ive been wanting to try crossbows for years and recently va opened them up to everybody (not just a medical reason prohibiting you from pulling a bow), so saturday i traded a rifle i had for a parker terminator (150lb).
First off, these things are cool!! I have a parker compound and i thought it was fast.....i pull the trigger and blam!....there is a little recoil and before i can reaquire the target in my scope its already smacked it at 30 yards.

my first question is...this bow has a burris scope on it that has 3 crosshairs. I took my first shot at 20 yards aiming at midtarget(top crosshair), it hit the top of the target. Next shot was about 23 yards, same aiming and same hit. The next shot was probably 27 yards, same aimpoint and i shoot over the target by probably 4 inches. Isnt the top crosshair for the closest shots and you would transition to the lower crosshairs for farther away? My first 2 shots i was standing on a slight rise and the last shot i was down in a dip, i dont know if that matters but i thought id throw it out there.
-also is it pretty much standard practice to use a scope or reddot with crossbows?

secondly, would limbsavers help with the recoil. The bow isnt very loud, it has a slightmetallic doink to it but its quieter than other bows ive heard. Ive read on here that limbsavers slow the bow down? Im pleased with the noise level id just like less recoil.

thanks