Bear Archery Unveils 2025 Bow Lineup

Starting with its flagship Persist 33, Bear has once again introduced an impressive variety of new compounds bows.

September 30, 2024 By Lynn Burkhead

The legendary Fred Bear, the godfather of modern bowhunting in so many ways, was a man ahead of his times as he helped turn the pastime of bowhunting from a sleepy backwoods way of hunting whitetails and big-game animals into the mainstream pursuit that it is today.

Now more than 90 years down the road since Bear founded his namesake company way back in 1933, the legendary hall of fame bowhunter — who passed away in 1988 at the age of 86 — started his company with the goal of making archery accessible to everyone.

As Bear Archery launches its new 2025 lineup this week, suffice it to say that they’ve taken another step forward in the modern bowhunting game, offering another wide range of compound bows that will help just about anyone find the sport accessible, whether they want a feature laden bow that won’t break the bank or a top-flight model with all of the company’s design features and technological advancements packed into a flagship model.

Whatever your goals are in the sport of bowhunting and archery this year and beyond, from winning form on the 3D target range to winning a friendly backyard competition to tagging the biggest buck or bull in the woods, the new lineup from the company that Fred Bear started is sure to get you to the finish line.

With that in mind, here’s a look at what’s new from Bear Archery in their 2025 lineup.

Persist 33

Leading off this year’s new bow announcements is a brand new top-shelf arrow slinger from Bear Archery, one of the company’s flagship bow models for 2025. Known as the Persist 33, this compound bows offers bowhunters a superb compound bow that will be quite at home in a variety of settings ranging from the whitetail woods back east to the western big game terrain of the west and everything in between.

The Persist compound bow starts with a 33-inch axle-to-axle length and features a brace height of 6.25 inches. With a top arrow speed of 340 feet per second (fps), the Persist 33 comes with draw lengths possibilities ranging from 26.5 to 30.5 inches, as well as draw weight cam options ranging delivering possibilities of either 45-60 or 55-70-pounds.

Coming with let off options of 75, 80, 85, and 90 percent, this new bow is available in both right- and left-handed options (RH/LH) along with four color schemes — Olive, Stone, Mossy Oak Bottomland, or Mossy Oak Roots.

$1,249.99

Whitetail INT

If you're looking for a good bow that doesn't break the bank for yourself, or perhaps a bow aimed at helping a spouse, a teenager, or a friend get into the whitetail bowhunting game, look no further than Bear's new Whitetail INT bow. Checking in with plenty of features, this bow also arrives in a cool looking package complete with five color options (Olive, Stone, Black/Mossy Oak Bottomland, Black/Veil Whitetail, and Olive Green/Throwback Camo).

This new bow design from Bear is a 31-inch axle-to-axle bow with a brace height of 6.5 inches. With draw weights potential ranging from 45-60 and 55-70 pounds, draw lengths from 26-30 inches, and let-off of 75, 80, 85, and 90 percent, this bow offers a tailor made design for the whitetail woods and delivers arrows into a buck's boiler room at speeds of up to 339 fps.

Better yet, you can purchase this bow by itself and accessorize it however you'd like to, or you can buy it in Bear's RTH (Ready to Hunt) turn-key accessory packaging, which comes with the bow, a Trophy Ridge Integrated 4-pin bow sight, a Trophy Ridge IMS Whisker Biscuit V arrow rest, a Trophy Ridge 5 arrow quiver, a Trophy Ridge stabilizer and sling, and a peep sight and d-loop already added to the string.

Like the Whitetail INT above, the new Bear Legend 30 compound bow gives bowhunters the option of purchasing the bow itself, or taking it home from a Bear Archery dealer in a RTH (Ready to Hunt) package that comes with the bow; a peep sight and d-loop added to the string; and a 4-pin sight, IMS Whisker Biscuit V, five arrow quiver, and a stabilizer and sling, all from Trophy Ridge.

As for the bow itself, the Legend 30 checks in with an axle-to-axle length of 30 inches, a brace height of 6.5 inches, draw weight possibilities ranging from 14-70 pounds, draw lengths from 18-31 inches, and an 85-percent letoff.

Like some other 2025 Bear Archery bow models, the Legend 30 is available in Olive (RH), Stone (RH/LH), Black/Mossy Oak Bottomland (RH/LH), Black/Veil Whitetail (RH/LH), and Olive/Throwback Camo (RH).

$529.99 (bow only)

$629.99 (RTH package)

Legit MAXX

Another winning bow design from Bear this year, the Legit MAXX is a tremendous bow for a modest price, perfect for someone looking for a compound that won't break the bank and will provide a wallet-friendly introduction to the sport.

Checking in with a max arrow speed of 315 fps, this bow is 30 inches from axle-to-axle, has a brace height of 6.25 inches, and a 75-percent letoff. It also features a wide draw weight range between 10 and 70 pounds, as well as draw lengths ranging from 14 to 30 inches.

And like other Bear Archery bows in the 2025 lineup, the Legit MAXX comes with the company's RTH packaging complete with an array of Trophy Ridge accessories and a peep sight and d-loop already built into the bow string.

There is also a wide array of right-handed or left-handed options, along with 12 different color combinations. Suffice it to say that if you like the company’s solid black or olive hues mixed in with Mossy Oak, Veil, True Timber, and several other camo patterns, you'll find a compound bow that you love thanks to this particular model in Bear Archery's 2025 lineup.

$479.99 (RTH)

Species XT

Like to chase a variety of big game critters with a bow? Then the new Bear Archery Species XT will give you that archery hunting potential and then some. Starting off with a 30-inch axle-to-axle length and a 6.75-inch brace height, this bow delivers arrow speeds of up to 320 fps. Add in 80-percent letoff, a draw length range from 23.5 to 30.5 inches, and draw weights between 45-60 pounds and 55-70 pounds, and this bow has the goods to deliver an arrow and broadhead into a buck or bull's boiler room.

There are several combinations of black and camouflage, combinations that include Mossy Oak, Black/Throwback Camo, Veil Whitetail, and True Timber. All of those color combinations come in a right-handed model, while a couple of those color combinations are available only in a left-handed configuration.

This bow is also available in the Bear Archery RTH package (with different Trophy Ridge accessories and a peep sight and d-loop added in) along with the RTH EXTRA package that features the RTH package in a Black/True Timber Strata camo color combination that also comes with a Trophy Ridge release and five Trophy Ridge Wrath Arrows complete with 100 grain field points and broadheads included.

$479.99 (RTH)

$579.99 (RTH Extra)

Cruzer G4

Another bow that gives a wide array of bowhunting possibilities for a new archer, the Cruzer G4 from Bear Archery offers plenty of big league features including an axle-to-axle length of 29 inches, a brace height of 6.25 inches, draw weights ranging from 10 to 70 pounds, draw lengths ranging from 14 to 30 inches, and a 75-percent letoff.

Coming in seven different color combinations (including hues containing camo patterns like True Timber, Mossy Oak, Throwback Camo, and more), all are available in either right hand or left hand configurations (RH/LH)). And like its predecessors in this year’s lineup, the Cruzer 4 bow also comes in Bear Archery's RTH packaging complete with Trophy Ridge accessories and a peep sight and d-loop.

$449.99 (RTH)

Adapt 2+

This new Bear Adapt 2+ compound bow is a collaborative effort between the company and The Hunting Public.

With its 31-inch axle-to-axle length, 6.5-inch brace height, and 80-percent letoff, this bow has draw length possibilities ranging from 24 and 31 inches and draw weight cams of either 45-60 or 55-70 pounds.

Coming in two color combinations — Mossy Oak Bottomland (RH/LH) and Green/Throwback Camo (RH/LH) — this new bow delivers arrows downrange at speeds of up to 320 fps. It also comes with the RTH+ package, which includes a Trophy Ridge Integrated SWFT Duo Sight, the Trophy Ridge Whisker Biscuit V arrow rest, a Trophy Ridge 5 arrow VRSA light quiver, a Trophy Ridge Hitman Stabilizer QD and sling, and a peep sight and a d-loop added in.

$799.99 (RTH+)

Adapt 2

Like the model noted above, this new Bear Archery bow brings some similar DNA to the table with designers giving archers a 31-inch axle-to-axle length design, a 6.5-inch brace height, and arrow speeds of up to 320 fps. The compound bow also features draw weight ranges from 45-60 and 55-70 pounds, along with draw length possibilities of 24 to 31 inches. Add in the bow's 80-percent letoff and it features a number of features similar to the Adapt 2+ bow noted above.

The main difference here is that the Adapt bow comes either as a standalone bow minus the accessories or with an RTH accessory package that is slightly different than the RTH + package that comes with the Adapt 2+ bow.

In this case, bowhunters that choose the Adapt 2 compound at their Bear Archery dealer will get an accessory package that includes a Trophy Ridge Integrated 4-pin sight, a Trophy Ridge IMS Whisker Biscuit V arrow rest, a Trophy Ridge 5 arrow quiver, a Trophy Ridge stabilizer and sling, and a peep sight and d-loop added in.

There's also the bonus of an additional color scheme for the Adapt 2 bow, which comes in the Mossy Oak Bottomland (RH/LH) and Green/Throwback Camo (RH/LH) color possibilities, and also in Black/True Timber Strata combination. Do note that the latter color combination is available in RH/LH versions, but only in the RTH bowhunting accessory package option.

$499.99 (bow only)

$599.99 (RTH)

Gamekeeper

A collaboration with Mossy Oak Gamekeeper, the wildlife management and conservation arm of Toxey Haas’ Mossy Oak Camouflage company based in West Point, Ms., this new Bear Archery bow design features a 30-inch axle-to-axle length and a brace height of 6.5 inches.

It also checks in with an 80-percent letoff, draw lengths between 27 and 32 inches, and draw weight possibilities of 45-60 and 55-70-pounds, all which help deliver arrows downrange at speeds of up to 330 fps.

Coming with Bear Archery's RTH accessory package that features a Trophy Ridge 4-pin sight, a Whisker Biscuit V arrow rest, a Bottomland camo hued 5-arrow quiver, a stabilizer and sling, and a peep sight and d-loop, this bow is available in both right hand and left hand models decked out in Mossy Oak Bottomland camo.

$679.99 (RTH)

Gamekeeper JR

Last but not least in the 2025 Bear Archery new bows lineup is the company's Gamekeeper JR, another collaboration with Mossy Oak Gamekeeper that aims to give a young bowhunter the same game getting possibilities that mom, dad, or a big brother and sister have in the deer woods.

With a 27-inch axle-to-axle length, a brace height of 6 inches, 5- to 50-pound draw weight possibilities and 12- to 27-inch draw length options that can grow with a young archer through time, this bow also comes with 75-percent letoff.

The bottom line here — or is that the Bottomland line? — is that this is a big league bow model designed to fit the increasing needs of a young, conservation and wildlife management minded bowhunter that looks forward to an early start in bowhunting and a lifetime of pursuing critters the same way that the late, great Fred Bear once did.

Add in a Mossy Oak Bottomland finish (RH/LH) and the Bear Archery RTH accessory package of Trophy Ridge products — including a 3-pin sight for this bow model, a Whisker Biscuit arrow rest, a 5-arrow quiver, a stabilizer and sling, and a peep sight and d-loop — and this bow design is tailor made for young archers looking for a bowhunting gateway into the autumn woods.

And like the other Bear Archery 2025 models noted above, the Gamekeeper JR delivers a wealth of technology and features from one of the bowhunting industry's leading innovators, all at a wallet friendly price that will leave a little extra money in the bank account when an exited phone call to the local taxidermist shop is necessary this fall!

$399.99 (RTH)