Thinking this morning about what I do 90% or more of my hunting with - archery equipment - and what I use, Falcon - Thunderbird - Phoenix. The Falcon and Thunderbird are a great recurve & longbow from CheckMate (made in Canada) and the Phoenix I'm sure you'll recognize.
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I was just wondering how & why such great products can be made and sold so reasonably by my neighbors to the north, and similar items in the USA either cost many times the price or are junk. There is no crossbows to really compare to Excalibur, about all the good ones made in the US are compounds, but for similar quality you can expect to pay much more. The custom stickbows from CheckMate are well made, and half or less of what most US bowyers get!
Not sure why the products from Canada are such good quality at very reasonable prices - but I commend the manufacturers north of the border for selling great products and not gouging consumers!