Excalibur Crossbow Forum

I no longer use a feeder due to the location is now hunt. I have a 350 pound feeder that I've used in the past. The trick with feeders is to feed year round on a timer. As long as there is green foliage to browse they will hit the corn sparingly......so feed less just regular....they need to get use...

My prayers to both Rocco and yourself.....there is no companion like a dog their affection for us come without contingencies.....best of luck to you both!

Cheers,
Chad

Thank you all, for all the good information. It is nice to have a pool of experience come together sharing information to help shorten the learning curve. I recently built a dozen zombies +/- .001", indexed, squared front/back to include the insert and fletched w/ Arizona EZ bolt, (all this acc...

I agree that seems the consensus Joe.....I don't want this thread to get off topic in regard to brands (the tried and true)....my original query was if orienting the broadhead in relation to the vanes made a difference in flight....but your right the three you mentioned seemed the go to brands for f...

Thank you, for your understanding xcalibur....seems though you realize an advancement in broadheads you still resort to "the tests"......guess my query is a bit hypothetical now in that while the responses received would have given me a collective bit of confidence toward a starting point....

So the consensus thus far is one in which broadhead of small surface area achieve success by many, no reason to tune or experiment, just go for it? I'm not new to archery and know from experience shooting traditional archery that tuning is a ethical endeavor. I realize I'm the one posting the query ...

I've hunted the past 6 years with bolt cutters. When "tuning " them I always started by setting them such that the three blades a lined w/ the fletching. I honestly never much moved them from this point due to achieving decent accuracy. When the new bolt cutters came out that allowed adjus...

I feel every time I'm in the woods is a memory I pine over all year and could very well be my biggest bucks. It's what keeps us starring at motionless bushes and rod tips for hours on end for the chance that big one is on the way. So considering the aforementioned I feel the cost & time of vanes...

My apologies Boo,
I looked at that you tube videos again and there was a wrap no wrap evaluation. The wraps were definitely weaker than the attachment directly to the shafts. The video was put out by a fellow with Bad Lands.

Cheers, Chad

Hey Boo,
Thank you for the thorough and detailed response it was extremely helpful. The wraps on this experiment were not evaluated however all shafts were wrapped and the better performing glues failed at the wrap and not the glue joint.

Paul, I saw a you tube of a fella who tested various glues on fetching. His setup was a bracket that held the arrow, a pair of vise grips attached to the vane followed by a digital scale hooked to a hand winch. The G5 was one of top performers. However when I went to the bow shop the gut dissuaded m...

I have seen a lot of positive posts regarding Gorilla blue cap glue, and purchased some. Being the is is a vollitale I notice "flashing" or white film on gather at glue points. Suggestions or tips for using super glue type adhesives.

I recently put together my first dozen zombie slayers using the Arizona EZ fletch. The first couple turned out ok but the fetching tool marred the wrap due to the tight fitting of the arms and my not rotating in the direction of the wrap. The other bit of the learning curve was placing the end cap o...