xbowhunter91

what do you all think of the horton scout 125 red dot

KLS

never used one...

but, without knowing your reasons for wanting the 125lbcrossbow I'd say that, from what I've seen,its basically the same price ashortonssummit which is 150lbs and IMO would be a better choice for hunting, ect., if thats what your looking at it for

smokepolehall

Never thought about, next question! Really what do you want to do with it? We can help you better with more info please!

xbowhunter91

i already have it and i killed a deer withit and got a passthrough . i had the horton 150 explorer but i could not get a grouping worth a **** so i took it back and got the scout. what im asking is if this bow is sufficient enough to kill a larger deer cuz the 1 i got with it was only 120 pounds

Dnk

I don't think it is appropriate. I think you'd be really sorry if you see a big hog of a deer at 30 yards in unfamiliar landscape. Your range estimate would have to be dead on. The lack of power means you have to should go to a realitively heavy arrwow/broadhead and cut on contact tips. If you were to get a crack at a world class monster and you blew your opportunity or hit it poorly and didn't recover it you would regret it for the rest of your life. Better to have something will some insurance power than to take a risk with something anemic. I think you are kind of suspicious of all this, otherwise why ask?

KLS

I agree with DnK, its possible but under less than ideal circumstances its questionable...

from what I've seen/researched of the scout its basically a low powered entry level crossbow, a step or two below the summit, which itself is a step or two below the explorer...

exporers are good crossbows and IMO you wouldhave been much better off keeping that and putting what little time/effort it would have taken into getting it shooting good thantrading it fora scout



but thats just my own personal opinion...

Hotburn76

I will agree with what others say, but also it is not like it is night and day to a summit. The scout has 250 FPS compared to the summit of 260 and the KE is 60# compared to a summit of 61#, not like you are stepping down to a BB gun or something. Put them numbers up to a vertical bow and most would say you are just fine and ok. But as others said you will need to keep your shots close. I think and have seen with mine that a CB runs out of gas real fast. So I think thirty yards would be pushing it. I also would say that CB is a fine lung buster only, it may not have to power to make it past a shoulder should you ever have a bad shot. So IMO keep your shots close and make sure you hit lungs every time and you will be fine.

On a side not I have a old friend that I see from time to time and he is early seventies I think. He was the first guy in my county to get a deer after deer season was opened up in my area from the heard wipe out that took place in the first part of the century. One thing that he mentions from time to time is that the entire archery world took a dump when they started preaching pass through. He said the best thing for a dead deer is a arrow stuck in the lungs with out going out the other side. He hunts with a 45# and 50# recurve martin. He always tells me the quickest way to kill a deer is a sharp broad head flopping up and down in a chest cavity as a deer runs. He said the only deer he ever tracks are the ones that pass through from extra close shots, the ones that stick in all fall within sight. I know this is all way off topic, but sometimes I think about his old hunting wisdom and wander which direction we are going.