I had my heart set on the new bear resurgence. Went to bass pro yesterday and walked out with the legit instead. Got it home and started shooting and I was blown away at the performance. It’s lightweight. Extremely compact. 20 yard groups of 5 and a fletch from each arrow was touching another. My fletchings are 3/8” low profile. I built the arrows to fit me and my elite hunter bow. Bear shoots them even better and faster than my damn elite!
A lot of respect for doing a legit comparison video for higher end bows vs budget friendly or middle of the road bows. The bear looks clean...I was going to get a bear bow as my first bow. I ended up getting a Hoyt Torrex (cannot recommend enough). I feel Bear gets dismissed very easily in the bow hunting community. Probably because of brand loyalty and popularity in that location. Great video!!
A good honest review which shows money isn’t always needed. Like you said the Bear hasn’t been 100% set up for you. If it were the group at 30 would have been smaller. No, it’s not a tournament bow per se’, but it “ IS” a really good hunting bow. I’ve been using a first year Ritual 33 I got used very little and this short ATA and not so fast with heavier hunting arrows works superbly GREAT. SO will that Bear Legit.
The spongy back wall could be a slight timing adjustment. This is another reason why I think single cams are going to make a comeback, like with the Bear Adapt. I think there is a growing realization that the budget-friendly bows are as equally capable as the high-end bows. Maybe there is a benefit to Biden’s economy …. The realIzation that bargain bows are still great bows! Oh, and let’s not forget about our closed border. 😂
Im on a severe budget and fell in love with this bow in the store. Seemed too good to be true. But after seeing your groups im 💯 sold i want this bow. Hopefully in the next month or so i will have one
NEW SUBSCRIBER I havent shot a bow in 10 years, I had a package from cabelas that got stolen along with 10 guns and lots of everything else. Just got my lifetime sportsman/costal fishing liscene I have harvested 1 deer with a bow and about 15 with a rifle, Planning my budget for 700$ left eye dominant
Awesome video thank you very much. I am completely new to all this, but looking forward to it, but with all the information out there sometime your head starts to spin. I’m actually looking into this bow for my first bow. I don’t wanna spend too much money.
I guarantee my bear adapt will shoot as good as any of them 2k bows. It’s only 459.00 fully set up 700.00 shooting half dollar groups at 40yards with broadheads and a whisker biscuit. Love the new bear Adapt. #beararchery
I just picked up a Bear Legit for my teenage son. He out grew his first bow and this was the best option for the price. We were looking at a Mathews but after sights, the rest, and stabilizer it was going to be 50% more expensive. He shot it yesterday and was so excited about how much better the Legit shoots. I'm thinking of buying my wife one since the draw weight is so adjustable.
I bought the Legit to learn archery and bow hunting. After my 1st season. I'm going to change out my peep sight to a smaller tied and add a qad drop rest. Let's go!
I harvested 3 elk with a bear legit in idaho. for the price that package is absolutely solid. that being said check the module set screws before you shoot it. the bow vibrates enough to rock em loose over time. i ended up having to tighten them bi weekly after a few days at the range. for 480 bucks or so though you absolutely get a great ready to hunt package. I finally spent 2300 on a mathews phase 4 package and its a vastly superior bow. I cant speak highly enough of what you get in a bear legit package though.
I'm older and have finally came to the conclusion that flagship bows are not worth the money if you aren't a pro shooter. I'm more interested in the budget bows and what they can do. I may get another flagship but the stuff bear puts out now makes me wanna save my money for other things.
Have a Cruzer G2 and a Rant.. also have my old old Hoyt Aspen. Still love the feel of the Hoyt and want to get a newer one someday but for the price these bears are phenomenal
The price people are willing to pay for small differences in a bow always suprised me.I started out on a Bear after it was stolen I switched to a different brand.
The lack of backwall and creep made me upgrade haha but I understand it's a budget bow and it can still kill a deer all day. I just want more confidence in the hold that's all
Great video. It’s obvious you put a lot of time and effort into making it. The Legit does come with three different mod sets. One of which is for setting up half inch draw lengths. Just FYI
Glad that you showed the groups of each bow side by side. The only clarification I would like to offer is that the grouping usually has more to do with the bow being tuned to the arrows rather than whether the bow is sighted in. If the bow is tuned well, the arrows will still group tight regardless of where they hit on the target. Folks should not have "bow shame" if they don't want to spend a crap-ton of money to get into archery. The Legit is aptly named.
I bought the legend xr over the legit alittle more money but no loss of performance in the adjustability really like it my pro shop has the xr 559 rth or the legit 419 rth alittle better sight and biscuit on xr
i just bought my 8 year old the bear royal perfect bow for starters if you ever do a jr bow video that is a great one. i have been tossing around the idea of going to a prime bow but cant pull the trigger on that much. i shoot a bowtech right now but want something with more axle to axle.
I don’t want a big expensive set up coz it’s illegal to hunt deer in my country but I would want it just in case of some type of society ending event where I’d need a weapon to get food
I used to only shoot the flagship bows but this year hit a rough spot and had to sell a lot of my good equipment just so I could live once I was out still didn’t have much but wanted to replace my bow so bought a Bear adapt and threw my old set up on it and I’m actually really impressed with it then realized it’s a single cam most of my favorite bows have been Mathew’s solo cams so guess I just figured out I prefer solo cam bows
my friend shoots a cheap old old 2007pse bow and still gets bigger buck than our friends shooting to end mathew bow … i still love my super short pse2009 no problem and accuracy… i shoot 65 at 26” inch draw.. it not the bow it’s the shooter, but new and high end bows will give you less quite and smoother but accuracy is on the shooter.
My biggest take way from this video is that even a big guy like Devin has to work to draw a 70# bow. I feel better knowing I'm not a 60 year old wimp. I'm just 60...lol
I bought a Bear Threat at a pawn shop 4 months ago for 100 bucks. It's my first bow and first time shooting a bow. Grabbed mossy oak arrows at Walmart on clearance for $2.50 a piece. I have practiced every single day since I bought it, a minimum of 10 arrows a day. I routinely out shoot my federal game warden neighbor who has 20yrs bow hunting experience and shoots a $1200 Obsession bow with Black Eagle deep impact arrows. We back yard shoot for fun and he always has excuses on why my groups are tighter. We shoot the best of three on the small circle of 3D deer. He has not beat me once yet. Usually after two rounds he stops playing. It's the man that makes the machine, not the other way around.
I hate the look, the shape of those Bear limbs. I have no idea why they went with this new design. Make their bows to look cheap in my opinion. Nice comparison sir. 👍
Just bought a bear legit last week and You can set the bears to a .5 in draw. Its in the user manual but I was skeptical and took it to my local bow tech and he confirmed and set it up for me
Bro the prime has limb stop and don't have a cable stop it's gonna be solid this world I would have to see which one is faster like cellike set both pins at 20 yd right now and just walk all the way back
What matters the most is... Do you like the bow. If you like it, you will practice more. Is the grip good for you ? I still shoot my best with a PSE StingerX. I like the feel of the grip.
Truthfully listening to you shoot both bows with my eyes closed I don't hear a lot of difference in sound the sound the two bows make is slightly different but as far as decibel level it sounds about the same
You can make that bow have a 29.5" draw length. That's my draw length too and I own the legit. The screws wind up being close to the limbs but it can be done.
It's not always just the bow that will help you to shoot better cause my bow Tech is rigged out from the top to the bottom bow Tech reckoning 38 it's gotta excel XP target sight excel av 41 scope z bris sight light hamskea rest It is all loaded out big Boy stabilizers the workshop it's probably 34 $3600 altogether it's top to bottom And it pounds let me tell you I'm really really powerful but at the same time I feel like you can do that with any bow if you work on yourself It's I've been fiddling and fighting with the PSEVL34 wish it is an amazing boat and absolutely pounds but I keep having this not right there I'm like what the h*** I switched my grip position in my hand and bullet hole bullet hole bullet hole so it it's always on the shooter I mean obviously if you're both way out of tune and you know your rest is broke or you've got all kinds of crazy going on your bow is not gonna shoot
It's ok. I just wanted to give you feedback. When you speak away from the mic, can't hear ya. Happy you did these vids and everything else it topclass.
I'm sorry but this made me laugh. I have a legit. Once you've shot it enough to bed the strings in, it will never remain in time ever again. It got to the point where after setting the cams in perfect timing they would be out again after no more than 20-30 shots. Top cam would be off, square them up, then bottom cam would be off, try to pre-empt which way it would go, nup went the other way. It'll shoot fine immediately after its set up. The grip is very forgiving. But you'll constantly be chasing cam timing issues and its almost impossible to jag that and not effect the cam lean at the same time. I parked that bow after a couple of months. I recently shot it again after it being squared up. got it bulllet holing after only a couple of changes and then sure enough only 20-30 shots in I could see the tears wandering again. went to the mirror and yep, cams off again. Do not get this bow unless you are really into bow presses and twisting cables, yokes constantly. for masochists only.
I think maybe you might have got a bad bow. I’ve had mine for a year, and shot about 750-800 shots, roughly. Not one single timing issue. Some minor tweaks after the string stretch, and it’s been rock solid since. The only minor issue I had was the screws in the cams coming loose after about 20 shots, but a little dab of loctite fixed that.
@@ryanwalters694 i have 120 yards at my local club and a bunch of guys who like to shoot the longer distance for bragging rights. 70m is the Olympic distance and not strange to practice.
I had my heart set on the new bear resurgence. Went to bass pro yesterday and walked out with the legit instead. Got it home and started shooting and I was blown away at the performance. It’s lightweight. Extremely compact. 20 yard groups of 5 and a fletch from each arrow was touching another. My fletchings are 3/8” low profile. I built the arrows to fit me and my elite hunter bow. Bear shoots them even better and faster than my damn elite!
Has anyone seen how BEAR bows are made? Extremely well made. No need for a 500+ bow unless you really wanna spend unneeded cash. BEAR for life.
Had my knee replaced last week. Waking up to new videos helps my day suck a little less. Thank you for bringing the great content.
One more otw
A lot of respect for doing a legit comparison video for higher end bows vs budget friendly or middle of the road bows. The bear looks clean...I was going to get a bear bow as my first bow. I ended up getting a Hoyt Torrex (cannot recommend enough). I feel Bear gets dismissed very easily in the bow hunting community. Probably because of brand loyalty and popularity in that location. Great video!!
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A good honest review which shows money isn’t always needed. Like you said the Bear hasn’t been 100% set up for you. If it were the group at 30 would have been smaller. No, it’s not a tournament bow per se’, but it “ IS” a really good hunting bow. I’ve been using a first year Ritual 33 I got used very little and this short ATA and not so fast with heavier hunting arrows works superbly GREAT. SO will that Bear Legit.
Facts !!!!!!
The spongy back wall could be a slight timing adjustment. This is another reason why I think single cams are going to make a comeback, like with the Bear Adapt.
I think there is a growing realization that the budget-friendly bows are as equally capable as the high-end bows. Maybe there is a benefit to Biden’s economy …. The realIzation that bargain bows are still great bows! Oh, and let’s not forget about our closed border. 😂
Im on a severe budget and fell in love with this bow in the store. Seemed too good to be true. But after seeing your groups im 💯 sold i want this bow. Hopefully in the next month or so i will have one
NEW SUBSCRIBER
I havent shot a bow in 10 years, I had a package from cabelas that got stolen along with 10 guns and lots of everything else. Just got my lifetime sportsman/costal fishing liscene
I have harvested 1 deer with a bow and about 15 with a rifle, Planning my budget for 700$ left eye dominant
Awesome video thank you very much. I am completely new to all this, but looking forward to it, but with all the information out there sometime your head starts to spin. I’m actually looking into this bow for my first bow. I don’t wanna spend too much money.
I guarantee my bear adapt will shoot as good as any of them 2k bows. It’s only 459.00 fully set up 700.00 shooting half dollar groups at 40yards with broadheads and a whisker biscuit. Love the new bear Adapt. #beararchery
I just picked up a Bear Legit for my teenage son. He out grew his first bow and this was the best option for the price. We were looking at a Mathews but after sights, the rest, and stabilizer it was going to be 50% more expensive.
He shot it yesterday and was so excited about how much better the Legit shoots. I'm thinking of buying my wife one since the draw weight is so adjustable.
I bought the Legit to learn archery and bow hunting. After my 1st season. I'm going to change out my peep sight to a smaller tied and add a qad drop rest.
Let's go!
I harvested 3 elk with a bear legit in idaho. for the price that package is absolutely solid. that being said check the module set screws before you shoot it. the bow vibrates enough to rock em loose over time. i ended up having to tighten them bi weekly after a few days at the range. for 480 bucks or so though you absolutely get a great ready to hunt package. I finally spent 2300 on a mathews phase 4 package and its a vastly superior bow. I cant speak highly enough of what you get in a bear legit package though.
I'm older and have finally came to the conclusion that flagship bows are not worth the money if you aren't a pro shooter. I'm more interested in the budget bows and what they can do. I may get another flagship but the stuff bear puts out now makes me wanna save my money for other things.
Have a Cruzer G2 and a Rant.. also have my old old Hoyt Aspen. Still love the feel of the Hoyt and want to get a newer one someday but for the price these bears are phenomenal
The price people are willing to pay for small differences in a bow always suprised me.I started out on a Bear after it was stolen I switched to a different brand.
I haven't bought a legit, but I have the cruzer g2. I love the bow, aftermarket sight, rest, and stabilizer. But even before that the bow was smoothe.
The lack of backwall and creep made me upgrade haha but I understand it's a budget bow and it can still kill a deer all day. I just want more confidence in the hold that's all
The sights make a big difference too in this comparison
Great video brother!
As will all bows you Have to make sure the bows tuned well and the arrows are as also
Thanks for this video !!!
Great video. It’s obvious you put a lot of time and effort into making it. The Legit does come with three different mod sets. One of which is for setting up half inch draw lengths. Just FYI
That bear looks impressive for the price point..been looking for a good adjustable bow for my 12 yr old bow and that seems to be right up his alley..
Glad that you showed the groups of each bow side by side. The only clarification I would like to offer is that the grouping usually has more to do with the bow being tuned to the arrows rather than whether the bow is sighted in. If the bow is tuned well, the arrows will still group tight regardless of where they hit on the target.
Folks should not have "bow shame" if they don't want to spend a crap-ton of money to get into archery. The Legit is aptly named.
Got this bow for my wife... wanted to get her a carbon rose but this one just has WAY MORE adjustments
Great content on this! Love the video! Keep em coming!
Nothing beats target practice. You want to shoot better? then shoot more.
I bought the legend xr over the legit alittle more money but no loss of performance in the adjustability really like it my pro shop has the xr 559 rth or the legit 419 rth alittle better sight and biscuit on xr
Did your wife hear that opening statement? Hope not. Some really fricking sweet looking arrows.
i just bought my 8 year old the bear royal perfect bow for starters if you ever do a jr bow video that is a great one. i have been tossing around the idea of going to a prime bow but cant pull the trigger on that much. i shoot a bowtech right now but want something with more axle to axle.
That prime sounds just as loud as the bear and as far as speed didn't really sound much different from when it leaves bow to target.
I don’t want a big expensive set up coz it’s illegal to hunt deer in my country but I would want it just in case of some type of society ending event where I’d need a weapon to get food
I used to only shoot the flagship bows but this year hit a rough spot and had to sell a lot of my good equipment just so I could live once I was out still didn’t have much but wanted to replace my bow so bought a Bear adapt and threw my old set up on it and I’m actually really impressed with it then realized it’s a single cam most of my favorite bows have been Mathew’s solo cams so guess I just figured out I prefer solo cam bows
Top 2 for best bows I’ve shot
My wife and I use Bear bow and they are amazing. Shoots straight n true.
Great review…. Will you do a Diamond next time??
my friend shoots a cheap old old 2007pse bow and still gets bigger buck than our friends shooting to end mathew bow … i still love my super short pse2009 no problem and accuracy… i shoot 65 at 26” inch draw.. it not the bow it’s the shooter, but new and high end bows will give you less quite and smoother but accuracy is on the shooter.
My biggest take way from this video is that even a big guy like Devin has to work to draw a 70# bow. I feel better knowing I'm not a 60 year old wimp. I'm just 60...lol
I bought both my boys the Bear Legit. More than enough. Couldn’t be happier.
I bought a Bear Threat at a pawn shop 4 months ago for 100 bucks. It's my first bow and first time shooting a bow. Grabbed mossy oak arrows at Walmart on clearance for $2.50 a piece. I have practiced every single day since I bought it, a minimum of 10 arrows a day. I routinely out shoot my federal game warden neighbor who has 20yrs bow hunting experience and shoots a $1200 Obsession bow with Black Eagle deep impact arrows. We back yard shoot for fun and he always has excuses on why my groups are tighter. We shoot the best of three on the small circle of 3D deer. He has not beat me once yet. Usually after two rounds he stops playing. It's the man that makes the machine, not the other way around.
Fact
oh an subbed/liked thanks for the video!
I hate the look, the shape of those Bear limbs. I have no idea why they went with this new design.
Make their bows to look cheap in my opinion.
Nice comparison sir. 👍
I know that is an very old limb design and that they brought it back maybe 2 or 3 years ago. I just don't like it PERIOD
I want that bear bow!
Interesting video and I understood you well although my English is not good.😊🤷♂️🇩🇪
I have a bear cruzer rth sand I like it. It does do go with good grouping I was look to buy another one I was looking at the bear g2
Just bought a bear legit last week and You can set the bears to a .5 in draw. Its in the user manual but I was skeptical and took it to my local bow tech and he confirmed and set it up for me
Bro the prime has limb stop and don't have a cable stop it's gonna be solid this world I would have to see which one is faster like cellike set both pins at 20 yd right now and just walk all the way back
A whole lotta people don't have 2 grand to drop on a hunting rig !
What matters the most is...
Do you like the bow. If you like it, you will practice more.
Is the grip good for you ?
I still shoot my best with a PSE StingerX.
I like the feel of the grip.
Truthfully listening to you shoot both bows with my eyes closed I don't hear a lot of difference in sound the sound the two bows make is slightly different but as far as decibel level it sounds about the same
I should also probably add I got horrible tinnitus in my left ear
Would take any budget bow over a prime!
😂
I’m going to get one tomorrow
I would love to have that bow my bow just blew up and I am broke as shit
@merritoutdoors how do I enter to win???
You can make that bow have a 29.5" draw length. That's my draw length too and I own the legit. The screws wind up being close to the limbs but it can be done.
How did you get your bear legit at 70lbs? Im at 28" draw length and can only get a max at 57lbs.
It's not always just the bow that will help you to shoot better cause my bow Tech is rigged out from the top to the bottom bow Tech reckoning 38 it's gotta excel XP target sight excel av 41 scope z bris sight light hamskea rest It is all loaded out big Boy stabilizers the workshop it's probably 34 $3600 altogether it's top to bottom And it pounds let me tell you I'm really really powerful but at the same time I feel like you can do that with any bow if you work on yourself It's I've been fiddling and fighting with the PSEVL34 wish it is an amazing boat and absolutely pounds but I keep having this not right there I'm like what the h*** I switched my grip position in my hand and bullet hole bullet hole bullet hole so it it's always on the shooter I mean obviously if you're both way out of tune and you know your rest is broke or you've got all kinds of crazy going on your bow is not gonna shoot
Please wear the mic or speak to the microphone. When you look away repeatedly you lose the audio.
Going to soon
Gotta order one I am sorry :(
It's ok. I just wanted to give you feedback. When you speak away from the mic, can't hear ya. Happy you did these vids and everything else it topclass.
I'm sorry but this made me laugh. I have a legit. Once you've shot it enough to bed the strings in, it will never remain in time ever again. It got to the point where after setting the cams in perfect timing they would be out again after no more than 20-30 shots. Top cam would be off, square them up, then bottom cam would be off, try to pre-empt which way it would go, nup went the other way. It'll shoot fine immediately after its set up. The grip is very forgiving. But you'll constantly be chasing cam timing issues and its almost impossible to jag that and not effect the cam lean at the same time. I parked that bow after a couple of months. I recently shot it again after it being squared up. got it bulllet holing after only a couple of changes and then sure enough only 20-30 shots in I could see the tears wandering again. went to the mirror and yep, cams off again. Do not get this bow unless you are really into bow presses and twisting cables, yokes constantly. for masochists only.
Sounds like a good set of strings would fix that?
Facts and we make them at the archery shack !
I think maybe you might have got a bad bow. I’ve had mine for a year, and shot about 750-800 shots, roughly. Not one single timing issue. Some minor tweaks after the string stretch, and it’s been rock solid since. The only minor issue I had was the screws in the cams coming loose after about 20 shots, but a little dab of loctite fixed that.
Holy apples and oranges
I want to try a hamskea rest for hunting. Which model do you recommend for hunting only.
Primer
The Hamskea hybrid hunter pro is pretty solid, I’ve shot thousands of arrows through mine and it’s still as solid as the day I bought it
I feel like I should send ☝️ this person all of my sensitive information lol
I feel like 60 or 70 would show where the bear fails to even keep up at all.
If you’re shooting deer at 80 yards with a bow, you’re either one heck of a shot or just unethical
Also if that’s what it takes for you to justify the $650 difference, then I’d just buy the bear
I agree, but I took one at 70 and dropped it did last year but I do this all the time and I would not recommend unless you've practiced a lot
@@ryanwalters694 i have 120 yards at my local club and a bunch of guys who like to shoot the longer distance for bragging rights. 70m is the Olympic distance and not strange to practice.
@@MerrittOutdoor yea at my local club we practice Olympic distance and beyond.
Dude your prime bow is set up really wrong your dloop is miles too low. Get that thing checked out mate.
No it’s perfect check out the videos I have of the tune up
Of it I am the prime GOD
Bought my bear legit early summer and beside the dumb ass that put my d loop on at Cabela's that broke in 6 shots mine worked great
LEGITNESS
Send me a new bow, i just back over mine FML
O shot
@@MerrittOutdoor
Well I tried!!🤣
@@shoveweesel4280 I’ll see my prime in-line 5 fully set up ! 900
I mean come onl,,, Everyone knows that the more expensive the bow is the better shooter it will make you..
Money equals accuracy
they literally sound the same, that bear aint no louder