I IN LATE 2024, I got my hands on Hoyt’s new carbon kingpin, the RX-9 Ultra. One of the most expensive compound bows ever created, I was keen on the rig’s 33.5-inch axle-to-axle length, 4.3-pound fighting weight and all-new HBX Gen 4 cams.
The bow is undoubtedly a marvel of modern engineering. However, without top-tier accessories, it’s nothing. Don’t tar and feather me. I’m not calling Hoyt’s baby ugly. In fact, quite the opposite; it’s sexy, smooth, quiet, light and fast. Yet it’s still just a glorified paperweight without a quality bowsight, arrow rest, stabilizer, quiver, arrows, etc.
I didn’t get the bow set up and ready to hunt until January 2025, just in time for me to hopefully use the rig and attached accessories to punch my first tag…