Excalibur Crossbow Forum

To me shooting a crossbow is far easier than shooting a compound bow. I've killed far more deer with my compound bow than my crossbow, but with a little luck and time I will change that. The same issues of limited distance, arrow selection, broadhead selection, shot placement, string jumping, etc ap...

I bought a Block 4x4 when I picked up my Exomax in August. I love it. I use the Spitfire heads with practice blades or field points mostly so I can't speak to how it will stand up to excessive broadhead use. For normal use mine shows hardly any wear with at least 150 shots into it. Having two deer s...

I tought it was a bit early for the rut, but I watched a nice 8-point courting this group of three mature does last Friday morning in Virginia. It was a crisp cool morning (~40 degrees) and deer were moving well. The buck was obviously looking for action from one of the does and trailed her with his...

There is something to be said for hunting high. It makes the arrows much easier to find after a shot. :) My 10 & 20 yard shots this season were taken from about 22' high. Both were burried 4-6" in the ground behind the deer. We've taken three ~30-35 yard shots from about 15' high. All of th...

This season has been great so far. My son and I each killed two deer on Monday. I had him in the stand with me again on Saturday morning. We had a few doe come in and wind us about 8:00am. About 9:15 this spike came walking right up the trail to our stand. Since it was up hill toward our stand he wa...

I have an Exomax with the standard carbon arrows from the right stuff package. My son and I killed four deer Monday with Spitfire 100s. My shots were 10 and 20 yards. Both of his were 30-35 yards. Based on the entrance wound size, the Spitfires did not open prior to contact on any of the deer. The e...

My freezer meet from the morning of October 9th. A doe and a button buck. http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k268/mayvillej/Hunting026Small.jpg My 10yr old son's first two deer! Another doe and a button buck taken later that afternoon. http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k268/mayvillej/Hunting029Medium...

After this mornings hunt, I didn't expect this afternoon could get any better. I was just expecting some great time in the woods with my 10 year old son. He's killed a few squirrels and I've taken him rifle hunting, but he has never pulled the trigger on a deer. We were hunting in a two-man stand an...

The conditions in Virginia were much better today than the downpours we had on Saturday. The wind was also more cooperative. Just like I drew it up a big doe and two yearlings came down one of the trails from behind my stand and crossed the shooting lane to my left just after 7am. She stopped slight...

I had a small doe in bow range about 7:30 this morning. I couldn't get a good shot off, then the swirling winds did me in. I got soaked and packed it in by 10am. I went back out before 2pm. I got soaked again. The weather really sucked. I didn't see anything in the afternoon. I saw about a dozen dee...

I'll be perched 23ft up a wet hickory in the morning enjoying every minute. I've got my fingers crossed that the rain will taper off around daybreak. I saw a half dozen doe in a field about 100 yards from my stand around 2:30pm today when I drove past. It was drizzling rain and mid-afternoon and the...

I've used my Lab twice to recover doe I've hit with a bow. Since hunting deer with dogs is not legal in my area, in both case I made a trip home and returned later unarmed with my dog. Its amazing what a dogs' nose can see. I've used him twice. In both cases he found my dead deer instantly. He just ...

I've recovered 12 out of 14 with vertical archery gear. This will be my first season with a crossbow. The first one not recovered was hit in the shoulder blade. The arrow impact was a loud crack and got <3" of penetration. As the deer departed the arrow snapped off as he passed a tree. The buck...

I wash my warm weather hunting clothes (pants & shirt) every time I use them unless I'm heading back out in them in the morning. I agree that scent control is an issue. Hunting high, I prefer over 20ft, and/or taking wind direction into consideration are typically the only measures I use. All of...

I agree CF. I have 6 stands up in one small area and have no idea which one to use. The landowner of my hunting area has placed a culvert across a stream near my stand where a number of trails come together heading to and from corn fields and a vineyard. The deer are using it as a bridge. I just hav...