decocking
09-16-2006, 09:55 AM
#1
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: n.e. pennsylvania
Posts: 645
decocking
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.
09-16-2006, 11:23 AM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Newtonville, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 3,896
RE: decocking
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!
BTW welcome to the forum. Just wait its your time in the barrel! LOL! and watch out for the Squirrel!
09-16-2006, 04:52 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: marshallville, ohio
Posts: 3,221
RE: decocking
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
09-16-2006, 07:18 PM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Newtonville, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 3,896
RE: decocking
ORIGINAL: squirrelkilla23
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
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
Its watch out for The Squirrel because you are a force to be reckoned with! Remember the deer you killed without touching it?
09-16-2006, 07:36 PM
#7
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Findlay, Ohio
Posts: 3,286
RE: decocking
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.
