#370589 - 08/29/07 11:55 AM
Question for you crossbowers?
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Mathews Hunter
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I don't have a crossbow and I don't see myself buying one anytime soon. My friend has one and I sighted it in for him. I like them just fine, looks like a lot of fun. I am just curious if any of you crossed over to the dark side (crossbow) and then, for whatever reason, went back to using a regular bow.
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#370687 - 08/29/07 12:38 PM
Re: Question for you crossbowers?
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rldel
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I don't have a crossbow and I don't see myself buying one anytime soon. My friend has one and I sighted it in for him. I like them just fine, looks like a lot of fun. I am just curious if any of you crossed over to the dark side (crossbow) and then, for whatever reason, went back to using a regular bow.
yep - by necessity. Here is a "cut-n-paste" from a previous thread.
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 all this when we have real stuff to argue about
Having been someone who, by necessity, has had to hunt with one for years, I love to see people argue over them with asinine arguments that they are "guns" or that they will "hurt bowhunting". The lunacy on the other side is that they are some magical elven instruments..
yall wanna get going on a discussion.... here is a spoonful of reality. Crossbows are expensive, heavy, awkward, slow-cycling horizontal bows that have no more or less range than a vertical bow. You often have to "stock up" on parts and use special presses and tools. Most (worse with recurves) will jar the teeth out of your head and sound like you just hammered on an anvil. Some crossbows are absolute crap too. Back in the 80s when I was shooting a 70#, 42+" (ata), 60% LO, round wheel bow (for hunting, compounds were a serious improvement over recurves and long-bows) that clunked out an arrow, maybe 190 to 220 fps - there could have been a technical advantage to a crossbow. But not anymore.
...throw in for hunting, dragging that boat anchor when you go to, fro, stalk or track.. Oh, did I mention the noise? the clunking, string jumping, bad shot landing, gut cutting, arrow loosing noise? Did I? How many little 18" arrows have you lost - buddy they like to hide. And why not? They have the power. I have shot pass-throughs on does and still had mine (early production run of Tenpoint Stealth X-2 shooting 18-1/8" 2219 SuperSlams, w/3 5" Duravanes, 125gr 3 & 4-blade Muzzys - bury 9" (that's 9 inches - after the pass-thru)) in the ground. How freekin' much do you think it takes to kill a deer? shhhh... shot placement.. It's hard to do when they jump on you.
Don't get me wrong, I couldn't care less what anyone chooses to shoot - I really don't. I am very often interested in why you shoot what you shoot. I just can't figure out why any vertical bowhunter cares what a horizontal bowhunter shoots. Just put a T,C60, C75, X or U by each deer in the record book for traditional, compound 60% or less let-off, 75% or more let-off, Xbow or unrecorded/unknown and shut the %$## up about who shot what with what and get on with archery hunting in God's greatest state.
Oh as a p.s. - did anyone know that when God created the earth and all things therein contained he was asked "where is the best place on earth to live. He hesitated not and put his finger down right on Middle Tennessee. That is what made the Central Basin and wrinkled up the Smokey Mountains. It did pull West Tennessee a tad flat. He was so emphatic about it, he spun the world. And that my friends is what the world rotates counter-clockwise.
p.p.s This year is the first year since 1981 I have been able to hunt vertical and I love it; but, I'll eventually pick the Xbow back up. Crossbows are archery equipment and have every right and privilege to be in TN's deer woods - irregardless of why someone may want or have to use them.
summary - shoot whatever you like, but get out there and take some deer (preferably does and bunch of 'em)
Oh one last thing for Mr. TT up there ...if you are gonna shoot a crossbow - shoot a real crossbow.
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saves me the trouble of typing.... Sunday, I was looking for hog rings so I went to BPS in Nashville. Met a guy buyin' a new Diamond - He pointed to an Ecal disc and said he had bought one last year (hmm buying a new vertical bow the following year - wonder why)
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#370894 - 08/29/07 01:55 PM
Re: Question for you crossbowers?
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kyhunter
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I hunt with both
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#371640 - 08/29/07 08:20 PM
Re: Question for you crossbowers?
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big 8's in Weakley county
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ditto
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#374046 - 08/30/07 11:42 PM
Re: Question for you crossbowers?
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spctbone
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#375260 - 08/31/07 03:10 PM
Re: Question for you crossbowers?
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Polecat
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Why's a crossbow got to be considered the dark side??
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#375325 - 08/31/07 04:07 PM
Re: Question for you crossbowers?
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LA man
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I SWITCHED TO A XBOW BUT STILL HAVE MY COMPOUND, I THINK I WILL TRY BOTH THIS YEAR IF I GET TO HUNT IN BOW SEASON
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#375846 - 08/31/07 11:13 PM
Re: Question for you crossbowers?
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JOKERP
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i am a compound man but i love my cross bow people also..much love to my buddies..
Edited by WIMP (08/31/07 11:14 PM)
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#376223 - 09/01/07 10:34 AM
Re: Question for you crossbowers?
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spctbone
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i am a compound man but i love my cross bow people also..much love to my buddies..
You better, Or I will get little crappie to dirt roll your azz!
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#376308 - 09/01/07 01:36 PM
Re: Question for you crossbowers?
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TOW
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If I could I would hunt with both....a man just can't have too many killing toys...
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#376759 - 09/01/07 09:22 PM
Re: Question for you crossbowers?
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bowlegg
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My Dad hunts with a crossbow and everyone in our group uses compounds. Seven guys in our group. My Dad bought me a crossbow, I think because he didnt want to be the only one in the group shooting a crossbow. I hunted with it, killed a deer, and loved it. I had killed alot of deer with a compound, but I prefer a crossbow. Whoever says they are boat anchors, probably never picked up a boat anchor. I've got a new Barnett and it weigs 6lbs. shoots 345 fps, and I can drive nails with it. I have alot of success ground hunting with a crossbow. Results speak for themselves, I have killed several deer with my crossbow and have yet to loose one. 6 out of 7 guys in my group now have crossbows.
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#377038 - 09/02/07 05:43 AM
Re: Question for you crossbowers?
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PRB
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I don't have a crossbow and I don't see myself buying one anytime soon. My friend has one and I sighted it in for him. I like them just fine, looks like a lot of fun. I am just curious if any of you crossed over to the dark side (crossbow) and then, for whatever reason, went back to using a regular bow.
I never really started with a regular bow to start with. At least not enought to be good enough to kill a deer with. I have read a few times where some have tried the crossbow and they just didnt like it and when back to the way they use to shoot.
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#380202 - 09/04/07 12:37 PM
Re: Question for you crossbowers?
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rldel
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Why's a crossbow got to be considered the dark side??
OK, I'll say it.. bow snobs... some folks like to run xbowers down as if what archery tackle you shoot effects them somehow. You can get the same size groups with much less effort using a crossbow than you can a vertical bow. Some "trad bowers" feel similarly about compounds.
I like crossbows for shooting in the back yard but for hunting (I feel) I loose much more than I ever gained - they are just too cumbersome and you can't recycle fast enough in a treestand.
You should shoot what you like and ignore everyone else.
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