Excalibur Crossbow Forum

Wabi wrote -put a good quality ... Where it should go and the blood trail will be short.

The key part of the equation is the "where it should go part"

Shot placement is the key.

Very sad and tragic when this happens to anyone especially so young.

Beautiful deer!

Very nice - congrats.

That's a very nice buck. Forget about the antlers, it's still a beauty.

Congrats on the doe

Congrats on the deer and thanks for recounting the events.

O.K. - I tried again and it would not cock with the safety on.

Must have been half asleep when I cocked my crossbow at my treestand at 6 a.m and put the safety on without remembering that I did it.

Sorry for the false alarm.

If you did not have a lower entrance hole, the blood in the cavity will not flow out. Meant to say exit hole. In any event - the point is - there is no predicting what will happen when you hit a deer with an arrow, each time is a completely independent event. I have seen a friend shoot a deer with a...

Maybe the blades folded back when the bolt was pulled out by the deer. If the shot hit high and only went through one lung, a deer can go a long way before going down. Deer are incredibly tough and each hit on a deer is not a duplicate of a previous shot result. So there is no predicting what will h...

There is no ADF on my 330 and it did cock with the safety on.

I wasn't paying attention and cocked my Matrix 330 with the safety on. Will this harm the crossbow?
If not, this may be the way I do it from now on, since I will not need to worry about setting the safety after cocking.
Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks

Wow that's fantastic. You got me thinking about getting a decoy.

Congrats on the deer. Very nice no matter how you got it.

Cortland County near Lafayette. Occasionally hunt in Delaware County near Sidney.

Where are you in NY?