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Post by edge on Jan 26, 2009 8:44:58 GMT -5
Personally I only hunt with a Compound bow now, but will probably get a crossbow later this year once NJ legalizes them for deer hunting. I strongly suspect that once I do get the crossbow that my compound will stay at home!
I used to shoot my bow several times a week year round, until I bought my Savage, since then the bow comes out a few weeks before the hunting season for a quick tuneup and to make sure I am still on with it.
edge.
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Post by petev on Jan 26, 2009 9:54:03 GMT -5
I hunt with a compound bow, but I have over the past few years, taken off the stabilizer, and started to shoot instinctive. I plan to shoot alot this year, just to make sure that I am as accurate as I think I am with this setup. I would think with enough practice it would be accurate, and so far seems to be. My reasons: I can not see through sights if a deer starts to move, cannot see through a peep sight if the light is dim, the stabilizer bumps the tree or my safety rope on a stand. I ask- does a major league baseball pitcher use sights to get the ball in the strike zone? As usual, just my random thoughts. Edge, does 100% mean I win something? Pete
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Post by edge on Jan 26, 2009 11:04:00 GMT -5
If when I close the Poll you have 100% then you will win a wonderful prize...to be determined.
edge.
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Post by wilmsmeyer on Jan 26, 2009 19:21:37 GMT -5
I am hooked on my compound bow. I respect the heck out of you recurvers and wish the best to the crossbow guys. But, I will be a compounder forever.
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Post by ozark on Jan 26, 2009 19:39:10 GMT -5
I am strictly crossbow because I am physically restricted to it. My son became very good with a Compound bow and took several deer with it. He tells me that to use a strong compound you have to practice with it a lot. He got rid of his. I would get SW to reccomend one for me but I must have one that cocks with a crank. May have to stay with the Horton but I am not complaining. It has served me well with deer and turkey.
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Post by Dave W on Jan 26, 2009 22:39:55 GMT -5
I have hunted with an xbow for the last 1/2 dozen years or so, made the switch from a compound mainly due to family and time or lack of practice time, soon I will be back to compound hunting.
I prefer the compound as long as I can make the time to practice. The xbow is great if you are short on practice time, sight it in and go hunting, doesn't take a lot of practice to become proficient with it if you limit your shot distances. Things I dislike about it- heavy, awkward to carry through the woods and as much as I have attempted to silence it, it is still louder than any compound I have hunted with. If you hunt in stands like I do without a crossbar for a rest, I feel much more stable with a compound than I do shooting offhand with a xbow, also have to be conscious of hitting the limbs on the tree when you take aim so you might not have as much room to maneuver for a shot.
Thing I will miss most about the xbow is once you are in the stand, clock it and relax, your ready to go, less chance of a deer seeing you moving to get on target since you are not drawing once the deer is close, and if they stop behind a tree or brush, you are not holding all that weight back, although if your shooting offhand fatigue will still settle in. Sitting down shots are no problem also if a deer happens to sneak in on you while your daydreaming about the next load your going to try in the Savage. ;D
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Post by raf on Jan 27, 2009 9:52:58 GMT -5
I went with Compound. Crossbow aren't allowed in the archery season. Can be used in the muzzle loading and rifle season though
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Post by sw on Feb 10, 2009 20:27:44 GMT -5
Edge, around here most of the x-bows I see being used for hunting are loud, slow, and are not accurate. Most are not well set up nor optimized at all. Excalibers, 10-pts, Parkers, Swiss x-bows, and Bowteck's Strykers,Desert strykers, and Strykeforces are all capable of good to great performance. My 1st choice is Bowteck , then Parker.
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Post by joe21a on Feb 12, 2009 20:41:08 GMT -5
In NY we can not use x-bows. So I bow hunt with a Compound bow, wish they would change the rule on x-bows.
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