avid_bowhunter2005

[:' (] I am borrowing my father-in-law' s crossbow. I tell everyone that I cannot stand crossbows because I think they are cheating, but I haven' t got many shots within a comfortable bow range this year. Go ahead, shoot me now...[X(]

Dacotah

Whatever, Man! It' s your life. I can' t keep you from doing drugs either.

avid_bowhunter2005

I always get onto my friends because they all use crossbows, and I tell them that they might as well be hunting with a gun. Yeah, crossbows work, but you lose your bolts almost 99.9% of the time, too. I' m just going to try and tag my doe with the crossbow, and stick to my compound for nailing that big buck.

Hawgz

Your using a crossbow because you havent had a deer within your range of a compound????? How far you planning on taking one with the xbow???? Would seem anout the same wouldnt it?????

buckeye

Hey if you want to use the x bow more power to you. But what I don' t understand is how not having anything in bow range has anything to do with using an x bow. Using the x bow isn' t going to make deer magically appear in your shooting lanes. An x bow does not have any more down range accuracy then your compound. Good luck getting one.

SWOSUMike

You can' t use a crossbow on deer in Oklahoma unless you' ve got some doctor' s signature. I' d love to use one.

Tazman

avid you need to talk to some folks who use crossbows, they do not have the range of a compound and drop like a lead brick after 20 yards. Do not beleive the myth about a crossbow being like a gun, it' s not!

avid_bowhunter2005

I just don' t feel comfortable shooting 30+ yards with only 55lb. draw weight. If I' d had a xbow i could have shot this nice big healthy doe out by my house last sunday. I ended up spooking the bedded doe trying to get within range of at least 20 yards. With no cover, I couldn' t draw my bow back in the wide open, but a cross bow, i could have just aimed and shot. Get my point?

avid_bowhunter2005

I wonder why they make scopes for xbows that range upto 50 yds? I thought they could at least shoot 35 yards and still take down a deer?

Gryan

Move your stand, watch the wind and scent, just get closer to the deer. And for God' s sake get out of your house to hunt.

Greg