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- Thu Aug 24, 2023 8:57 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Are you ready?
- Replies: 69
- Views: 115230
Re: Are you ready?
I'm still waiting on a couple extra packs of Tooth of the Arrow heads to arrive to fill a quiver, but I'm otherwise ready. I've got two vertical bows and two crossbows dialed in. Last Sunday I hung the last two hang-on stands and finalized the other two by tightening straps and placing new cushions....
- Fri Aug 18, 2023 3:58 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Sho' Nuff...
- Replies: 28
- Views: 17419
Re: Sho' Nuff...
And we're off! Congrats on drawing blood early. This may be the earliest I've ever seen bone posted to the forum.
- Thu Aug 17, 2023 3:18 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Pre-season prep: If you build it...will they come?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6926
Re: Pre-season prep: If you build it...will they come?
Sorry to be nosey but that doesn’t look like a stihl? What are ya running and how do you like it?? We’ve ran stihl everything since I was 5 years old and I’m 51.. Similar color to a Stihl, but its an Echo. I have a a weed eater, chain saw, two handheld leaf blowers and a backpack leaf blower that a...
- Tue Aug 15, 2023 9:04 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Pre-season prep: If you build it...will they come?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6926
Pre-season prep: If you build it...will they come?
Today began my mad rush to prep for the season with my annual trail clearing outing. I take a weed eater and clean out the trails we use to quietly get to our stands. Not only does it make our entrance smoother, but I've noticed that the deer also take to these groomed trails because we all like the...
- Tue Aug 15, 2023 8:45 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: New TOTA Single Bevel just released
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5080
Re: New TOTA Single Bevel just released
That's got to be one of the most durable heads on the market. I'd love to see one with a wider cut and a little more weight. Perhaps a 1.25" 150gr or a 1.5" to 2" 200gr.
Put them on a proper arrow and they'd be great medicine for big stuff.
Put them on a proper arrow and they'd be great medicine for big stuff.
- Tue Aug 15, 2023 4:16 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Excaliburs survey
- Replies: 55
- Views: 43972
Re: Excaliburs survey
I'm willing to pay for US and/or Canadian made products. The primary broadheads I hunt with now are all made in the USA (ToTA & VPA). I still have some that are made overseas, but I won't be purchasing any more. My compound bow is also made in the US (Bear). Next season I'm considering picking u...
- Sun Aug 13, 2023 1:26 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Any new hunting products?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12475
Re: Any new hunting products?
On the crossbow side, I trimmed down my Excal inventory and picked up what could be my last one, a Wolverine. I'm a bit more excited with a traditional recurve that I picked up because the challenge appears to be significant. But I'm dead set on trying my best to bag something with it this fall. I a...
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 7:09 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Which current model?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6582
Re: Which current model?
I'd go the new Wolverine or Micro Extreme. Those models with the HO Limbs at 360 fps are barely feeling it compared to what those same limbs are doing on a 400TD or A400EX. X 2, but don't sleep on the Micro 380. Once you see how far a 400TD stretches the HO limbs :shock: , you'll realize that you w...
- Mon Aug 07, 2023 8:20 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: New Arrow Shaft from Black Eagle
- Replies: 14
- Views: 19622
Re: New Arrow Shaft from Black Eagle
I wondered when they'd get around to coating more arrows. While I was at the Virginia Sportsman's Show this past weekend I picked up a pack of Black Eagle vintage arrows for my stick bow. They have the same wood grain coating and they look awesome. The wood grain is nice, but I was even more impress...
- Tue Aug 01, 2023 7:01 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Portable ladderstand
- Replies: 11
- Views: 17291
Re: Portable ladderstand
My Dad had a ~10ft ladder stand that he loved and hated. It was made out of steel tubing and was about as portable as one could get back in the early 80's. He killed a lot of deer out of it, but he cussed it equally the same. He complained that the portability was its curse. Every time he would have...
- Mon Jul 24, 2023 10:50 am
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: 2023 Trail Cam Photos
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6032
Re: 2023 Trail Cam Photos
Over the past week or so, I've started seeing more antlers. Surprisingly, I haven't seen the normal pile of spikes and fork horns. Most everything that I'm seeing has a little more bone. There are a handful of average 8pt bucks that I'd be happy to stick if any come in bow range. Then we had this fe...
- Sun Jul 09, 2023 8:30 am
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Twinstrike illegal in New Hampshire
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9504
Re: Twinstrike illegal in New Hampshire
You and I seem very similar. I too have gone tbe stick bow route. Shooting a recurve. What’s your bow and arrow setup? I’m shooting black Eagle traditional carbons with VPA 300 gr 3 blades with 4” feathers. Weigh over 600 gr total. My bow only pulls 50 ish at my draw weight. It’s a Timberhawk custo...
- Sun Jul 02, 2023 8:51 am
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: The "Killing Tree"
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7756
Re: The "Killing Tree"
During our first of three trips up the mountain to pick wild raspberries, I decided to take the time to remove the climbing stick and replace it with a new one. Man, mother nature sure did a number on this stick. There are snapped, bent, flattened and twists all over the place. https://onedrive.live...
- Sat Jul 01, 2023 8:01 am
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Need some info
- Replies: 23
- Views: 15090
Re: Need some info
, what broadhead. I've had great luck with the Tooth of the Arrow XL. I put a vented one through a whitetail spine last year, then resharpened it and put it through a nice bear. You can't get much more durable than that, except maybe with the standard non-vented version. I'll be using some of the s...
- Sat Jun 24, 2023 3:48 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: 2023 Trail Cam Photos
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6032
2023 Trail Cam Photos
I leave one camera out year round, but decided to put the rest of them up a few week early to capture antler growth. I really haven't captured any antlers yet from a buck worthy of placing on my hit list. But I did capture pictures of a bear that is at least as big as the one I harvested last fall. ...