Hortan 125 pound crossbow help
12-23-2009 | 03:00 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
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From: Land of Rocks, Ozarks of Mo.
No its not a good thing to post & if Hortons dial-a-poop has up to 90 yds on it 
They should be horse whipped & ran out of town. 125 lb from Horton's across the pond builders =about a 40 Lb. Compound Bow with a 26" draw. You do what you feel lead to do. My self i respect the game on my land & do everything i can to make a clean killing shot out to 35 yds.
They should be horse whipped & ran out of town. 125 lb from Horton's across the pond builders =about a 40 Lb. Compound Bow with a 26" draw. You do what you feel lead to do. My self i respect the game on my land & do everything i can to make a clean killing shot out to 35 yds.
12-23-2009 | 05:48 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
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From: MO.
Its a matter of ethics,you may hit the deer at that distance
but to control the arrow into a vital hit zone is difficult and
would require just about perfect conditions,bench rest etc.
I am not trying to start an arguement but feel the game is
owed the most humane shot we can give it to ensure a
clean and quick kill.Just my thoughts
but to control the arrow into a vital hit zone is difficult and
would require just about perfect conditions,bench rest etc.
I am not trying to start an arguement but feel the game is
owed the most humane shot we can give it to ensure a
clean and quick kill.Just my thoughts
12-24-2009 | 09:29 AM
#13
Nontypical Buck
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From: arkansas
awshucks u are an ass u need to do some homework because how would I make the crossbow community look bad if I shot a doe at 70 yards if anything that is a great thing to put on a fourm and a matter of feet at 50 yards you are crazy I can sight my compound bow at 50 yards and there is not no sight that is a foot long and it is only a 55 pound the crossbow is 125 pound you need to do some homework before you get on here and talk
A prime example of that is your 1st post of 60 or 70 yds. Guys w/ real powerhouse bows would shudder at that statement alone.
You make the xbow hunters look bad on two counts. Your uninformed post and somewhere there's a deer running around w/ a xbow arrow sticking out of it's....... Fill in your own blank.
Wise up. You can start by learning how to spell Horton.
Last edited by awshucks; 12-24-2009 at 09:31 AM.
12-24-2009 | 10:43 AM
#14
Nontypical Buck
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From: arkansas
Here's some help:
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Scout HD 125 Crossbow
With all the features of mom or dad’s crossbow, but in a compact easy to handle design, the Scout will get your kids hooked on bowhunting. Horton scaled down every critical feature on its adult crossbow to develop the Scout stock to make sure it fits a wide range of youth hunters. Don’t be fooled, dynamite comes in small packages. The Scout is a real hunting tool for your young hunter.
Get's 250 fps w/ lightest arrow Horton sells [416 gr]
Can't get ballistic table to copy and paste so I've hand copied this.
range vertdrop speed ke
0 0" 250 58 ft lbs
10 -3 245 56
20 -12 243 54
30 -26 236 52
40 -48 233 50
50 -77 230 49
60 -113 228 48
70 -157 225 47
What ever range you sight in for, deduct that drop from the ones listed for the farther ranges. This is physics and has nothing to do w/ sight or bow type, it is what it is and we all deal w/ it.
To mistake poundage in a crossbow for similar in a vert bow is a common but huge mistake, if this is your case you won't be the 1st.
If you sighted in for 20 yds, at 50 [way way way too far for deer] you would have: 77"-12"= 65" or 5' 6" drop that must be contended w/ to hit a targewt.
At 60-70 yds it's worse by a long shot, still 44" difference, regardless of sight in range. If you are using the red dot that came w/ that bow, the dot is bigger than the deer at a lot closer than 60 yds.
Chances are you are not using a rope c0cker, which centers the string. This is critical to accuracy, but can be gotten around by marking your serving w/ white out where it meets the rail on each on each side. Then check when c0cked to make sure they are even in relation to the rail.
I have fooled around w/ a lot of xbows and helped kids shoot your model at an Expo a few yrs ago. I wouldn't want to go past a 25 yd shot on a deer w/ it and that could be a stretch. I've been 'ducked' at 30 yds w/ a bow doing 328 fps, fwiw.
If you honestly didn't have a clue to some of this stuff, and are not a troll looking to start something, I apologize for my 1st post.
Others here that know me can assure you I can be an ass, however, I'm fairly certain the consensus of opinion will be this is accurate info.
View Larger
Scout HD 125 Crossbow
With all the features of mom or dad’s crossbow, but in a compact easy to handle design, the Scout will get your kids hooked on bowhunting. Horton scaled down every critical feature on its adult crossbow to develop the Scout stock to make sure it fits a wide range of youth hunters. Don’t be fooled, dynamite comes in small packages. The Scout is a real hunting tool for your young hunter.
Get's 250 fps w/ lightest arrow Horton sells [416 gr]
Can't get ballistic table to copy and paste so I've hand copied this.
range vertdrop speed ke
0 0" 250 58 ft lbs
10 -3 245 56
20 -12 243 54
30 -26 236 52
40 -48 233 50
50 -77 230 49
60 -113 228 48
70 -157 225 47
What ever range you sight in for, deduct that drop from the ones listed for the farther ranges. This is physics and has nothing to do w/ sight or bow type, it is what it is and we all deal w/ it.
To mistake poundage in a crossbow for similar in a vert bow is a common but huge mistake, if this is your case you won't be the 1st.
If you sighted in for 20 yds, at 50 [way way way too far for deer] you would have: 77"-12"= 65" or 5' 6" drop that must be contended w/ to hit a targewt.
At 60-70 yds it's worse by a long shot, still 44" difference, regardless of sight in range. If you are using the red dot that came w/ that bow, the dot is bigger than the deer at a lot closer than 60 yds.
Chances are you are not using a rope c0cker, which centers the string. This is critical to accuracy, but can be gotten around by marking your serving w/ white out where it meets the rail on each on each side. Then check when c0cked to make sure they are even in relation to the rail.
I have fooled around w/ a lot of xbows and helped kids shoot your model at an Expo a few yrs ago. I wouldn't want to go past a 25 yd shot on a deer w/ it and that could be a stretch. I've been 'ducked' at 30 yds w/ a bow doing 328 fps, fwiw.
If you honestly didn't have a clue to some of this stuff, and are not a troll looking to start something, I apologize for my 1st post.
Others here that know me can assure you I can be an ass, however, I'm fairly certain the consensus of opinion will be this is accurate info.
12-26-2009 | 03:44 AM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: Eastern PA USA
Not about "hitting the deer!"
Most people who have been hunting for a while know that it is not about hitting a deer, whether that is with a longbow, recurve, compound, crossbow, muzzleloader, or scoped rifle. It is about taking and making a shot that you are sure will kill an animal. Just hitting it is about the worst thing you can do, for the animal, and for the hunting community as well, with all the antis out there making noise as often as they can. Keep your shots to a range that you are sure you can kill, not just hit, and you will be much happier.
Also, learn to track until you exhaust every possibility that might find it. Unfortunately, I have been there, and it is a sickening feeling. If you wound a deer and it goes off to die without being recovered, I think that is the worst thing I can do while hunting. I'd rather not see anything at all than that. But, if it does happen that you wound one, track it until you have no more possible chances to pursue.
JMHO
Also, learn to track until you exhaust every possibility that might find it. Unfortunately, I have been there, and it is a sickening feeling. If you wound a deer and it goes off to die without being recovered, I think that is the worst thing I can do while hunting. I'd rather not see anything at all than that. But, if it does happen that you wound one, track it until you have no more possible chances to pursue.
JMHO
