Excalibur Crossbow Forum

Although this only my second crossbow deer, I have shot many deer with both a recurve bow and a rifle. I have never had one with a double lung shot run this far before, but 200 yards isn't astounding. She was running full speed immediately after I hit her and she could have traveled that distance in...

Early Saturday morning (six minutes after shooting hours began) I shot a 150 gr. slick trick crossbow trick through a large doe. It was pretty dark but I had a lumenock on my arrow and the hit looked good to me. I retrieved the glowing arrow which had some (but not much) blood on it, then I waited f...

Thanks to everyone. I was using one of the 20" firebolts that came with the crossbow and the broadhead was a boltcutter. There was plenty of room for my socked foot (size 11.5 W) to fit into the stirrup and under the broadhead. I'lll heal with no lasting harm and will avoid such an incident in ...

Has anyone else jammed a broadhead into their foot when they uncock their crossbow using the rope cocker? I stupidly took my boots off and remembered that I hadn't unocoked my crossbow then uncocked it without removing the arrow with a boltcutter attached. The result was a nasty cut between my big t...