Elite Archery has been cranking out some of the sweetest shooting compound bows in the past few years. Yet you could argue they lacked speed compared to other bows. For 2023, Elite took care of that.

Elite Archery took the plunge for 2023 and came out with its first carbon compound bow, the Era. Two years in the making, the Era was designed to look and feel like an Elite, but with a carbon riser.

After spending a few days at the Archery Trade Association (ATA) Show this month, I’ve narrowed the dozens of bows down to the top 5 compound bows for 2015. Archery does involve a lot of personal ...