Uncock bow before encasing it?

[gbk]

No offense to you guys, but transporting a cocked bow in a car or anything else is a bad idea. If that thing goes off in an enclosed space, that would be a dangerous situation and would damage your bow. I always uncock my crossbow. With an excalibur it is very easy and quiet to do using the cocking aid.

Appreciate Your concern rf2-hovewer as mentioned,my X bow is encased.Even in a highly unlikely scenario if it will go off,the canvas(cotton)case wraps around it tight enough to act as a protection of some sort.As far as damaging the Xbow-yep,that may happen if it discharges while encased,but what is my option?
If I uncock the Xbow at my stand-i will be noisy.If i uncock it at the truck- i have to leave way early,to be legal.

Plus,to my amazement,two months ago i dropped my Xbow cocked and loaded from 15 feet high (see in the the Thread - Do not buy Excalibur ,or something,my post about this mishap....),even the bolt stayed in the groove of the Xbow,never mind discharging itself.To be honest-to my great surprise and satisfaction! Even the scope was intact- i was verifying it next week ,with ZERO adjustments needed.

The OP has to make some decisions though........
Cheers

[oaknut]

Ahhhhhh, the good old exocet, grab the string and squeeze the trigger. Uncocking is done in less than 2 seconds. You guys can keep your 800lb draw weight.

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[GW11]

Ahhhhhh, the good old exocet, grab the string and squeeze the trigger. Uncocking is done in less than 2 seconds. You guys can keep your 800lb draw weight.

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Exactly! I was just about to post the same thing. Grab hold and pull the trigger with your thumb. The draw weights on these newer crossbows have made uncocking them a daunting task... to the point where people would rather leave them cocked all the time.

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[toddy]

Too much ---- talk in this post.

[huntnmachine]

Actually to my surprise they are every easy to uncock with the new draw string

[werner.reiche]

Exactly! I was just about to post the same thing. Grab hold and pull the trigger with your thumb. The draw weights on these newer crossbows have made uncocking them a daunting task... to the point where people would rather leave them cocked all the time.

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That's what I do. I was unaware of another way or any need for another way. Mind you I only have a Phoenix.
If the issue with people wanting to carry around a cocked bow all the time because of heavy draw weight - well the biggest issue isn't whether or not it's a good idea and/or legal to do that.

[GW11]

That's what I do. I was unaware of another way or any need for another way. Mind you I only have a Phoenix.
If the issue with people wanting to carry around a cocked bow all the time because of heavy draw weight - well the biggest issue isn't whether or not it's a good idea and/or legal to do that.

There's an Excalibur recommended method of using the rope cocking aid to decock the bow. My brother has limited use of his thumb now thanks to using that method and trying to let the string down with the rope cocking aid with cold hands. I assume that's the way most people with higher poundage crossbows are doing it.

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[rf2]

There's an Excalibur recommended method of using the rope cocking aid to decock the bow. My brother has limited use of his thumb now thanks to using that method and trying to let the string down with the rope cocking aid with cold hands. I assume that's the way most people with higher poundage crossbows are doing it.

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I have an Exomax and used to do it manually. I was worried about trying it using the cocking aid, but then I tried it and now that's all I use. Very simple and safe.
To the guys with more modern crossbows with higher draw weights, what's the issue with decocking them? One guy mentioned noise?
I would never drive around with a cocked crossbow in my vehicle. Too many things can go wrong.

[GW11]

I have an Exomax and used to do it manually. I was worried about trying it using the cocking aid, but then I tried it and now that's all I use. Very simple and safe.
To the guys with more modern crossbows with higher draw weights, what's the issue with decocking them? One guy mentioned noise?
I would never drive around with a cocked crossbow in my vehicle. Too many things can go wrong.

My brother is one of those guys that is ambidextrous, but master of neither...haha. He still doesn't know what went wrong or how it happened. Either one of the hooks sling shot back and shattered the end of his thumb, or he didn't have enough tension on it and when he released the string his hand got pulled into the back of the crossbow. To me, it's just one of those things that I cringe to watch. Like you say though, probably only a matter of getting used to it.

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[bellerivercrossbowhunter]

I used my Scorpyd for one hunt this season. I uncocked it on a doe.. Lol