Excalibur Crossbow Forum

Yeah, I will definitely be using carrots near home but at the deer camp up near Dunchurch they wouldn't know what a carrot is so the apples would be the better way up there.

I had always heard that the reason some farms kept a couple mules in with livestock was because mules kept the yotes away. I guess it isn't an urban legend those suckers are mean !!!!!! LoL...

How many here use bait for deer hunting? We used corn this year at the deer camp to take advantage of a later season and some surplus doe tags and it worked beautifully. Now I'm thinking of also putting in some apples prior to rifle season to see if I can concentrate them more for the firearm opener...

That's my next bow. I think the Vortex is an ideal combination of power and size. Not that my Phoenix doesn't punch through deer accurately but if you throw moose into the equation then the 200lbs and heavier arrows makes sense.

Relatively new to this crossbow stuff and I seem to read quite a few references about dry fires. Are these dry fires the result of forgetting to load an arrow mostly or a cocking/trigger malfunction? I gotta admit I'm a little spooked cocking back these things!!!! Also I see alot of pictures with a ...

mikej wrote:i have never been to it. where is it? when is it? and how much does it cost?

-Dowtown Toronto exhibition place
-Week of March break
-$$more than its worth

I haven't been down in @12 years now but am thinking of it this year. Isit worth the admission and parking fee or has that idiot Mayor banned all guns and hunting stuff?

Food plot setups are getting more and more popular. Check out the QDMA sites, lots of good info but make sure youread up on Northern climate info.

Way to go boys. Nothing like a dead coyote picture

Well done. Thats likely a few more deer this spring because of it. Keep at it.

Basspro is a very dangerous place. I try and not stop in more than once a week

It's only going to get worse. Best to learn to lve with it or they will use any oppurtunity to take it away from you. Yeah, it sucks.

As a new member I find this concern over the contest puzzling. To sooth concerns I will refrain from voting or entering a picture until next year.

WOW !!!!!!

curious as to what everybody hunts with?

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