"In a word: AWESOME! Every archery shop should have one!"
Neil Newkirk (about Hooter Shooter)
Neil's Archery
Endicott, NY 13760

A DEALER'S, COACH'S AND SHOOTER'S
EVALUATION OF THE SPOT-HOGG 'HOOTER SHOOTER'

DEALER
When I first saw the Hooter Shooter at the January 1999 AMO Show, I have to admit I was a bit skeptical. Was the Hooter Shooter worth the money and could it tune bows better than we were currently doing? Since Spot-Hogg had a history of manufacturing quality products, (laser alignment tool, cable adjusters) I decided to take a chance and purchase a Hooter Shooter. After my Hooter Shooter arrived, I spent some time getting familiar with its operation. My next step was to find a freestyle shooter who was looking to shoot higher scores and was willing to have his bow tuned with the Hooter Shooter. My first customer was a 300-50x shooter who prided himself in the fact that, after spending countless hours super tuning his bow, he had the best bow setup possible. In order to get the arrows impacting in the same hole it was necessary to add 3 turns to the upper buss cable. The customer picked up his bow and went to the range to sight in. After the practice session he commented that his bow "Held on the dot better than ever." The next day the customer shot his personal best 300-58x at a league shoot. The success of the Hooter Shooter spread by word of mouth and within 4 months, I had paid off my initial investment and was making a profit. When the snow melted and the weather warmed up, I brought the Hooter Shooter outside. The Hooter Shooter showed its versatility as shooters who adamantly refused to let anyone tune their bows came to me to have the Hooter Shooter group test their arrows at 40 yards in preparation for the outdoor tournament season. The use of the Hooter Shooter was not restricted to tournament shooters. Many bow hunters wanted to leave nothing to chance and had their bows tuned with the Hooter Shooter.

SHOOTER
After I observed how successful the Hooter Shooter was in tuning bows for release shooters, I decided to see what it would do with my bow set up for finger shooting. I was able to get arrows impacting in the same hole at 20 yards even though the Hooter Shooter's Cascade release was shooting arrows through a flipper rest and a cushion plunger. The only noticeable difference I found was that the arrows did not impact on the target where the sight was pointed. This was obviously due to the difference in arrow paradox between fingers and release aids. After tuning my bow with the Hooter Shooter, I found that the size of my groups decreased especially at long distances. I used my Hooter Shooter tuned bow to win the Championship Freestyle Limited Division at the Atlantic City Archery Classic, the NFAA Outdoor National Tournament and the New York State Indoor & Outdoor Championships.

NATIONAL ARCHERY ASSOCIATION LEVEL NATIONAL COACH
After working on a student's form, I use the Hooter Shooter to provide the "icing on the cake" and tune their bow and group test their arrows.

CONCLUSION
For 25 years Mr. Norb Mullaney has used a homemade shooting machine to test bows for his Bow Report articles in Bowhunting World magazine. The archery industry has been in need of a commercially available shooting machine. With the introduction of the Spot-Hogg Hooter Shooter this need has been answered.
Sincerely,

Dave Hryn, Owner
Dave 's World of Archery
West Seneca, NY
716-674-2616

JUST A SMALL NOTE TO THE INVENTOR OF THE HOOTER SHOOTER
This machine has performed so well for us that our customer base has increased dramatically. We are now tuning broadheads, and have customers coming back from hunts in Canada with photographs of their trophies. They have taken shots up to 56 yards on Caribou. When they arrived at the camp, the people there asked them what they planned to shoot with their bow. They replied, "Caribou, that's what we came here for." The people up there said, "forget it, you won't even get close enough to them." The next day they had one down. Two days after that they had three more down. Our customers told them that their bows were tuned on a Hooter Shooter and that they practice every day and that they had faith in the Hooter Shooter and the people that tuned the bow. Needless to say, the people in Canada were shocked. Once again, from myself and my staff here at Oxford Bait and Sport we thank you for designing a precision tuning tool.
Sincerely,

Robin J. Bibeault, Vice-President
Oxford Bait and Sport
Oxford, NJ 07863
908-453-4294

(here's an e-mail sent to us from one of our customers)
Subject: Cabe's the man!
Hey Spot-Hoggers, just wanted to say that my Mach-8 is the best bow I have ever shot. Cabe was so professional that he has got my trust with everything on my bow. The new sight is the best sight I have ever shot. The fellow bow hunters at work are in awe of the products on my bow. It wouldn't surprise me if you all got orders for the Hogg-It sight and even cable adjusters for their bows. I just wanted to say that Spot~Hogg is the best thing that happened to the archery world since the compound bow...Thanks for everything...
Mike Malpass

(another e-mail)
Subject: Spot-hogg release
UNBELIEVABLE!
I purchased a Model 8 at the Vegas Shoot this year with hopes it would help a case of target panic (flinching) I have always had. IT WORKED! I've shot it 1,000 times and no flinching. On top of that it has made me a much more consistent shooter to the point I can hardly believe it. It must have to do with the fact that you must relax to set off the release instead of a punch or squeeze with conventional releases. I am shooting at Tulsa this weekend. In the past my best scores have been in the middle 290 range (if I did not flinch). I've never shot a 300 in competition and only one in practice. Now I feel that I can't miss. I'm now counting the X's.
I'll let you know the outcome. Wish me luck.
An avid supporter,
Mike Stephens