ORIGINAL: indianahunter1
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my crossbow is 150 lb draw weight and it shoot's 240 fps. some of use poor people don't have the money to buy a cb that shoot's 300 or higher fps. when your on a fixed income you get what you can. also i just don't get why other hunter's put eachother down by what they hunt with. when you put your fellow hunter's down your just making peta happy. we all need to help eachother and gain ground on the anti's.
just my thought's of the hunting world. hope you don't take this wrong. i read my manuel and i believe horton would'nt sell these cb's if they would'nt do the job.
Indianahunter1 i am sorry that you feel that people were putting down the bow which you use. I did not see it that way and I am one that dos not like that happening at all. I also know all about being on a limited budget. The question asked was if the bow
if a horton steelforce 150 is a quality xbow?
and is capable of taking a whitetail?
and the members tried to answer with thier personal opinions. They also said basicly that if it was all you could get to hunt, then go and enjoy the hunt, that it would be capible to taking deer. Actually a 150lb crossbow with 20" 2117 or 2216 arrows shooting in the 260-280 fps range has more then enough power (KE) to take moose.
But the truth is that if you purchase this bow and expect it to be as dependable as say an excalibur, you will be greatly disapointed. They can be sold cheaper because they use cheaper componants and does not have the fit and finish as the better bows.
I will always advise someone to purchase the bettter bows if they can, even if that means they have to wait longer to save the extra money that they would need. The reason is, the cheaper bows usually are not as plesant to shoot, therefore new shooters could have a distastefull first experiance to the world of crossbows. Also, bows like the Excalibur bows will hold their value for resale, just try to purchase a used model. The cheaper models will usually lose alot of their value after you buy it.
Good luck in what ever tool you choose to use.