Vote Now for the 2012 Awards!Vote now for your favorite bowhunting gear in the 2012 Bowhunting World Reader’s Choice Awards! Ballots can be found in the August issue of Bowhunting World or by clicking the link below! |
Our readers listed many criteria for casting votes for their favorites in 2011’s Bowhunting World Readers’ Choice Awards. Some wanted the best value for their money. Others found manufacturers that they like and are sticking with their products. Others discovered their favorites through trial-and-error, others went with friends’ recommendation. But perhaps one of our Indiana readers, Randy Riggs, summed up the most important factors of all: “Because they are products that work for me and I trust, [the ones] that give me confidence and make me a better archer and hunter.”
We’ll go with that, Randy. Congratulations to 2011’s top vote-getters!
Compound Bow
 | Mathews, with its new Z7 bow, continues a tradition of innovation and excellence.
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 | Hoyt and this year’s Maxxis bow have won respect from this year’s voters.
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 | BowTech, PSE
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Traditional Bow
| Bear Kodiak and Grizzly bows are bowhunting classics, which put this perennial favorite traditional bowmaker on top.
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| Hoyt wins raves for its Dorado and Gamemaster models.
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| Martin, Black Widow
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Aluminum Arrow
| Readers continue to rate Easton XX75 and XX78 arrows as best of the bunch.
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Carbon Arrow
| Quivers full of Axis and other Easton carbon arrows are common.
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| Gold Tip created a winner with its XT Hunter.
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| Carbon Express, Beman
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Feathers
| Readers will be sticking with Gateway Rayzr feathers this fall.
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| Trueflight
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Vanes
| Bohning Blazer vanes, especially the 2-inch model, are a bonafide hit.
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| Duravane/Norway Industries, New Archery Products
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Arrow Rest
| Trophy Ridge’s Whisker Biscuit has earned its spot on many a setup.
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| QAD, Ripcord
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| Trophy Taker
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Fixed-Blade Broadhead
| Voters are dead-set on Muzzy, especially its 100-grain, 3-blade MX3 head.
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| The Montec from G5 has earned many fans out in the field.
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| New Archery Products, Slick Trick
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Mechanical Broadhead
| The only ones who don’t like Rage’s 2-blade head are the deer.
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| G-5
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| Grim Reaper, New Archery Products (Spitfire)
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Boots
| Readers again rely on LaCrosse to get them where they need to go.
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| Rocky’s great selection meets many hunters’ needs.
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| Danner
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Fixed Treestand
| Gorilla and Lone Wolf are neck and neck for the #1 position.
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| Summit, Big Game
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Climbing Treestand
| Summit’s Viper keeps the #1 spot.
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| Lone Wolf
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| API
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Ladder/Tripod Treestand
| Putting Ameristep high up in these standings is the ever-popular Skyscraper stand.
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| Big Game, Rivers Edge
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ATV
| Readers are turning to the Rancher and other ATVs from Honda to round up their harvests.
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| Polaris, Yamaha
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Bowstring
| It’s a tie between Mathews’ Zebra and Winner’s Choice strings.
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Bowstring Material
| When it works for them, voters stick to an old standard: BCY 452x.
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Camo Pattern
| Realtree and Mossy Oak split the lion’s share of votes to put themselves at the pinnacle of this category.
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Backpack/Fanny Pack
| If you have to take it along, readers say that Badlands has a pack that will help you get it there.
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| Cabela’s
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| Fieldline
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Fixed Bowsight
| Spot-Hogg is spot-on for zeroing in on that dream animal.
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| TruGlo, Montana Black Gold
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| Trophy Ridge
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Moveable Bowsight
| For aiming flexibility, voters aimed for HHA Sports.
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| TruGlo |
| Montana Black Gold
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Pendulum Bowsight
| TruGlo
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| Savage
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| Trophy Ridge, Keller |
Peep
| The popular Meta Peep kept G5 ahead in this category.
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| Jim Fletcher
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Sight Pins
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| Readers swear by TruGlo pins to help them find the spot.
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| Cobra
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Binos & Spotters
| The reign of Nikon’s Monarch continues in 2011.
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| Bushnell
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| Swarovski, Leupold
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Rangefinder
| This year Nikon and its Archer’s Choice remains exactly that—our archers’ choice.
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| Bushnell
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| Leupold
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GPS
| Garmin gets top billing for getting our voters into hunting territory and back out again.
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| Magellan
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Blind
| Primos/Double Bull wins it again.
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| Ameristep
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Hunting Release Aid
| Scott’s variety of release options helped put it in the #1 spot again.
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| Tru Ball
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| Tru-Fire, Carter
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Target Release Aid
| Readers cited Scott for variety, performance, and reliability.
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| TruBall
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| Carter
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Quiver
| Kwikee Kwiver has become a “klassic” in this category.
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| Mathews
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| Fuse
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Stabilizer
| First the S-Coil, now the X-Coil has stabilized LimbSaver’s place in the #1 spot.
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| Doinker
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| Fuse
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Deer Call
| Primos roared back into first position thanks, in part, to its Buck Roar call.
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| Hunter’s Specialties
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| Knight & Hale, Flextone
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Elk Call
| Primos’ Hoochie Mama is, again, the elk call of choice.
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Turkey Call
| Primos gobbles up the honors with its variety of options.
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| Hunter’s Specialties
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| MAD, Quaker Boy |
Decoy
| When voters wanted to get an animal’s attention, they chose Montana Decoys to help them out.
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| Carry-Lite, Primos, Flambeau
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Knife
| Buck sliced through the competition to make it to the top.
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| Gerber
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Bow Case
| Plano (Protector)
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| SKB
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Scent
| Tink’s has been a reader favorite for over a decade.
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| Code Blue
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| Hunter’s Specialties
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Scent-Adsorbing Clothing
| Scent-Lok.
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| ScentBlocker (Dream Season)
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Scent Eliminator
| Hunter’s Specialties (Scent-A-Way)
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| Wildlife Research (Scent Killer)
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| Dead Down Wind
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3-D Target
| McKenzie and Rinehart again lead the pack, herd, and flock with their many 3-D options.
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| Field Logic/GlenDel Buck
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| Delta
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Conventional Target
| The Block from Field Logic remained a reader favorite.
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| Rinehart
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| Morrell
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Bag Target
| Readers say that “Morrell Yellow Jacket” and “bag target” are almost synonymous.
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New Product
| Mathews Z7 Bow
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| Hoyt Maxxis Bow
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| Hoyt Carbon Matrix Bow
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Bowhunting Video
| Primos (The Truth)
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| Realtree (Monster Bucks), Drury Outdoors (Dream Season)
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Bowhunting Magazine
| Bowhunting World
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| Petersen’s Bowhunting
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Bowhunting World Article/Department
| Tech Talk
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| Back Country |
| New Gear |
Bowhunting World Writer
| Bob Robb and his keen observations on the whole bowhunting experience have won him many fans.
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| Chuck Adams
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| Norb Mullaney |
Bowhunting TV Show
| Archer’s Choice with Ralph & Vicki Cianciarulo regains top billing with this year’s poll.
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| Bone Collector
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| Arrow Affliction, The Crush
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Vote Now for the 2012 Awards!
Vote now for your favorite bowhunting gear in the 2012 Bowhunting World Reader’s Choice Awards! Ballots can be found in the August issue of Bowhunting World or by clicking the link below!
https://www.grandviewoutdoors.com/readers-choice
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