Deerseeker Coyote
Deerseeker 60 inch 35 lbs takedown recurve bow.
I picked up this bow on ebay for 89 bucks shipped. It was an open box item and the only piece missing out of the set was the finger tab, no big deal. Otherwise a brand new set still in its original bubble wrap.
Putting it together was a bit of a puzzle, there was no indications other limbs as to which one was the upper limb and which was the lower limb. So I looked at some photos online to see and finally decided the limb with the lettering screened on it was the top limb.
My first impression when I held riser was this thing is beefy. The handle is a tad to large for my liking and I have large hands. I wonder if a shave smaller would be an ideal fit for my hand. If you have small hands, this may be an issue for you.
All together it is a fine looking bow. I got this one at 35 lbs because that's what was for sale. Using a scale, I checked the draw weight and it came in at 40.78 lbs. Much heavier than I expected.
My first few days shooting this bow was with 30 inch arrows with a 500 spine. Honestly that's a tad stiff for a 35 lbs bow and arrows were nocking right, especially if I wasn't at full draw. I dropped the arrow points down in weight as well with 75 grain tips. This did help, but not enough to my liking.
What I did end up doing was making my own 700 spine carbon arrows, on the thin side of 4.2 mm. 75 grain tips, these have given me some of the best results with almost every bow I've shot them with. The Deerseeker being no exception.
Shooting the Deerseeker feels like a bit of work. It has a nice draw and it punches the arrows into the target. I used the Dracon-55 string that came with the bow. Slight issue is that the serving seems a little short, not much room to maneuver your hand up and down. I did add a brass nock to the serving to keep my arrows in place on the string.
I shot four different arrows through the chronograph. Fiberglass 500 spine shot at 137 FPS, 700 spine carbon arrows registered 186 FPS. Next was 800 spine fiberglass which where much slower at 118 FPS. Last was 1000 spine carbon arrows which moved much faster at 173 FPS.
The bow is loud, it surprised me a little as I wasn't expecting expecting as much sound to come out of it, but it is there and fairly noticeable. Just for fun I added felt to the limbs and silencers to the string. That made a very nice difference to how much noise it creates reducing it a lot.
As for shooting, it's not a bad bow. The handle is hefty and the balance is a little top heavy wanting to fall backwards out of my hand.
My groupings were okay, nothing to write home about. The draw feels heavier than 35 lbs, unfortunately at this time I don't have a way to measure the draw strength. That is something I'll have soon and will update.
My overall thoughts on this bow. It isn't what I am looking for. It's a solid bow, draws a little tight, punches arrows nicely, but doesn't fit in my hand. It was also is not something I was really looking forward to shooting when I grab this bow.
It's a good bow to start with, some slight adjustments does improve it, like silencing the whole lot. In a way, it feels like it takes a tad bit of work to shoot this bow. It is not on my go buy list, for 89 bucks it's worth it for sure. Just not for me.
