Excalibur Crossbow Forum

We used to only see eagles in the winter. The water above the locks and dams on the Mississippi would freeze and the turbines in the dams would stun fish coming out of the flowing water below the dams. (Mostly migratory) eagles would come down to feed on the stunned fish. Now we have eagles year rou...

That is an objectively beautiful buck! No exaggeration necessary on this deer. He really is a dandy!
Congratulations!

That's a great looking bow. We all understand the need to make unnecessary hunting and fishing purchases. I have seven shotguns and I'm about to buy an eighth. I could easily get by if I only had only one if it was a 12 ga. with choke tubes, but what fun would that be?

I've found the same thing every year. I shoot my bow when the season nears and it's always right on. Another thing I've noticed is that at 20 yards, 100 and 125 gr. heads (on the same arrows) seem to shoot the same (both in the bullseye). There is just a little difference at 30 yards.

He looks more than "semi decent" to me!

It doesn't seem like your hit was especially bad. You have the deer and she died quickly. It's all good!
Congratulations!

What could go wrong?

Nice going! I enjoyed reading the play by play of your hunt.

This subject reminds me of discussions I've seen on which rifle caliber is best for whitetails. The truth (as far as I'm concerned) is all (or nearly all) of them. Anything from a .243 (maybe a .223 or .222) up to a .300 mag.is close to equal. The key for all of them is making a good shot. The same ...

It's probably too bad that they were only using a .22 rim fire (which can be lethal but is more easily stopped by body armor). They are still young enough to contribute to the gene pool and we can do without their future contributions.

I just checked the latest forecast for our opening day (Sept. 15). It calls for a low of 53 and a high of 78. That's better than most years and I hope it doesn't change. I intend hunt a stand that is down low near a creek. Calm mornings tend to be a little cooler there and it could easily be in the ...

I bought my first farm in 1985 and since then, I've never hunted a year when I didn't get at least one deer with either bow or rifle. We have quite a bit of public land in Missouri and I had decent success when I hunted it. My farm is 87 acres with a 38 acre crop field and a modern (small) 3 bedroom...

Impressive exit wound! Were you really 48 feet up in your stand?

Great start for you and for the season on the forum! The off season is too long.

Our Missouri archery opening day is September 15, exactly one month from today. It's time to get the deer stands ready, check the brace height on the bows and fire off a few shots to make sure the zero hasn't changed (it never has). It's also time to use up the remaining venison from last year. Hope...