Excalibur Crossbow Forum

We've allways butchered our own beef and pork so I hang my deer the same.The back straps on the other hand don't hang they go in the house with me for some special treatment,eatun!!!.

I like to skin mine then let it hang four or five days weather permitting.When I'm ready to butcher it I peel all the dried membrane of the meat,my grandpa use to call it talon.then I debone it vacum seal annd freeze.

I could'nt agree more,nothing better than a nice fat juicy yearling,thats why we call it hunting.

I hope they knab them all this is my home and hunting turff.I'm seeing fewer mature bucks every year and thats why.There's a great gene pool around here and all the locals know it.The game warden is watching the road I live on for spot lighters because of all of the calls.Last night there was a year...

I use ear corn the turkeys cant wipe it out as easliy and the deer have to work harder to get a belly full so you have more time to be selective.

I know what you mean,I've spent more time hunting this year than I can ever remember.So far I've seen a small four and six.I have not seen a whole lot of does either.The wind has been terrible,blowing every direction never consistant,plus a huge acorn crop makes it really hard to pattern feeding hab...

My cousin shot a doe in the shoulder got about eight inches of penetration and never found the deer after two days of serching.Don't shoot the shoulder shoot just behind it then it won't matter .

Hoss I think your spot on.I've tried the rubber boots the sprays the scents all that stuff.I still think if a deer gets down wind your busted.One thing I know willl work if the thermals are in your favor is hunt high above them on a steep bank and your scent will go over their nose ,this is only whe...

I hear ya.This is the first year in the 22 years that I've worked in a factory that I've been able to spend alot of time in the woods during the rut.But on the bright side a least your working,I've only been getting to work three days a week for a month and four days since May.Keep your chin up and ...

So far the rut in S.E. Ohio has been a flop for me.I have seen one small six point [rattled him in]and one four point trailing two does.But the wind has been very inconsistant for a couple weeks.I think I like the second rut and early Jan. for seeing mature bucks.

I use to own a pse crossbow,it shot hard[plenty of power]but the trigger was terrible.I also shot pse vert bows for years and I liked them.I never had any complaints about their customer service at all.They were prompt never asked any questions and always took care of my needs.I think their customer...

I love my Phoenix.Its not hard to cock and it shoots like a dream.It also has plenty of power to kill what ever I will hunt.

I've seen deer hit in the legs or just in heavy flesh and bleed very heavy amounts of blood then the wound will clot and the blood trail stops.If this is the case the deer could live.If he does it depends how bad his injury is as to wether he will be back anytime soon.

Welcome,excals. customer service cant be beat.I had a bur on the left latch of my xbow that cut the serving and string,the local pro shop called and excal. delivered.They sent me a new string no questions asked.I could see them not questioning a hardware issue but a string,for all they knew I might ...

Good luck everyone I'll be able to hunt four days a week all through Nov. since were only getting to work three days a week.Might need the woods time to be able to cut the cost at the grocery store.I dont know about where you guys hunt but the wind has made things tough around here its been swirling...