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by nchunter
Sat Jul 20, 2019 7:44 pm
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: Cheaper Off Shore Products
Replies: 15
Views: 5370

Re: Cheaper Off Shore Products

Cardinalsfanforever wrote:
Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:10 pm
remember years ago when Walmart just starting to spread out, they advertised "Made in America"

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I thought I was the only one who remembered that!
My, how Walmart went 180 on that one.
by nchunter
Thu Jul 04, 2019 10:31 pm
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: Just Lovin my Assassin 360
Replies: 14
Views: 4494

Re: Just Lovin my Assassin 360

1922 days till retirement But who’s counting, right? ;) I’ve been [mostly] retired about that many days. Funny, I never thought this would happen to me, but after five years of early retirement, I’m actually getting bored! At least in the summertime. I’ll never get bored during deer season though!
by nchunter
Mon Jul 01, 2019 5:13 pm
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: Happy Canada Day !
Replies: 8
Views: 3351

Re: Happy Canada Day !

Wow, that Ontario pool water looks to be ice-free! Summer must have come a little early this year! ;)

So what is “Canada Day”, exactly?
by nchunter
Sun Jun 23, 2019 4:20 pm
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: Deer hunting out of state - where to go?
Replies: 17
Views: 6958

Re: Deer hunting out of state - where to go?

Good Grief! If you live in Canada, why would you not go to Saskatchewan??? That beats anyplace in the US!
by nchunter
Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:40 pm
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: 2 blade broadheads
Replies: 13
Views: 4781

Re: 2 blade broadheads

I use an oversized fixed blade, single bevel broadhead called the Centaur Battleaxe. (See photo in my avatar.). I use Blazer vanes fletched at max LW helical, which matches the LEft-bevel of the broadhead. As improbable as it seems, the thing spins like a football and POI is same as my field points ...
by nchunter
Sun Jun 16, 2019 12:52 pm
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: Excalibur Summer Promotion Email -Canadian's Read Fine Print
Replies: 9
Views: 4279

Re: Excalibur Summer Promotion Email -Canadian's Read Fine Print

Wow, that’s really crappy, considering Excalibur is a Canadian company—or at least was, until it was bought by Bowtech. I guess there’s your answer!
by nchunter
Sun Jun 16, 2019 12:42 pm
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: Fun with the 'hot' BD400 yesterday. ...until my screws loosened up
Replies: 10
Views: 4241

Re: Fun with the 'hot' BD400 yesterday. ...until my screws loosened up

I had that exact problem years ago with my 2000-vintage Exocet. You would think that after all these years Excalibur would have gotten that problem solved! A big part of the problem—as I see it—is that the screw they use is way under-sized for the task. I think it’s only a #10 or maybe even a #8. It...
by nchunter
Wed May 29, 2019 5:54 pm
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: Nuisance Deer I’ll Be doing my part this Fall
Replies: 19
Views: 6956

Re: Nuisance Deer I’ll Be doing my part this Fall

I had a problem this spring with deer eating my tulips at night. It looked like they actually deep-throated the entire flower and stem, and nipped it right off at the ground! I sprinkled the survivors with cayenne pepper, and they were never touched again! Another thing that works is buy a bar of th...
by nchunter
Sun May 26, 2019 1:50 pm
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: Nuisance Deer I’ll Be doing my part this Fall
Replies: 19
Views: 6956

Re: Nuisance Deer I’ll Be doing my part this Fall

If you live in the “city”, but can walk one way for ten miles without hitting another road, you must be in Canada. Ain’t no cities like that in the lower 48! A fence around the garden works. If you hang burlap on it or make it opaque some other way, it only needs to be five foot high. Deer won’t jum...
by nchunter
Tue Apr 30, 2019 6:54 pm
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: FIBERBOARD SHEATHING TARGETS
Replies: 9
Views: 4555

Re: FIBERBOARD SHEATHING TARGETS

In our archery club we made the backstop as you describe, but laid up strips of carpet and compressed those. Much better I think than the stuff you’re talking about.

But as others have mentioned, disposal is a PITA once it’s reached the end of its useful life.
by nchunter
Mon Apr 29, 2019 5:17 pm
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: Custom Excal's
Replies: 6
Views: 3698

Re: Custom Excal's

Here’s a couple mods I made to my Exocet 175. I made a stock out of a dead walnut tree I cut down off my cousin’s farm. It’s not nearly as nice as some folks on this forum have made, but I like it. The plastic stock that came with it was fine; I was unemployed at the time, and just bored so I though...
by nchunter
Sat Apr 20, 2019 3:49 pm
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: Targets
Replies: 4
Views: 1830

Re: Targets

Honestly, the best, cheap target with super-easy arrow removal is a burlap sack packed with old rags. I got a burlap sack for $1-$2 from a coffee shop (they get their coffee beans in them). Here in North Carolina there’s no shortage of cloth scraps from textile plants, but you can just use the old c...
by nchunter
Sat Mar 23, 2019 9:40 pm
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: This is ultra sad to say the least!
Replies: 54
Views: 17116

Re: This is ultra sad to say the least!

Hahaha! You guys have no self-control!

Actually, I’m thinking of getting one those myself, though my wallet might settle for a BD400.

I’d be curious to know how the stock trigger is on this bow.
by nchunter
Thu Mar 14, 2019 6:24 pm
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: VENISON REFRESHER ALERT
Replies: 12
Views: 4168

Re: VENISON REFRESHER ALERT

Butchering deer is so easy once you know how. I can’t imagine paying someone $70 to do it for me. Heck, it’s more trouble carting the carcass to a butcher than it is doing it yourself! I’d rather butcher a deer than a squirrel. Squirrels hang onto their hide worse than any other animal I know! Hella...
by nchunter
Fri Mar 08, 2019 8:04 pm
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: Turkeys!
Replies: 18
Views: 7089

Re: Turkeys!

Yeah, I sure found that out the hard way! Movement a deer would never pick up, like moving a thumb to the safety! Thing is, when it’s not turkey season I can’t shoo the dang things away when I’m hunting deer. They make a racket and won’t leave—even if I stand up just 30 yards away and do jumping jac...