Archery Gear of the Year

Archery Gear of the Year .. Tim Connor breaks down some of his favorite archery gear from the recent season. Also in this video we dive into some tips about how to shoot a hinge release, and bow shooting tips in general. #archery #hunting

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[TimConnor]

Ahh man gots me feeling all nostalgic as the year winds to an end.. thanks for hanging out ✊ now go shoot your bow

[christophersmith]

Keep putting out content brother. Doing awesome and enjoy your honesty and humility. Rare in today's world. God's Speed!

[pattowle]

Tim, you made a great comment about “shooting in the lab” to get yourself grounded. I think many people fail to spend time working the foundations of archery. If you don’t get the foundations of stance, balance, grip, anchor and sight picture in a stress free environment, what chance to you really have in the field.
I equate the setting of the foundation in archery to the foundation of a good golf swing. If you don’t spend time at the range hitting balls and ingraining the fundamentals of the swing…what chance do you really have of scoring well.
Put in the time (at either range) intentionally working on the basics…then stepping into the heat of competition will come much easier.
Keep up the good work.

[tyLGO]

Tim, great content! You are very well spoken and a great on camera personality. I think to hit 100k, I wanna see you script out your videos a bit more, I really think it would make your videos even better and make your informative aspects really shine. Keep it up!

[michaelbushey]

I shoot with the stan solex. I love it. I bought one after i watched your video reviewing it. I have mine short like you do. I hook my second knuckle around the trigger. It has made my shooting so much more consistant. I highly recommend the stan solex for anyone that shoots a index release. I havent made the jump to a hinge or thumb release yet. Im just nervous about losing arrows!! And losing my consistency.

[goatio]

Thanks for your channel and content Tim.
You’ve helped with my journey back into archery after years away and a horrible accident with multiple surgeries you’ve inspired me to be a better archer

[blessedvetoutdoors]

A hinge is tempting, but the way you have to go about breaking the release for the shot makes me think I'd punch myself in the face a few times trying to draw my bow back. Great video as always guys. Thank you for bringing us along

[cozycare]

Lizard skin is awesome. Wrapped my son's baseball bat with that and realized how grippy it was. I had to use it on my V3X. Also if anyone's wondering what Shot Trainer Tim is using. It's a MD50 gear archery shot trainer. I believe podium archer has it on the website. It's really nice to have when away from the range. You can set it up to your draw length and it has tension due to the surgical rubber that they use.

[edinjusic]

Great videos and content. Good to see Justin sharing his knowledge in your videos. One of the best bow technicians around.

[juanrodriguez-muko]

Man you know ever since I started on this journey of archery, I’ve been going strong on the range. I’m getting better and better thanks to you Josh (AKA) MFJJ and Dan. I’m still learning. Hopefully I’ll get good enough to buy my upgrade bow, I want either that Ethos or since I’m a lot shorter draw I wonder about that Kairos. What do you think? Oh and also that Mathew’s 29.5 or Alpha X30.
Thanks for inspiring me to go out and find something that I love to do now.🙏🏽

[trevorharder]

Bought the Solex based off this great video. Im sure ill absolutely love it

[Outdoorbowhunter]

Hell yeah Tim. Keep it coming! Thanks for the Intel on the gear.

[Maxwellhague]

Tim I love your channel. I never comment but I wanted to say thank you, and well done. Next time you get a hunt in Nevada, let a guy know, I'd love to show you around. Great job this year, keep up the good work.

[xx]

Really appreciate your videos and the effort you put into them. Looking forward to what you have in store for 2024!

[papaschuette]

Hey Brother. Great video as always. Congrats on your whitetail hunting success. And your other hunts as well. I've always shot with a wrist strap release. and I'm currently using a Tru-fire Smoke Max. But it doesn't adjust down far enough for me to actually get my finger all the way around the trigger. I'm gonna have to find one with a strap adjustment like yours with dual calipers. That way I can really fine tune the length from the wrist to the jaws. I'm starting to lean towards going with the TKO's myself. Those, or the Easton Axis 5mm. That's a great tip of getting the .006 for practice, then the .001 for actually hunting with. Most archers wouldn't really be able to tell the difference, including myself. But, it is a great way to save a few dollars if you can tell or just want to shoot the best available arrows. Thanks for showing us what you've had success with. I can be an influence for others to try different things.

[ericwolbert]

You seem like a very likable guy, for that reason I subscribed

[robertkobres]

Very good info here as always! I use the same mix of releases, just got the Stan clicker this year. Others are Stan Xtinction2 and Trufire SEAR

[HowitzerBaitCo]

Tim, I've been a long long time lurker/follower. Been watching you for awhile now and have come to respect your opinion. In the last 18mo I've had a Terrain, EnVision, EVO EVL, Omnia, and now I am shooting a Revex 4. The EnVision was MEH at best, the Inline was good, just didnt wow me. The EVL was nice but I DESPISED the grip, The Omnia was really nice, but at 44 and with slowly worsening R shoulder issues (Service injury) and a L torn bicep tendon repair....the bow was hurting me. I could have stuck with the EVL, but....outside of the hold it didnt wow me. I stuck with the Omnia for awhile, and really liked it, but it was really starting to irritate my forearm where the repair was done. For sh!ts & giggles I went and shot a Revex 4/RVX4, VTM33, SS34, and Lift. Went home with the Revex. Have you had any time on one? If so, what did you think about it?

[sjmonty]

Idk if I learned wrong, but I'm pushing and pulling to hold on target better, it's like creating tension throughout your body making that muscular structure tight then rotate the hand to the click and relaxing the hand

[Oleman]

Here is a challenge I am putting out to see if anyone would do it. I would love to see a score comp of the flagship bow of the year against the budget bow of the year for 2023. A paper target at 50 yards and a score on each bow. Factors like hand shock does not factor in when you are shooting a animal you don't even notice it. But that way we could put a honest value per point for each bow. But it would take someone honest. It would make a great video.