First Time - Crossbow Hunting

[oaknut]

as it was explained to me at my local bow shop the 150 lb is the .22 of crossbows... has killed many big game animals, but theres better options lol

I think I would find a different bow shop as that fella was just milking you of some unneeded cash. You can not compare bows to guns period. They kill in different ways. Faster bow does not equal greater wound channel. Simple question. If a 150lb crossbow is like a .22 what is my recurve?

[rackman]

years ago 150 was the top of the line crossbow many animals have been killed with a 150

[fratri]

I shot my first deer with one almost 30 years ago.... (Excalibur Wolverine) its still dead today... I think it was with 100 gr Wasp heads...what groups well should be used....
Good luck with this new and exciting way to hunt...

years ago 150 was the top of the line crossbow many animals have been killed with a 150

[jweese]

Sorry for the late reply and recap - was away for the weekend doing work at the hunting camp, and managed to get a little archery time with my daughter (she's 10, and and shot her first archery competition back in June). That crossbow is nice, and rather accurate but damn - after pulling it back by hand for the 10-12th time it was getting shaky. I also learned my daughter can kick my butt from 20 yards; I seriously need to practice.

Thanks for all the posts over the weekend to answer my question, I'm going to look around for some broadheads both at 100g and 125g to see which fly better. The field points I have in right now are 125g and they seem to have quite a bit of drop at 30 yards - does that mean I need to go heavier or lighter?

I also agree, I don't think I'd shoot out any further than 30 yards with it, probably within the 25 yard range which works great because the stand I'd use it on has a perfect 25 yard shot.

[udderbrudder]

The only difference between a 150lb and 220lb draw is how far you arrow drives into the ground on the other side.

Agreed

[rick_iles]

Get yourself a cocking rope. You will have no problem cocking hour bow with that.
I shoot 100gr Spitfire mechanicals out of my 150 lb browning. I limit myself to 40 yds, but it will shoot groups at. 50 yds.

[Greenhorn]

Try balancing your arrows. FOC ( front of centre of arrow ) arrows should be 7-10 percent FOC . My Excalibur came with 150 grain bolt cutters which seem perfect for the arrows. Don't trust the arrow makers,I had a dozen made and half of them had different problems. Spin testers are only about 30 bucks and will determine any possible problem with an arrow. LOL,I always check my hunting buddies arrows.