Excalibur Crossbow Forum

Hey, Ya'll ... I've been a North Carolina Lifetime License holder since 1996. Had to pony up and pay $500 all at once, but even then the math showed me that it was the only sensible way to go if I intended to hunt here for the rest of my days. And it's already payed for itself. Now I don't have to p...

Hey, Ya'll ... I live in the Southern United States ... the sweet, sunny, sultry South! Here's to Dixie! I'm from coastal North Carolina, in the east, on the Albemarle/Pamlico peninsula. Greetings from the land of vast agricultural fields, huge swamps, trackless pocosins, endless blackwater rivers a...

Hey, Ecoaster ... I'm not much for offering unsolicited advice ... but you did ask! PSE makes very good bows. Pete Shepley and his boys know what they're doing. My brother and I both have extensive experience with Precision Shooting Equipment bows, and no complaints whatsoever. It is my educated opi...

Hey, Ya'll ... Just thought you might be interested to know that Derrick Middleton has changed the stock design on his crossbows to a high-combed thumbhole design ... so that's two things that are different from Excaliburs now ... the limbs and the stock. http://middletoncrossbow.com/01_335.html Not...

Personally, I'd say save your money. I don't believe you can fool a close deer directly downwind of you anyway, whatever you do. That doesn't mean it's not wise to be careful. Here's what I do: Clean up with non-fragranced soap. Wear clothes washed in non-fragranced soap. Wear gumboots. Try to keep ...

About 18 inches from the ground ... around four feet above sea level here on the farm! Gravity has a profound effect on this ol' bear. I'd just as soon stay on the dirt most of the time. Do some rifle hunting out of tower blinds, but not much. Have killed scores of deer right on the ground, sitting ...

Twenty-seven plus three-hundred eighty-nine equals four-hundred sixteen!

Man, how do you guys hit those doves? I'd think you'd lose all your bolts! It's all I can do to hit quail and wood ducks with a crossbow ... but doves! Ya'll must be better shots than I am!

Grizz

Hey, Ya'll ... In my case, there's a dummy in the stand whether it's really me or a fake! I've heard of that and I do not doubt for a second that it would work, but there's something else to think about here where I live. We have so many black bear that I think it inadvisable to leave any human-form...

I guess I didn't word my reply well enough! I knew you didn't build the crossbow (at least, I assumed you didn't) ... I just meant that while I might not be able to build something so advanced as the crossbows we use, I can build a lot of useful accesories, like the one you have built!

Grizz

Hey, Ya'll ... They say confession is good for the soul, and since we all know there are only two kinds of bowhunters in the end: those who miss, and those who will ... why not humble ourselves and relate to others the event of our most embarrassing missed shot? We'll all sleep better, and have a fe...

Hey, Maplevisla ... I'm new around here too. I'll give you the welcome many gave me! Good bunch of folks here, it seems. That rope cocker will probably do the trick. I don't know the draw weight of your bow or your strength, but the leverage provided by the double pulley effect of the aid really wil...

Marmot, I noticed that the limbs on my new Exomax weren't perfectly finished either. In comparison to the Mathews Switchback I sold my brother in order to buy the crossbow, I'd have to say the limb finish is decidedly rough ... there is what looks like a molding line on the top edge of both, some ai...

Hey, Folks ... I've been shooting my new Exomax and have been very pleased indeed with it's accuracy so far. I set it up with the standard accessories from the Right Stuff package ... no sweat at all ... been repairing, setting up and tuning compounds for years. From a standing rested position, at 1...

I will be a new crossbow hunter this fall, but not at all new to hunting. Personally, I think that if you want to stalk hunt it would be perfectly OK to carry your cocked and loaded crossbow, with the safety applied, in certain situations. Keeping it's design limitations in mind, I would be sure to ...