I think I'll stick to an X-bow
01-29-2006, 03:49 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 284
I think I'll stick to an X-bow
Well I shot a compound for the first time yesterday and the results weren't good. First 2 shots I hit the round bale, about 2 feet low, and 2 feet to the left. They made me move back and I shot one into a fence post laying on the ground beside the bale, one off the snow and into the bale, and one in the post again. I had to cut one out with a saw!
I'll stick to my crossbow for hunting. ONE SHOT, ONE CHOICE, HORTON. (or just about any other crossbow)[&:]
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01-29-2006, 04:51 PM
#2
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
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Posts: 668
RE: I think I'll stick to an X-bow
sounds like they didnt show you the proper way to sight the compound that happened to me the first time I shot a compound ,, believe me if I could use a compound without without being in pain I would I would have a BowTech Tribute,, take time to get used to shooting a compound and I think you would like one..
01-29-2006, 07:12 PM
#3
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 284
RE: I think I'll stick to an X-bow
I will admit that they are fun to shoot but I don't plan on ever hunting with one. I like not having to worry about the target of a lifetime getting away.
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01-30-2006, 10:07 AM
#4
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Framingham, Massachusetts
Posts: 149
RE: I think I'll stick to an X-bow
I never can go back to a vertical bow and after shooting my Quad 300 three years ago now, would not want to. It sets to my shoulder like my rifles and shoots like a bow, and within the yardage it is designed for, kills very well. If alowed to go back to a vertical bow now, I'd choose not to.
01-31-2006, 04:02 AM
#5
Dominant Buck
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ramsey , Indiana
Posts: 22,545
RE: I think I'll stick to an X-bow
I took up vert bow hunting a few years ago to get the extra 2 months of deer hunting , and I still shoot that bow occasionally , but I don't think I'll ever develop the passion for it that some folks seem to . I mean it's kinda fun , but I'm a meat hunter first and foremost , I want to know for sure that when I release that arrow that it'll go where I aim . Compounds have too many things that can go wrong , my recurve is nice but not designed for someone who wears glasses . When I level my crossbow at a deer I know that bolt is gonna hit where it's supposed to every time , and that's the name of the game .
01-31-2006, 08:14 AM
#6
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 6,585
RE: I think I'll stick to an X-bow
I grew up shooting a bow, my dad built long bows, I have built recurves,I shot exibition at one time, and I use a crossbow because they are less likly to get me in a situation where I have to chase wounded game.Lee
