The Ultimate Solution for Side x Side Bowhunters...

The popularity of UTV's or "side-by-sides" has risen dramatically in recent years, and it's easy to understand why.  With their protective roll cages and covered spacious cabs, they offer an added level of safety and comfort compared to conventional all-terrain vehicles.  As well, they can carry more hunters and supplies into the bush, and more hunters and meat out of the bush.  That being said, the cargo area does have limited capacity, and one or two hard bow cases can eat up precious space in a hurry.  So forget your hard case.  Forget about holding your bow while trying to drive.  Consider, instead, one of the two UTV brackets offered by Alaris Concepts.

No longer do your roll bars have to be a certain width apart.  No longer are you restricted on where you can mount your bow.  And no longer do you need to choose between a gun rack and a bow rack.  Now there's a place for everything.  This game-changing design allows Bowkaddy to be installed on a single round bar.  The steel bracket wraps neatly around 2" diameter straight bars with zero drilling.  It comes with 3 high-durometer rubber spacer strips for adapting to tubing diameters down to 1-1/2".  The large contact area between the bar and the bracket provides for maximum friction and ZERO bracket movement, even across the most treacherous terrain.

The pictures below show the versatility of the Single Bar UTV Bracket, which can be mounted to the back, front, side or top of your machine. The front corner posts of this Can-Am Commander XT 800 make a great mounting location for a single or tandem setup. 

There's one more cool feature to point out.  One Single Bar UTV Bracket is capable of supporting two Bowkaddies and two bows in a back to back configuration.  More pics to come in the near future to illustrate this and many other mounting options.

Double Bar UTV Bracket

The Double Bar UTV Bracket is the original bracket developed by Alaris Concepts for the side by side market.  It is a 25.5" long, heavy-gauge steel plate with a rugged powder coat finish.  There are several pre-drilled holes for placement of the U-bolts and Bowkaddy base(s).  As the name suggests, it requires two adjacent bars/members for standard mounting.  The bars can be parallel, vertical, horizontal or diagonal.

The Double Bar UTV Bracket can accommodate one Bowkaddy (and bow) in either orientation (horizontal or vertical) or two Bowkaddies (and bows) situated perpendicular to the bracket.

The installation will vary from machine to machine, but is pretty straight forward.  Pick a mounting location where the bracket will span the gap between two bars.  U-bolt the bracket to the bars.  Fasten Bowkaddy to the bracket.  Insert bow.  Done!  Note that it may be necessary to drill additional holes in the bracket to accommodate the particular geometry of the bars.  This is easy to do with a drill and does not affect the warranty of the product.  Once installed, you'll find the bracket extremely rigid and perfectly capable of handling the rigors of the trail.