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Old 02-03-2007, 05:49 AM   #1
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Just wondering ?.
Its -24.3....-25 now outside and the windchill is -51.Have any of you ever shot a crossbow in this type of cold before.
Just wondering if the limbs would hold up....
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Old 02-03-2007, 05:58 AM   #2
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It's -15 here right now, just got in from a round of shooting... The only ill effects is the glass in the scope fogs when I bring it back in, but just for a few minutes..
The wax hardens pretty solid too..
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Old 02-03-2007, 06:35 AM   #3
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I 'm in the 20's fer past week and as Pydpiper says all i have mine do is wax gets hard and my scope fogs coming into 65 degree trailer house. Mine shoots great just abit louder in the cold and quiet.
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Old 02-03-2007, 07:20 AM   #4
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Same with mine scope clears up in about five mins,noise seems about the same got a squirrel yesterday,hes been raiding my bird feeder,got him!
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Old 02-03-2007, 08:07 AM   #5
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So how was the tree rat,fried or sauted,butter or shake & bake.
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Old 02-03-2007, 08:32 AM   #6
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Battered,fried with a little white gravy,I am trying to get his brother
happened to drop a little bird seed on the ground when I was feeding
the birds,is that considered baiting?O-well!
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Old 02-03-2007, 11:08 AM   #7
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Depends on your state regulations.If your feed bag just happened to have a hole in it,then I think its a Ops..
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