#488429 - 11/10/07 08:44 PM
awkward to hold in a treestand!!!
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Stovepipe
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my Parker Safari classic seems uncomfortable to hold...I found myself constantly fidgeting and repositioning the bow to sit on my lap...is it just me? I feel like I trying to hold a piece of furniture in my lap while waiting for a deer
Edited by stovepipe (11/10/07 08:45 PM)
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#488588 - 11/10/07 10:11 PM
Re: awkward to hold in a treestand!!!
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gbotts
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yeah i know how your feeling i dont use a tree stand but they arent comfortable to hold for an extended time. i think alot of it is their weight.
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#488952 - 11/11/07 10:55 AM
Re: awkward to hold in a treestand!!!
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smokepolehall
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Some feel that way and others don't. Thats why its so important to buy one feels real comfortable. Sit down hold it, thats the best way to find out if you will be able to handle it. I have tryed a bunch of them and the 2 i found great feeling to me sitting down and stetched out. Excals Vixen and Parkers Buck Buster. Their weight was very managable fer me. I have several herniated disc's and back surgery. So i have check them before i spend my hard earned dollars. I got an older Vixen and want to get the Parker Buck Buster next.
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#489270 - 11/11/07 06:10 PM
Re: awkward to hold in a treestand!!!
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gbotts
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i just saw a knee pod in cabelas that is made to hold the crossbow up while you are sitting down it around 20 bucks
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#489344 - 11/11/07 07:01 PM
Re: awkward to hold in a treestand!!!
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smokepolehall
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Yup and Ten PT. has something simular it connects out on the forarm and back to yer waist. The people who have got them seem to like them. Try them out and see which works fer you.
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#489470 - 11/11/07 08:00 PM
Re: awkward to hold in a treestand!!!
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Rusty Nail
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I thought it was just me with the same "complaint" (not that I'm complain' too loudly). I've got a great xbow and it shoots terrific, but it is not as easy hold as a rifle.
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#489843 - 11/12/07 07:03 AM
Re: awkward to hold in a treestand!!!
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I too don't like holding my Horton in a tree stand. I put an ATV gun rack on the bar in front of my stand to rest the bow on. It is front heavy and wants to tip forward, so I have a small bungee cord holding the stock down. I also use one of those knee pods to steady the bow while I shoot.
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#490576 - 11/12/07 06:18 PM
Re: awkward to hold in a treestand!!!
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sgtwebb1
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Get a screw in realtree limb hanger. Works like a charm.
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#490981 - 11/12/07 09:22 PM
Re: awkward to hold in a treestand!!!
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Stovepipe
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Get a screw in realtree limb hanger. Works like a charm.
Edited by stovepipe (11/12/07 09:23 PM)
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#551874 - 01/06/08 03:13 PM
Re: awkward to hold in a treestand!!!
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cwood
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awkward to carry also.but they shoot like a dream.
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#576045 - 01/22/08 03:36 PM
Re: awkward to hold in a treestand!!!
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BigAl
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My favorite stand to hunt with the crossbow is the summit viper. I can lay the bow on the gun rest and it sits there perfectly. If something comes by, I can have the bow in hand will little effort or movement in quick time. I have other stands that I can hunt with a crossbow, but the vipers the best.
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#580351 - 01/24/08 08:48 PM
Re: awkward to hold in a treestand!!!
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leeinmemphis
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I've made myself hunt strictly out of a climber when hunting with a crossbow. I just can't get comfortable in a ladder stand and trying to hold onto a xbow.
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#583755 - 01/27/08 08:53 AM
Re: awkward to hold in a treestand!!!
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J.Maples
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A lot of the problem may be your tree stand. I use a NorthStarr and there is a place to lay my Xbow down on this stand right in front of me while in a sitting position.
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#591926 - 01/31/08 09:56 AM
Re: awkward to hold in a treestand!!!
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bowriter
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I have to admit, if I had to hold any crossbow on my lap, I probably quit bow hunting. I have six or eight of the srew in hanger thingies from Realtree. They work great. On one of my ladder stands, there is a rest bar across the front and the crossbow fits on it nicely...as long as I don't forget and try to cross my legs. I use a hanger on that one, too.
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