Bow Brand Information

Brand association is common in every sport, and information on the bow brands can help someone new to the world of archery in any number of ways. Knowing the differences between a Genesis bow and a Bowtech might seem like silly trivia at first glance, but it's important.

Fred Bear Archery Bows

Fred Bear is a legendary man when it comes to archery and bows alike, having hunted with bows since the 1930s. The Bear bow company still makes compound bows today, and introduces new concepts to the field of archery very often, including the Whisker Biscuit arrow rest.

PSE Archery Bows

Precision Shooting Equipment, or PSE, has been producing compound bows since 1979. The founder, Pete Shepley, began building bows back in 1970 during his lunch hour while working at Magnavox.

Legolas Bow

Despite the popularity of the recent Lord of the Rings films, the bow of Legolas is not readily available for sale or for active hunting/sport purposes. Although, the Lothlorien bow was claimed to shoot accurately up to 400 yards with a 150lb draw weight.

Mathews Bow

The Mathews bow company has led the archery world in innovation to the compound bow, with a new design change nearly every year. In 2000, they introduced the Harmonic Damping System and were one of the first companies to use an inline grip in 2004.

Mathews Archery

Mathews has been leading the world of sport archery for years with a number of innovations in compound bows. There has been at least 1 invention per year for Mathews and things do not seem to be slowing down anytime soon.

Hoyt Archery

Hoyt is a top supplier of recurve and compound bows for sport archery purposes and hunting. They offer a specific line of bow arms for sport users, with a pro series available for all sport archers.

Hoyt Bow

Hoyt has been manufacturing fine compound and recurve bows for years, with each year establishing itself as a milestone for the world of archery. Their recurve line is considered some of the best in the world, with professionals all over the world claiming to use a Hoyt.

Boss Bow

Despite not having the range that Legolas would like, the Boss Bow is still a hit among children ages 8 and up. The standard $15 package includes one Boss Bow that looks like a parallel arm compound, with three foam darts. There can't be anything more fun than this.

Genesis Bow

Genesis is a bow manufacturer that has been developing compound bows for children and amatuers for years. They pride themselves on their bow's zero let off cam, which allows the bow to be used by anyone, regardless of draw length.

Genesis Archery

Genesis Archery has been a proud manufacturer of compound bows for children for years. Their bows are famous for providing top quality to schools and other non-profit organizations who want to teach children the valuable hobby of archery.

Xi Archery

Xi Archery is a company that used to make bows, but no longer does. Their last bow was a single cam, although before it they had better success with the Velocity Extreme. The XI Flatliner was also popular with it's generous 38" a-a.

Martin Archery

Martin Archery has been a leader at the forefront of the bow world for awhile now, and it doesn't look like they are going to be slowing down anytime soon. They make traditional as well as compound bows, as they were one of the first companies to introduce Parallel Arm bows.

Merlin Archery

Merlin Archery is a distributer in the UK that deals in recurve bows for the most part. They offer a fine selection as well as a great number of articles on everything from choosing the right archery style to stringing your first recurve bow.

Easton Archery

Easton archery is a fine manufacturer of some of the highest qualities of arrow shafts in the world. The company also does crossbow bolts for the archer who enjoys the accuracy of the crossbow or is a disabled hunter.

Bowtech Archery

Bowtech Archery has been offering the highest quality in compound bows for years now, and the excitement does not look like it will be ending anytime soon. The company formed back in 1999, when the owner decided that the industry wasn't advancing fast enough and he should just do it himself.

Browning Compound Bow

Browning manufactures a wide variety of archery products, and has a wonderful website where an archer can purchase all of them. Their compound bows are held to fairly high acclaim and most professional archers agree that they are top quality.