Excalibur Crossbow Forum

Don't want to hi-jack your thread here. I looked at the Atom's but looked way too funky to even try out - seemed like one of those products that "they made because they could, not because it actually solved an issue etc". (first thought was that they were for bow fishing) I do have a quest...

The Diablo's are pretty much 250 grains bang on (someone weighed them at 253 grains) WITHOUT a broadhead. So "at minimum" you would need to use a 100 grain broadhead to meet the 350 grain requirement for safe shooting with the bow. While going with the minimum of 350 grains will give you t...

Just wonderin' - if the 405 is called "Kong" what will you name the 500 when it comes out in the next year or two? Godzilla? T-Rex??

The quartering towards shot is one of the most difficult to put the deer down quickly. I know, my hunting buddy took the same shot last year. Deer went 640 yards before he finally layed down. Like you, good blood trail - lost it completely - zip, nada, nothing at 600 yards. "Post mortem" o...

That must be one Gigantic storm. Sitting here in Eastern Ontario looking at the same thing out the window. My blind is permanent, has a decent roof etc, but I'm a whimp (admit it), didn't want to get soaked going out (and there is still 88 days left in my season - so have time). Besides, I heard the...

Can't find much of anything beyond Carbon Express and Easton in Ontario. I buy all my arrows (for vertical bow) and bolts from Lancaster Archery in Pennsylvania. You can load up CDN$ prices right on their website and the cost to ship is about 8 bucks for a dozen (or less) - always have them in about...

So deer opened here in Ontario on Wednesday the 1st. Went out the night before, slept out and hunted all the 1st - saw nothing, but hey, it's just opening day - still have 3 months to hunt. Decided to go out this afternoon (3rd) - guess I was a few hours too late. Ya, that's my stand 15 yards back f...

I will no doubt do a few more but maybe not this season (heading out hunting after lunch today). The Swhackers do look "interesting" as do the Ramcat's and the Toxic's (although not mechanical so I don't suspect the same kind of durability issues). In the case of the Toxic's I took a good ...

Yes, I went through a phase where I tried just about everything out there just to see how it flew (I have a 25 yard range, am semi-retired so have lot's of time to piddle around). I used the Bone Collector 2" QuikSpin and the 3" QuikSpin (advertised as the Crossbow model). These come in a ...

I have been using an NCStar DB4 multi-reticle since I bought my Vixen II a number of years back. Using the second reticle displayed, with the center dot zeroed to 25 yards I get 15 yards (zeroed) where the center circle meets the vertical hash and 33 yards where the center circle meets the lower ver...

Not "Character Marks" - those are "Battle Scars". And you "didn't" slip down an incline, those ended up there when a Bear surprised you - couldn't get off a shot - had to beat the beast, that was easily the largest bear you will probably ever see, over the head repeated...

I have horsed around with numerous different arrows and broadheads. I have a 25 yard range in my back yard and lot's of time. The basic conclusion I have drawn is as follows: If you keep your shots under 35 yards you can select any combination on the market today - whatever bolts, with whatever vane...

Last season I used up my last G5 Tekan II broadhead (of my original 3). I loved them - flew like a fieldpoint and never lost a deer with them. Blood trails were "ok" but given the success I had with them (6 deer - all recovered), you don't fix what isn't broken. But the last was chewed up ...

Anything wrong with your Firebolts? You "upgrade" to improve something. Competitive shooter? No = no need to upgrade Missing Bambi when you pull the trigger? No = no need to upgrade Have money practically falling out of your wallet? Yes - sure, why stop with the BEE's, try Gold Tips, Beman...

Agree - I shoot Excalibur's slowest, lightest draw weight bow (in their current assortment), the Vixen II. It blows expandables right through deer at least out to 27 yards (the farthest I have ever had to shoot). At my "zero range", 25 yards I'm only making about 255 fps and about 57 foot ...