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Hello All,
Brand new here so I'm just saying Hi. I bought my first crossbow last year but couldn't hunt with it because I had to wait to get tested for a shoulder injury so I could get the permit we need in Wisconsin to hunt with a crossbow. Anyway, I got the permit and will hunt with it this year, can't wait. I have two questions. What do you guys think of the Barnett Wildcat and how in heck do you make it a little bit more quiet? The sight in went pretty darn good as I'm at 20 yards with 3 bolts in a 3" circle but the noise just bugs me. Thanks for listening

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claudster, you just put in ear plugs or hearing protectors and yer all set! Thats best advice you will ever get and its true. Keep your shots close and yer arrows fast!

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Welcome to the site! And if you figure out how to make a CB quite enough to make a difference you let us know!!

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WHAT ...cant hear you shot too many arrows on sunday...:D...
Being new also its just something you need to compinsate for,like getting close to yor pray.......

WELCOME.....

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Well if you own one already then you know more about them than me, but you found the right place to get info......Just watch Smokepolehall and Hotburn. They are like two puppies when you rub their heads together Fierce!!!!!!!but know a lot......and they get up early I see

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yo sc from Tn. yer not to fer from me over in adamsville.

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I was going to ask you were Drummonds was??????So consider youself asked....

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Thanks for the responses. I just didn't expect the CB to be that loud. I shot a Martin wart hog for years until I screwed up my shoulder and never had the noise. I thought maybe there was a way to quiet it down but hey, once the shot is taken it really dosen't matter.

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It may not be as loud as you think I am new to this crossbow thing and my first shot I thought oh my god I'll never kill anything with this bow but then the grandkids shot it and it was a whole different ball game a lot of what I thought was noise was vibration through the wood stock it seems to be fairly quiet for a crossbow when you stand back and listen get someone else to shoot it you may be surprised.

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Well I would have to say that is the first time I have ever been called a fierce puppy!! LOL!! People like me, Mike,(Smoke) andDan, Don and others havebeen here since the CB forum had started and like to have fun with each other. I would have to put Mike in the Comical/grumpy grizzly bear category for how he calls me out on my post sometimes! LOL!! All good friends having a good time. Keep posting Chris and you will fit in just fine!

Also, I don't get up early,for me its calledSWING SHIFT!! Sometimes I sleep and sometimes I am just up all night!!

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Yup were all like sin twisters :D

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Haven't been around to talk here but I have time to fill Ya in on my experience with the Wildcat. Sept. 15th was our opener for deer with bow and at about 10:45 a.m. I had twin 6 pointers come by my stand. One stayed in the thorny brush eating the leaves and one went the way of some apples I had down. I took a shot and hit him right above the heart. I waited about 1/2 hr. and went and got my partner to start looking for blood. We found the first sign of blood about 15 yds. from where I him him. Long story short, 3 1/2 hrs later and about a mile away we couldn't find any more blood. Felt really bad but we tried hard. I would have been my first nice buck. That was it for that weekend. Two weeks later I went for the weekend and never saw a deer. I went this last weekend and Wha La!!! Friday night I shot a small doe at about 24 yrds. Hit her right behind the heart and I found her about 30 yrds away. Sat. I went out to just see if a buck might come in. Well, I get close to my stand and I see a flag running off right in front of my stand. I get up in the stand and the doe was just walking around about 60 yrds out and finally walked off. 5:30 p.m. comes around and I got a big doe walking out from where I had tracked down the deer from the day before. I had this doe in front of me for about 10 to 12 mins. and when she was totally at ease and broadside I took my shot and looking through the red dot scope I could just see a red blood spot by her heart, no vanes. It almost seemed like it didn't faze her but a second later she jumped up and walked about 15 yrds. and droped. Quite a site to see and will not forget. Both these deer were between 24 and 26 yrds when shot and both times the bolt went straight through and up to the vanes in dirt. Very powerfull. I guess you don't have to spend the big dollar on a crossbow to get this kind of perfomance. Wow! I didn't think I could write this much. I have one tag left and that's for a buck if luck has it.
Take Care

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Congrats on your hunt, and sorry about the buck. Lucky for me that has never happened and have always been able to find the deer. I too shot a doe once that was only ten yards out. I shot and she just looked up, looked back and forth and then started eating grass again. I was perplexed that I missed. She took a few steps forward right after she put her head down and I could see my arrow in the dirt covered in blood. I then seen as she was feeding my hole and blood was bubbling out as she breathed. She started having trouble breathing and then fell in about ten yards or so. It too was a neat experience. She never knew what happened!

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Hey congrats on those fine eating deer. Bad about the Buck, its that at times.

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congrats....eat well...

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Well that sucks about the buck but it happens. I have been lucky with my gun hunting to have never lost one.

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Congrats on the kills. Too bad about the loss. Maybe we can all learn from that. What kind of broadhead were you using? If it was a mechanical perhaps it didn't open. (Or, was it further back from the heart than you thought?) I've gone to Slick Trick magnums for that reason. Getting great flight and terminal performance. As for noise, there isn't much you can do...except throw money at it. That will help a little bit but nothing like a properly silenced compound vertical. Heavier strings and bolts do help some, tho. By the sound of things the noise is bothering you more than the deer, however.

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I'm not sure about the broadhead, I'll have to look next week when I go to my cabin. Being that I never found the deer i'll never really know where I hit him. I forgot about the noise after I shot the first deer. I don't notice anylonger. When I was setting up the bow I probably noticed it more because of the amount of shots I was taking. Now it's one shot and done, What noise? :D
What I did learn from that loss of a deer was, when uncertain of the type of hit, wait a little longer. I found a plate size spot of blood 10 yrds in where that deer went in and I think he had laid down and probably would have died there had we not walked in to soon. Learning experience # 978

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Congrats on the does... sorry about your buck. I lost a small doe last year during ML season. And itseemed a decent fairly closeshot . I figure I had to miss her. Couldn't find any blood to even follow. But right after I shot, she either fell or slipped along side a ditch and got back up and ran. I'm hoping I missed and she just slid cause she jumped from the blast. I was having a little trouble with a scope last year. But thought I had it straightened out. I looked for a couple hours trying to follow her hoofprints but there was no snow on the ground then. 50 cal, no blood at all, deer really moving fast, seems I missed, but ??? Never KNow

chris

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Just got back from my place in Northern Wisconsin and checked to make sure what broadheads I had. They are Ti-2Extremes, 125 grain with 1 1/8" cutting dia. Sure are some tiny lookin things but did the job.

Well, it's been three years and five deer down since I asked about the noise and I know now that the noise doesn't matter :guiness: