Entry Level Cross bow

[Xavier_Charette]

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.

[Hawkman]

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!

[JUDGE]

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.

[yellow dog]

Absolutely correct very little practice needed as long as you can control your nerves.

[werner.reiche]

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.

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.

[MikePal]

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 -

Great advice guys ....,

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…

[werner.reiche]

Great advice guys ....,

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.

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'...

[MikePal]

Your missing the point Werner...

[werner.reiche]

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?

[JBen]

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