. Agree with both of these gentlemen. Dave was fantastic, I used him to buy mine.

what broadhead do yall use on your crossbows?

I use Ramcats in anything outside of longbows. Just me.

Whatever flies good, penetrates, cuts, and stays together will kill deer.

I like my Schwakers. You can lock the blades from expanding so it doesn't tear up your target too much. My experience has been large exit wounds with heavy blood trails.

I would avoid shooting through the shoulder on larger deer, which applies to all mechanical broadheads.

Never tried it myself, but I've heard fixed broadheads won't fly straight in 400+ fps x-bows.

I’ve not had anything (including 400+) that a Ramcat wouldn’t fly well in. YMMV

I am a fixed head guy. I use Montec from 10 point. If you buy 10pt and want lighted knocks you can use fishing bobbler lights to put into your knocks to save you some money

That's good to hear. I plan on buying some fixed broadheads for my recurve, and will try them out on my x-bow. My schwackers have never let me down, but I worry about them deflecting off the shoulder if I make a bad shot.

I’m liking the vertical…..it’s just simple. Uses compound bow rests, tuning, string loops, regular 309-350 spine arrows, same broad heads, etc. cock and decock by hand even sitting down! As quiet as a compound. Can brace on a tree. No, it’s no 459fps ravin, but it’s way less $ and hassle.

Go to Academy and get the Barnett they have for like 269.00. It is lite and fast. You don’t need no high dollar crossbow to kill a deer. But the final decision is up to you. Get what feels the best for you!

I bought the wicked ridge invader at BPS. After all the discounts I ended up with less than $200 in it. Now, I really hate crossbows and wish they were still illegal to use, but I was in a bind and didnt want to get a new bow during the season. That being said, it shoots good but Ill only shoot at a deer at 40 yards. It isnt fast enough for me to risk a longer shot. If you want a long range crossbow I'd go with the more expensive ones. The barnetts, wicked ridge, and PSE cheaper models are LOUD compared to the ravins. But they are at least $1000 less.

It did kill 4 deer last year, so I guess it works. But, I still prefer a compound bow.

Muzzy 3 blade 100 grain is what I used.

OK, my shoulder says I'm buying a crossbow. Looked at this thread over the past couple of days and then online. The one feature I think I really want is the de-cocking feature without having to shoot an arrow. Can somebody give me the pro's and con's on Ten Point vs. Mission vs. Ravin? Deadeye was good but didn't mention the Mission.

Cant speak of Ravin. TP made here in Ohio great customer service.

They have sale right now some of them.

https://www.tenpointcrossbows.com/product-category/closeouts/

Wade, the Hickory creek vertical is super easy to cock/uncock by hand. I’ve got a rebuilt shoulder and two plates in my lower spine. I can manage it fine, and don’t have to worry about cranks or other devices. It’s more like shooting a bow, than a crossbow, in many respects. Just another option vs Raven…which I think is the only one that has a decock-rated gear setup in its cocking crank system.