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new to xbows and new to this forum....not new to bowhunting.seems like a good bunch of folks here who have a great pool of knowledge. i wanted to ask....can the bow be decocked using a rope cocker or a cranking device, or do you have to fire a bolt. thanks in advance. hi to all. can't wait.....new exocet should be here in a day oe two.

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I have a 175 lb exocet and I can easily decock it by hand(gloves are nice to wear). Using a rope is really easy as well. Many carry one or just a few arrows so there's room for a bent alunininininum arrow to shoot into the ground. I would not use a carbon for that though. Don't want any surprises!
BTW welcome to the forum. Just wait its your time in the barrel! LOL! and watch out for the Squirrel!:D

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The best safest way is to shot it. Safer for you and the bow.
Randy

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errgggg why is it that every timesomeone comes here its Watch out for the squirrel??? LOL! Thanks Dnk, welcome to the forums, i use carbons to uncock it because unlike Dnk i'm not a scardy cat:D

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Ha Ha,

Don, you have your hands full

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Squirrel would you like me to send you an aluninum arrow? If you damage a carbon arrow badly and shoot it you maybe wishing you had armor and safety glasses.
Its watch out for The Squirrel because you are a force to be reckoned with! Remember the deer you killed without touching it?

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With my old 150# super mag I used to just use my hand and let it down. With my supermax 175 that extra 25# makes alot if differance to me. One time it sliped out of my hand and was kinda like a half dry fire. I think I had it down enough to not cause any damage but it freaked me out. Now I always just shoot an alluminumarrow into the ground. I just have a nice soft spot picked out by the woods with no rocks and the arrow last all season. Also you should only have this problem while hunting because you should be at home or range and have a target.

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I always keep a bolt with a field point just for unloading into the ground. Watch out for those rocks!:D:D

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i have an old aluminum i can shoot, but i'm not using the new ones i just got!

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I gotta disagree.....by far the best way to decock is by shooting a broadhead thru both lungs of a monster buck.:D

Second best is shooting into soft ground.[:'(]



Mitch

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I always keep a judo or blunt with me just for fun. I also figure that I am paying $3.00 a round for premium shotgun slugs (what a waste) so if I get a couple of hundred shots out of an arrow I am getting a pretty good return and really don't mind tossing an old one out at a pesky crow or such. . At $5.00 each for Easton Bolts what the heck. Thats like 2 weeks allowance for Team Backstraps by Broadhead's captain so it does depend on how much mulah you have. Hey squirrel... It looks like your team is as talkative as mine over on the board. Nice guys, but sure don't seem to be as full of piss and vineger as you kids.I would like to point out that based on my minimum amount of Xbow experienceDRY firing your Pheonix is NOT the best way to decock it.. Geez.>>>>>Whack

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I used to manually de-cock my Exocet , until one cold morning the string slipped out of my grip. Tore some skin off my fingers , the bow was not damaged. It scared the heck out of me. I now shoot an old aluminium arrow with a field point into the ground.

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Shooting an old arrow is by far the safest, imho, but my quivers only hold 4, and I like to bring a small game tipped one too. That would only leave 2 b-heads. It's also too rocky here for shooting into the ground. I had heard/read about using a rope cocker to uncock, but had to work my nerve up to try it. I'm really glad I did, as it's a piece of cake, if done properly. I use the Excal cocker which has 2 handles like on a lawn mower or chain saw. You just put the hooks on the string, work all the slack to your strong arm side, so the other handle is tight to it's hook, make sure your foot is in the stirrup good, double/triple check every thing, and while pulling on the strong side handle, trip the trigger w/ your other hand. Even my Emax goes down alot easier than it cocks. I don't know if this will work for the rope cockers that have wrist straps vs. handles, and you guys w/ dry fire inhibitors might have a problem. Everything I've seen advises against using a crank type to de-cock.

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I know it's not the safest way to do it but I use my rope cocker to uncock my Exocet. Trying to find a spot to unload my arrow that isn't rockis like trying to find a Pope and Young Buck. Not Likey to happen. I do it knowing it isn't the smartest thing to do, just cheaper than trashing arrows Tom

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i take my block and keep in the truck and shoot the bolt when i get back to the truck....Honkers

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Great idea Honkers! Now why didn't I think of that?:eek:

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Dnk/Honkers: I've done that target in the truck thing, but some of the WMA's I hunt for hogs here I have to go by boat, and it's illegal to carry a cocked xbow back and forth. Try the rope cocker method, it's simple and can be safe if you use caution. I always thought since I can barely just cock them it would try to rip my arm off uncocking, but for some reason they go down easier than going up [cocking].

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:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::D

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Words as true as that are rarely spoken. It's something we all have to deal with. Geez.. >>>>Whack!

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