
The bow came with the rest, D loop and peep sight installed. It was a 45 to 60-pound bow, set at 60 pounds, with a 29.5-inch draw length. I borrowed a brand new Resurgence from Lancaster Archery Supply for my testing. This budget-friendly bow shoots tight groups. You can get better gear, but it’s not necessary. I’d describe the other accessories-peep, stabilizer, sling and quiver-as functional.
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I was expecting the pins to be dull at full draw outside, but they weren’t. The Joker sight was surprisingly effective. The V rest allows you to shoot arrows of varying diameter from one rest, unlike the circle rests, which require different sized biscuits as you change arrow diameter. This is the new V version of that rest, which features a V-shaped hole in the bristles instead of a circle. The Whisker Biscuit arrow rest is arguably one of the most popular hunting rests sold today. They’re solid accessories that do what they’re supposed to, and can withstand a fair amount of abuse. Let’s be honest, these are not high-end accessories. All you need to hunt are arrows and a mechanical release. You get a Trophy Ridge Joker four-pin sight, Whisker Biscuit V arrow rest, a Blitz stabilizer, wrist sling, five-arrow quiver, peep sight, and D-loop. Read Next: Parts of a Compound Bow: What You Need to Know Before Buying Your First Hunting BowĪs previously mentioned, the Bear Resurgence comes equipped with a full kit of Trophy Ridge accessories. With a binary cam-that is timed correctly-vertical nock travel isn’t an issue. When there is some vertical nock travel, the bow definitely loses energy, and it can be tricky to tune. You can imagine the tuning issues that can be caused and the efficiency lost when the arrow doesn’t go straight back and straight forward. So they pay out and take-up string at the exact same rate, which means the arrow comes straight back on the draw and goes straight forward on the release. Once you get the timing right, the cams rotate exactly the same. The binary cam is the engine that gives the Resurgence its speed and precision.Ī binary cam system uses two identical cams that are slaved to each other. What’s new about the Resurgence for Bear is the use of a binary cam on a mid-range bow. The lower the let-off percentage, the higher arrow speeds will be. So the Resurgence is a bit under that, but that’s another feature that helps boost arrow speed. More often, hunting compounds feature 85- or 90-percent let-off. The Resurgence’s let-off is on the low side for hunting compounds these days. The 15-pound range offers more room for growth, if you want to start off light and build up to the maximum weight. We don’t see the 15-pound draw weight range much in compound bows. There are two draw weight options: 45 to 60 pounds or 55 to 70 pounds, both with 80-percent let off. They allow the owner to adjust the bow for different users, if you want to share it with friends, and they allow for a wider audience if you ever want to sell it.

For the general consumer, I like the rotating modules. The Resurgence employs a rotating module for adjusting draw lengths from 25.5 to 31 inches. I will take accuracy over speed every day. I’ve stated several times in bow reviews that I don’t put much stock in IBO speed ratings for compound bows, because I have never been able to reproduce the rated speed for any compound bow I’ve tested. It has a 6.25-inch brace height-which is on the aggressive side-that helps the bow attain an IBO speed rating of 335 feet per second. The Bear Resurgence is a 32-inch long aluminum bow that weighs 3.9 pounds without any accessories. Draw weight: 45 to 60 pounds and 55 to 70 pounds.SEE IT Bear Resurgence Specs and Overview
