UA and Cam Hanes part ways

[ODB]

Well Hoyt and Chuck did part ways.....


That almost seemed as much him as the hat.

Chuck still shoots a hoyt - or are you meaning just the $$ aspect of it?

 

[Billy Goat]

Chuck still shoots a hoyt - or are you meaning just the $$ aspect of it?

Well he says he shoots a Bear now....

I don't know how he is making 32" ATA work with fingers....

 

[tdhanses]

The truth will eventually come out, but we all know AU isn’t quality hunting gear!

I might be wrong, never tried it but to me it just seems like a walmart brand of gear/clothing.

 

[TheTone]

Well he says he shoots a Bear now....

I don't know how he is making 32" ATA work with fingers....

He quit shooting fingers, said so on a hoyt podcast a while ago.

 

[Billy Goat]

He quit shooting fingers, said so on a hoyt podcast a while ago.

Last I had seen he was still bouncing back and forth.

But maybe I was misunderstanding.

 

[wapitibob]

internet imagination running wild

 

[ODB]

Well he says he shoots a Bear now....

I don't know how he is making 32" ATA work with fingers....

Where did he say that? And also @TheTone, where did he say THAT?

He just killed a world record sitka blacktail with a custom shop Hoyt Double XL shooting fingers. the bow has 50% let-off round wheels. I asked him about it myself. I have heard him say he tinkered with a release but only for a bit and is shooting just fingers now.



*ADDED* Ok - I see the Bear thing now. @Billy Goat

That's strange. It was like a month ago I asked him about the Hoyt.


Times are a changing I guess....

 

[Billy Goat]

He quit shooting fingers, said so on a hoyt podcast a while ago.

It seems his preference is fingers, just the availability of bows likely influences what he can do.

I thought I had read on his Blacktail hunt this year he was shooting fingers.

 

[Billy Goat]

Where did he say that? And also @TheTone, where did he say THAT?

He just killed a world record sitka blacktail with a custom shop Hoyt Double XL shooting fingers. the bow has 50% let-off round wheels. I asked him about it myself. I have heard him say he tinkered with a release but only for a bit and is shooting just fingers now.

I'm not even on Facebook and heard about it.

 

[ODB]

yup - @Billy Goat - I edited my post above yours. That's a hell of a change after forever and a day!

 

[def90]

I get it.. he's a professional hunter just like guys that ski or race dirt bikes get their endorsements. Don't care.

I have UA gear, I also have Sitka gear, never bought either because it was what someone else wore, bought it because it was at the store and when I tried it on it fit better and seemed like it would do a better job. UA in general was more expensive than a couple other options yet less than others at the same time, Sitka.. well it's more expensive but if it holds up then what does it matter? This past elk season I wore Sitka pants and UA tops of various sorts at the same time, sure that probably attributed to my lack of sucess in some way. Hell, I've worn military surplus for a large amount of my life, I'm not a gear snob in any way.

Good luck to him, I'm sure he will do fine, I'm sure UA will do fine as well.

 

[TheTone]

Where did he say that? And also @TheTone, where did he say THAT?

He just killed a world record sitka blacktail with a custom shop Hoyt Double XL shooting fingers. the bow has 50% let-off round wheels. I asked him about it myself. I have heard him say he tinkered with a release but only for a bit and is shooting just fingers now.



*ADDED* Ok - I see the Bear thing now. @Billy Goat

That's strange. It was like a month ago I asked him about the Hoyt.


Times are a changing I guess....

It was a Hoyt podcast within the last year or so; granted obviously he could have done something different and now has really started doing something else

 

[MuleyFever]

I never understood why in the hell people care about what items other people are paid to use.

I had a conversation about this with someone the other day. I just dont get the paid celebrity endorsements. Dan Marino was one of my childhood favorite players. I remember his Isotoner commercials and even then I thought why would people care what he is being paid to say he likes?

 

[Billy Goat]

I never understood why in the hell people care about what items other people are paid to use.

I had a conversation about this with someone the other day. I just dont get the paid celebrity endorsements. Dan Marino was one of my childhood favorite players. I remember his Isotoner commercials and even then I thought why would people care what he is being paid to say he likes?

I don't understand it, but spend some time in a shop and listen to customers.

There's people buying stuff because (insert whomever) shoots it and says it's the (insert keyword, accurate, hard hitting, etc..)


Surprises me, but I think a lot of times it's new consumers are where the money is, and they are the easiest to sway and get them to part with their money on a producr.

 

[ODB]

I don't understand it, but spend some time in a shop and listen to customers.

There's people buying stuff because (insert whomever) shoots it and says it's the (insert keyword, accurate, hard hitting, etc..)


Surprises me, but I think a lot of times it's new consumers are where the money is, and they are the easiest to sway and get them to part with their money on a producr.

100%. Hunter is successful with XXX product - impressionable hunter sees XXX product as a key to success - marketing arm of XXX company knows this - company pays YYY hunter to use XXX product to generate $$$ sales.

Have you met meateater?


My surprise with Chuck is he's been with Hoyt damn near a lifetime. Can't wait to see a 38"+ axle-to-axle bow again - hell, I'd LOVE to see a 43" bow like my old Martin Scepter II. THAT was a bow.

 

[RMM]

There's people buying stuff because (insert whomever) shoots it and says it's the (insert keyword, accurate, hard hitting, etc..)

Hell, Ricky Bobby is the reason I chew big red

 

[Billy Goat]

It is my favorite back country knife now.

Makes quartering east, it's worth the 4.65# in the pack, I quartered my last elk in 7 swings....

 

[bozeman]

The social media reach cannot be underestimated.....I was talking to a fella over Christmas who has NEVER hunted and he knew I hunted elk out west....his first question, guess? it wasnt about where I go, what I shoot, etc......his first question was: Do you know a guy named Cam Hanes? lol My response: no, and dont really care to....what else you want to know? Then we actually began to talk about hunting and why etc.....but, never underestimate the reaches of social media!

I will wish everyone the best of success in life and the pursuit of happiness, but doesnt mean I support them in those endeavors. No ill will wished upon anyone.

 

[GotDraw?]

Because not saying exactly what happens feeds clicks, speculation, and attention. It’s the same reason people like him post tons of teaser pics of a successful hunt before ever just showing a grip and grin or showing what they killed in one post. He (and other influencers) are narcissists whether they want to say it or not

He may well have an NDA-- did you consider that possibility?
JL

 

[bsnedeker]

This! There’s only one man who is, or ever has been, worth following and he don’t do Social Media!

You are mistaken, I do have an Instagram account. I have over 50 followers!!!!

Sorry, didn't mean to brag.