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- Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:06 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: People tick me off VA hunters Read
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10761
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...
- Thu Oct 19, 2006 6:27 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Which Block target to get?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5493
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...
- Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:06 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Rut activity
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4256
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...
- Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:59 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Recovering arrows after a shot. Tips?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8669
Recovering arrows after a shot. Tips?
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...
- Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:39 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Finally something with antlers (spike)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2260
Finally something with antlers (spike)
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...
- Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:24 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Spitfire's
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7884
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...
- Wed Oct 11, 2006 8:33 pm
- Forum: Trophy Room
- Topic: Trophy Room
- Replies: 139
- Views: 457336
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...
- Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:58 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: More freezer meat. My 10yr old scores a double!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4538
More freezer meat. My 10yr old scores a double!
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...
- Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:58 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: More freezer meat, a double (I couldn't resist)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3268
More freezer meat, a double (I couldn't resist)
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...
- Sat Oct 07, 2006 9:24 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Team Va(goodluck)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3963
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...
- Fri Oct 06, 2006 9:15 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Team Va(goodluck)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3963
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...
- Thu Oct 05, 2006 7:55 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Tracking after the shot!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6837
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 ...
- Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:20 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: what is your percentage ?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9890
- Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:21 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Washing your hunting clothing
- Replies: 47
- Views: 22039
- Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:35 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: 4 more days for the VA bow season
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3939
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...