats the whole goal. And because I had a bear no proshop would take my questions seriously, or give me time. So it put a chip on my shoulder to learn absolutely everything I could to need no one to teach me. Lol alot of mistakes, lost arrows, bad setups, but all of this got me to where I am. And I wouldn't change a thing. Now 15 compounds later a full archery shop set up, getting free equipment, shooting comps, not needing help with anything, the journey was well worth it. So to that, I am for ever greatful to my bear encounter and still put new strings on it and shoot it every year.

 

The only thing integration does is maybe let you mount your quiver closer

That said on my bow with no integration and a regular tight spot quiver I can move my quiver in close enough to hit the limbs so I don't really think the integration is necessary if people design their quivers right

 

Hell I love my bear adapt. It has killed just as many deer as my buddies with the high dollar offerings. I have one of the high end bows now. But at the time the adapt was what I could afford. The sad part is I can actually shoot better groups with the adapt than I can the high dollar bow within a reasonable hunting range.
As far as the ranch fairy thing, I believe there is a middle ground, leaning on the lighter side that works perfectly. I killed everything I shot at last season with what's considered a heavy arrow(635grn) this year the set up is 508 with 30in c2c gold tips and 125grn broadheads. I think that's gonna be a killer set up with the tooth of the arrow 4 blades. Had to do a little tuning on the bow but they are like darts

 

The last few posts have me curious about this tree stand hunting. How is it done exactly? If you're shooting a 40 yard circumference around your stand are there other people in stands 100yds away that you can't see? How do you get there without spooking at least a couple deer? Does your lease or hunting permission get you exclusive rights to 10 acres of ground? I'm out west and don't really have to deal with that kind of stuff except for timber company land that I and many others pay for access and it's like 100k+ acres and mostly we spot and stalk it just stalk.

 

public land in the eastern half of the country can be densely packed at times. The piece of public I hunt regularly is about 700 acres, but 560 of those acres are swamp. The states numbers show that about 10 deer a year get taken on that piece. I've been successful on it but I hump a couple miles into the swamp where nobody goes. If you're on the 140 acres of land before the swamp it gets PACKED.