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Re: Considering buying a crossbow
[Re: ADWalters]
#144114
06/28/11 09:39 AM
06/28/11 09:39 AM
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Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 4,474 Bama
Bulls eye
10 point
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10 point
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Posts: 4,474
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What do you need to avoid?........................... CROSSBOWS! Those elite bowhunters strike again. lol.
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Re: Considering buying a crossbow
[Re: MCW]
#144124
06/28/11 11:49 AM
06/28/11 11:49 AM
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Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 3,689 muscle shoals
todd w
10 point
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10 point
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Posts: 3,689
muscle shoals
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parker and tenpoint are good ones. i preferred parker when i was using one.
It is what it is.
Inspect what you Expect.
Hunting TN, AL, KY, and IL.
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Re: Considering buying a crossbow
[Re: MCW]
#144244
06/28/11 05:39 PM
06/28/11 05:39 PM
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Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 1,584 falkville
jeffpike83
8 point
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8 point
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..... get a bow
Nfcc
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Re: Considering buying a crossbow
[Re: jeffpike83]
#144252
06/28/11 06:05 PM
06/28/11 06:05 PM
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Posts: 7,692 Falkville
MTeague
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 7,692
Falkville
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..... get a bow or a sling shot
I had much rather be tried by twelve than carried to my grave by six!!!!
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Re: Considering buying a crossbow
[Re: MCW]
#144254
06/28/11 06:06 PM
06/28/11 06:06 PM
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 7,692 Falkville
MTeague
14 point
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14 point
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Posts: 7,692
Falkville
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What do I need to know? What Do I need to avoid? My dad bought a Barnett Predator last year and seems to like it pretty good!
I had much rather be tried by twelve than carried to my grave by six!!!!
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Re: Considering buying a crossbow
[Re: MCW]
#144271
06/28/11 06:57 PM
06/28/11 06:57 PM
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Joined: May 2007
Posts: 207 Bullock County Alabama
phantom
4 point
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4 point
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Posts: 207
Bullock County Alabama
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I will always shoot a bow as long as i am capable.. If i am ever injured will consider a crossbow.. i hate em
Mathews Z7 SLICK TRICK broadheads....
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Re: Considering buying a crossbow
[Re: phantom]
#144419
06/28/11 10:55 PM
06/28/11 10:55 PM
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Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 4,474 Bama
Bulls eye
10 point
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10 point
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I will always shoot a bow as long as i am capable.. If i am ever injured will consider a crossbow.. i hate em Please list legitimate reasons to hate crossbows. Thank you.
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Re: Considering buying a crossbow
[Re: MCW]
#144447
06/29/11 04:46 AM
06/29/11 04:46 AM
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 28,996 Fosters, Alabama, USA
Shaw
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Stay on topic guys. MCW wants some advice on crossbows. If this thread keeps going in the direction it's heading, it's going to get locked down. Let's don't start this compound vs. crossbow argument again. Ya'll want to do that, take it to PM's.
"I hate rude behavior in a man. I won't tolerate it." Captain Woodrow F. Call
ShawBuilt Custom Bowstrings
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Re: Considering buying a crossbow
[Re: MCW]
#144536
06/29/11 11:18 AM
06/29/11 11:18 AM
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Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,885 St. Clair County
Big Jack
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,885
St. Clair County
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I'm a Barnett man, all the way. I have owned 3 and they all shot faster and just as accurate as the 10 points. They are a little heavy but wonst in the stand makes very little difference. However, I will point out that I am a tight wad of sorts. If that were not the case and cost was no object I would get the Excaliber simply because of the "simplicity". But they have their draw backs too, they are wider than most others. Also, I have found the CS with Barnett outstanding.
"Its a damn weak minded person who can only think of one way to spell a work." Andrew Jackson
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Re: Considering buying a crossbow
[Re: MCW]
#144608
06/29/11 02:40 PM
06/29/11 02:40 PM
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Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 11,348 Prattville AL
ElkHunter
Booner
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Booner
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Posts: 11,348
Prattville AL
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What do I need to know? What Do I need to avoid? I am by no means an expert on them. But, here are a few things I have heard from friends that use them. They are not near as maintance free as most people think they are. You must read and follow the instructions. I can't tell you anything about brands, except I hear you get what you pay for. They are loud, heavy, and very cumbersome. But, they do allow you to get out in the woods during archery season and they will kill deer great if you keep it in great shape and put the bolt where it needs to go. I have a couple good friends/BHA members that hunt with them and I will be glad to get you in contact with them if you would like to talk to them in depth about their crossbows and how they hunt with them. I think they killed about 20 deer last year combined with their crossbows.
Alabama Hog Control, Inc. www.alabamahogcontrol.comBarry Estes The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke
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Re: Considering buying a crossbow
[Re: MCW]
#144757
06/29/11 08:22 PM
06/29/11 08:22 PM
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Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 5,577 Tuscaloosa, AL
Bowfool
12 point
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12 point
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Posts: 5,577
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Wicked Ridge is making some nice bow that aren't too expensive. I like Excaliber too! Long as you are hunting that's all that matters! Watch your thumb, thats the #1 problem is people getting their thumb in the way of the string.
‘Obama Is the Greatest Hoax Ever Perpetrated on the American People’ - Clint Eastwood
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Re: Considering buying a crossbow
[Re: MCW]
#144872
06/30/11 07:28 AM
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Posts: 2,885 St. Clair County
Big Jack
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10 point
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"They are loud, heavy, and very cumbersome. " Unfortunately, that is so true, but probably not heavier than most rifles. My biggest concern with the crossbow is the tendency to carry it by the stock as one would a rifle and this puts your hand inside the cocked string. That's sort of like carrying a shot gun on your shoulder, by the barrel, and putting your finger in the barrel. Should the cross bow fire with your hand in that position I think it might cut your hand off. The best thing to do is put a strap on it and use it.
"Its a damn weak minded person who can only think of one way to spell a work." Andrew Jackson
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Re: Considering buying a crossbow
[Re: Big Jack]
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06/30/11 10:38 AM
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Posts: 6,651 Moulton,AL
Snuffy
14 point
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14 point
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Posts: 6,651
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"They are loud, heavy, and very cumbersome. " Unfortunately, that is so true, but probably not heavier than most rifles. My biggest concern with the crossbow is the tendency to carry it by the stock as one would a rifle and this puts your hand inside the cocked string. That's sort of like carrying a shot gun on your shoulder, by the barrel, and putting your finger in the barrel. Should the cross bow fire with your hand in that position I think it might cut your hand off. The best thing to do is put a strap on it and use it. Jacks right they are loud but they are fast and inside 30 yards the noise is not really a handicap. I bought the Excalibur for 2 reasons. Its much easier to maintain and it weighs less than the others. Its still some what heavy but not near as bad as the others. Like jack says get a strap and don't cock it till your ready to climb into your stand. I pull mine up in the tree cocked but with out a bolt in it.
If you always do what you've always done you always get what you've always got
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Re: Considering buying a crossbow
[Re: MCW]
#145046
06/30/11 07:27 PM
06/30/11 07:27 PM
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Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 482 Citronelle al but working in O...
workn4livn
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4 point
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 482
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Well I just bought a Parker Hornet, under 8lbs and 335fps. I have only shot it a few times but very pleased so far. It has the scope with yardage lines and ilumanated dots green or red.
I went to a crossbow due to having very poor eyesight in my right eye. I do have a compound bow but I can not see the sight pins thru the peep sight any more.
Last edited by workn4livn; 06/30/11 07:29 PM.
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