Originally Posted by
Kybuckhunter
So you are telling me that you believe nothing you read from other members on this forum ? When they relate personal experiece that means nothing ? Im not asking about someone picking one of their products but just guys talking about hunting.
Rarely. Everybody has thier spin. Let me give you an example. When building bows, many a bowyer swears that TitebondIII is great for bamboo backed IPE. Burniegoeasy on here love it. Marc Stlouis thinks its the cats meow. I mean these guys are at the top of thier game. I have used it. And had severe trouble of glue creep. I mean proof is in the pudding. Recently talked to Dean Torges, one of the most well know traditional bow makers, swears off TBIII too. Only use urac. I agree with him. I respect burnie a lot. But even burnie will shrug his shoulders and say, use what works. Many a bowyer swears that black locust sucks as bow wood. I have had nothing but good things to say about it. What am I going to do? Go with my own experiences, or keep doing what everyone else says?
What if 50 guys said product y was a piece of junk and they have nothing but trouble from it. Would you call them liars?
If I have no experience with product Y, I would take them at thier word. But my own experience trumps this.
We are not talking about Elvis sightings or USO abductions. We are talking about your fellow hunters that say they have used both xbows and regular bows. It's not like there is great debate among them...they all say the same thing. That the two very similar in the range a deer can be killed and the xbow isn't the huge advantage that some think.
But see, I personally know plenty of arrowgun shooters who will put on a big grin and tell you they can now reliably shoot 50-60 yards on game but couldn't before with compounds. I thought they were just blowhards. I shot thier freakin arrowguns, and was shocked how easy it is to hit 5" groups at 60 yards. I have shot compounds since the 80's and never could just pick up someone elses compound and bang out 5" groups at 60 yards over and over. It was shocking. Now, I have my person experience, and verified thiers. I bet now, I couldn't pick up my own compound and nail 5" groups at 60 yards without extensive work at that range.