Bowtech Virtue Compound Bow

Launched for the 2025 model year at a $2,199 launch MSRP and expanded for 2026 with a long-draw cam and an 80-pound option, the Virtue is Bowtech's magnesium flagship - the brand's answer to carbon and the lightest premium do-all it builds. Its AeroMag magnesium riser drops the bare weight to 3.7 pounds, its titanium hardware shrugs off corrosion through multi-day hunts, and behind both sits the complete press-free tuning suite: DeadLock cam tuning, TimeLock timing, the GripLock grip, and a FlipDisc that moves the draw from a smooth Comfort cycle to a faster Performance setting. At 32 inches axle to axle with a 341 fps IBO on the Standard cam, it is a genuine do-all that holds the mid-270s with a heavy hunting arrow, quiet and dead in the hand despite the light riser. The honest costs are the top-of-line price and a Performance setting that dumps harder than some shooters want - both easy to weigh against what the magnesium buys. Having shot its dead, quiet hold, what defines the Virtue is that it delivers carbon-class weight without the usual penalty. An excellent bow for the western and backcountry hunter who counts ounces and wants a premium, corrosion-proof, do-all flagship. Buyers who do not need the weight savings should look at the Bowtech Proven 34 for the same technology in aluminum at far less, while those wanting a fast conventional hunter should consider the Bowtech Alliance 33... read full review