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Crossbow hunting; Hunting with crossbows
Topic Started: Nov 3 2013, 12:08 PM (2,639 Views)
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Nov 27 2013, 09:36 AM
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Nov 26 2013, 05:37 PM
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Nov 26 2013, 12:39 PM
hunterlexi
Nov 3 2013, 12:08 PM
Hi there I am just wondering what people think about hunting with crossbows?? Personally I dont consider it a bow, as you dont really need any skill like you do when you use a compound bow. I think Its more of a rifle then a bow I would say, with the scopes and things. I dont think they should be allowed in bow only hunt zones, just seems to easy to kill something with one. Anyone else agree??

I DISAGREE!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't have a compound bow and never have had one. Once a year when I visit a friend (turkey season) I shoot his compound bow half a dozen shots in his back yard.

EVERY TIME I can hit a 4" circle at 40 yards. WHERE IS THE SKILL - the bow is dialed in and the skill is taken out and it is just as easy to hit a 4" circle with the compound, as it is with my cross bow.

Now if you would have said traditional wooden bow and arrow - re-curve

THATS SKILL!!!!!!!

As far as I am concerned it takes the exact same skill to shoot the new compounds as it does the new crossbows. The major skill component is judging distance the rest has been made simple.

so it sounds to me that you don't know what your talking about and just blowing smoke.


MC

There is a big difference when doing so on game and the bow really does need to be set for the specific shooter. There is a huge difference in shooting a compound and a crossbow there is absolutely no argument there. Lets face it if compounds were the same everyone would use them rather then crossbows. And I'm a big advocate for crossbows. They are a short range archery weapon just like a compound. The beauty of a crossbow is it allows more people to hunt and not have to sacrifice the time and dedication into a compound (because it does take a lot to be ethically able to hunt with them ). That being said it all comes down to being able to put yourself in the place to make the shot and pull the shot off. I know lotsa people who get so rattled by game a crossbow, compound heck an RPG and they still miss .lol. I say to each their own, we need to support eachother.

Agreed - we do need to support each other

I get your point of course the compound takes much more effort to dial in- But I was referring to a bow that obviously fits me and is already dialed in. Once that is complete I really don't think that they require any more skill to accurately shoot versus the other.

I hear people say practice practice practice for compounds, more so than crossbows. As far as I am concerned I believe they both take the same amout of practice to be proficient. But a long bow or recurve - that's takes practice practice practice x 100 and than some more practice.

MC

Absolutely agree. I tried shooting a recurve once. I'd be more accurate with a rock. lol. I went through what happens to a lot of archers (and can happen with any weapon but mostly with a bow) called target panic. It took me 8 months of re learning everything to get that problem fixed. Man it sucked. I had to lay the bow down just cause I lost all confidence. I was ok with guns, crossbows and stuff but I had to fix everything just to get over shooting a bow. I spent the off season inside my bow range blind shooting, re learning back tension. I'm good to go now but man did it suck. I got some really good advise by pro shooters on archery talk. If you google target panic it will explain it, cause its really hard to explain how it happens. :cheers:
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anyone but me notice that "hunterlexi" - who started this tread - who is also a "newbie" - hasn't said another word after being shot down 50 times ? LOL

NOW do ya'll think "she" is a anti peta feeder ?

That's what they do ... they go on all the forums and get us fighting amongst one another and then they get all their anti buddies around and giggle at us !

Hope they had their fun ... this thread turned out to be quite supportive to hunters in general !
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A lot of people also have injuries to their shoulders and so on....so it makes it hard to hold a draw on a compound....
Crossbow is the way I go as well...
I don't really care what people think.... its what works for me and what Im comfortable with...
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