Top 5 New Bows from ATA 2024

I shot every bow I could get my hands on at the 2024 ATA Show in order to come up with my five favorites.

Keep in mind that I was only able to shoot each bow a handful of times and they weren't all set up for the same draw lengths or draw weights. These rankings could well change given more time with each bow. I'm hoping to get most of these bows (and several others) in for long-term testing later this year.

[davidrieck]

Darton and Athens needs more respect than they get.

[MossyOakFreak]

That Mach 30 DS is really catching my attention.

[jakenorman]

Heck yeah brother! It was a super pleasure meeting you and talking Archery at the ATA!!!

[huntsimple]

It is great to see Bear and Darton putting market pressure on Mathews, Hoyt, etc. I love the big company flagships, great bows, but the market space needs more balance. Let's hope Bear and Darton stay focused on high value offerings and don't slip only into high end offerings (mainly Darton as Bear is always likely to have midpoint bows) in the same way Falken offered great prices on the Wildpeak tire for the first 24 months and now they are priced the same as Toyo (best analogy I could come up with). Archery needs great bows between $500-750 or maybe $800ish in order to draw more folks into the market space.

[russellstiles]

Good to see bear on here. They make great bows at a price that's worth it.

[SquirtleOnYa]

Thanks for your take, trying to get into bow hunting so looking into my first bow

[guardianminifarm]

Many thanks. Going with the Alaskan XT.

[jessebuck]

The new Prime is the RVX, not to be confused with the Revex from last year.

[usmcmsgt]

I’m so brand new to this sport but it looks very interesting. I’m hoping to get a better understanding which should be my first bow that cost at least no more than $1500. I understand the concept of shooting a weapon since I was in the military, but I’ve never shot a compound bow.

[WorldsGoneInsane]

Am I first to comment
? Great review and I like how you added some budget bows

[johnhunt]

PJ Riley from Lancaster Archery has video of Consequence at 30", 60 lbs, with 350 grain arrow shooting 298fps through chronograph, here soon I'm getting new bow and Consequence is on my list of possible bows!!

[nelsonhill]

Did u shoot an obsession? Are you going to be able to get one to test this year?

[milansekularac]

What's your draw length, please? I ask for I am thinking about geting a Darton's Sequel 33, and my draw is 31 1/8". Thanks

[bullgiraffe]

The Darton is the "Sequel" not the "Sequence"

[rf]

Thank you for not covering Hoyt or Mathews dream rigs in this list.

So tired of all these You Tubers with their MEGA Bows, I get it, the newest super bow is cool, it’s dreamy, but we can’t all spend $1, 500 to $2K on a new bow every year.

I come home with a radical new Hoyt or Mathews or PSE or Bowtech… instant divorce.

I have a great bow that is “premium entry level, ” about $700-$750’ish. I intend to shoot it for a while and I like to hear about Entry Level and just past entry level bows - - thank you for covering this segment of the market.

No disrespect to the other YouTubers or the more premium bow manufacturers but that sort of gear sells itself: this is our new flagship bow and it does this one thing better, maybe two things better than last year. Ok, great thanks for letting us know.

Long winded to say: thank you for keeping it modest, yeah you like the SR but it was great to hear you mention Bear Archery too.

[justinlloyd]

Looks like all solid bows. I’m kind of a bear fan and I’ve heard a lot of good things about the Alaskan xt on how quiet it is

[bitsmart...]

does someone know why the compound bow is called "compound"?

[DeerPooptv-dwzs]

So really all it takes to be accurate with a bow is just being able to hold its extremely steady in one spot - so if you hold a full draw and do it for long periods of time for a lot of reps than one should be extremely accurate ????

[pfknob]

Why isn't there a Mathews included?

[michaelschnitzer]

Sequel… I think u added consequence and sequel to get sequence