Excalibur Crossbow Forum

The place in PA is called the Double Diamond Deer Ranch. I looked for some pictures. There was 1 but it was too small to really see what I was talking about.

I grew up in PA where they had a long archery season of either sex, and the a rifle season of 2 weeks of buck only - no restrictions and then 2 days of doe season. Over the years that totally destroyed the herd balance as over 90% of all bucks were being killed. I can count on 1 hand probably the nu...

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I shot one, field dressed it, brought it home, hung it up and skinned it and cut off the meat (backstraps, tenderloins, each front leg whole, and cut 3 roasts out of each hind qtr, then picked the rest of the carcasss for burger) and got that in the refrigerator in about 3 hours. I thought that was ...

Mike I shot the same ones last year and hit a small deer a little bit high. Got the top of the lungs but clipped the spine. No pass through. I'll check the total weight of the arrow and let you know what I think the KE was. It was a 20 yd shot with my Vortex and Flemish string and I should have 20yd...

Interesting thread. My contribution goes back several years. Once when fox squirrell hunting w/ a ml, I shot one on a dead branch that 'hung up'. As I was thinking how to retrieve it, a red tailed hawk landed and proceeded to have lunch. Thanks for reminding me of it! :mrgreen: He must have read th...

Looks like they are trying to address the lack of penetration issue by recommending a "light" 100 gr head with a smaller cut. Keeping in line with the light fast arrow group. IMO if I would make a "crossbow" Swhacker, it would be heavier like 150 or 175gr and I would recommend a ...

Way to go! Great job, great shot and great perseverance. Grill some backstraps and let your mum try them - might change her mind!

Congrats!! #1 is always special

The broad heads are all over the board, except for the Carbon Express, have to try the Boltcutters I picked up today, I am shooting the 20 inch firebolts...As I said the fieldpoints are 2 inch groups at fifty yards, so I didn't think of the bolts as being the issue? Fixed blade broad heads catch th...

All 3 deer I shot this year were from the ground, so the holes were pretty "level" with respect to the body. The first 2 were quartering to shots and really good blood trails. The third was more broadside (actually about 1" quartering away when comparing the holes) and the blood trail...

I am shooting Slick Trick 150gr Xbow Trick BHs this year and they shoot within 1" of my field points. Question: are you seeing your BHs hit only lower than your FP or are they off in other directions too? If lower, I expect that due to drag. If other, then you probably need to look at the arrow...

Here is the data so far. 20 deer with all but 3 taken under 35 yards.

This is my second year recording broadhead data on another forum. You might find this interesting: http://www.cthuntingnshooting.com/vBforum/showthread.php?15967-2013-2014-Season-Broadhead-Performance-Thread Bob That's some good data right there. My first impression based on a quick look - it doesn...

I retrieved the glowing arrow which had some (but not much) blood on it, then I waited for it to get lighter. This is one thing I noticed with my arrows as well. I was lucky enough to find both (hunt from the ground and no lumenoks) and neither one had a lot of blood on it. BUT my feather fletching...