Thanks for the advice guys,
I think il take MikePal's Advice and just drop the dream for this season and will gear up and practice for Next Season.
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Thanks for the advice guys,
I think il take MikePal's Advice and just drop the dream for this season and will gear up and practice for Next Season.
You will get the "deals" when you are not in a hurry to buy. Keep an eye on the market and keep reading all the good advice above!
Get a Excalibur and you will be all set it does not take much practice to shoot a crossbow.
Once sighted in and tested for 20 and 30 yards ,you will be fine.
Absolutely correct very little practice needed as long as you can control your nerves. :)
Agree - but you must be very good at getting your range to deer accurate. I have 20 yard and 30 yard markers at my stand. Take a few target shots from your stand at where you expect the deer to be.Quote:
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Great advice guys ...., :silly:Quote:
Originally Posted by werner.reiche
Sure a slap in the face for those of us that take the sport seriously and practise endless hrs honing our skills to ensure that when we take a shot, it's a clean, fast kill…
Geez MP - my daughter - who is not a hunter/shooter - wanted to try my xbow out when she was 15. At 25 yards she was hitting a 3" bullseye freehand every time from the first shot. My M-I-L who is also not a hunter/shooter tried it too - albeit using a picnic table for a rest, but was able to do the same.Quote:
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Shooting an xbow is NOT difficult - all you need to know is the range of you target and which crosshair marker to use at that range. I guess its also important to know to pull the string straight back too - but if you use the cocking aid - that's a moot point.
Interesting perspective - 'anyone that doesn't spend as much time as I do shouldn't be out there hunting'...
Your missing the point Werner...
I got the point and disagreed with it. I know that you expect everyone here to follow your advice as the one and only authority on the forum, but really?
My 2c.
How much shooting have you done in your life?
How much Deer hunting have you done?
I am no stranger to shooting. While there was a huge gap in my life, when I wasn't hunting/shooting ( basically while married) I grew up shooting. In the fall of 2013 I took up WFing for the first time in my life. By my fourth outing, the experienced WFer who was/is teaching me was more than a little surprised when I started doing as well/better than him.
WFing/Wing shooting is very different than almost any other type of shooting/hunting. While some things are very different, breathing, squeezing shooting techniques (with some latitude) remain the same.
If you've shot rifles, you can shoot a x-bow. right now imo.
Don't push yourself, stay within your limits. Many experienced bow hunters deem 30 or 40 yards their limit. 20 yards almost a "gimme".
You could spend the next 365 days on a range.....you wont know if you will get "buck fever" until the moment of truth regardless. meaning If you can hit a pie plate today consistently.....you can hit it 1 yr from now. Sooner or later, you have go in the field. Have a buck in your sights and x-hair on the vitals.
You wont know until it's for real.
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Hard to go wrong with Excals regardless of model.
I own an Exclipse XT and the top end scope for it. I am thinking about selling it for one of the newer 405 matrix models.
then I ask myself why.
Is the Eclipse lacking anything?
In other words.
They are all tools, all lethal within 30-40 yards