Excalibur Crossbow Forum

The rope cocking aid will symmetrically cock your bow every time regardless. Interesting! I'm going to have to try this again. Naturally I assumed it was the arrow but shot it again using the crank. The arrow is fine. Now when I'm able, I will try the rope pull but will also mark the string first w...

Thanks and hello Ray. Believe it or not, it really isn't that bad shooting with the crankaroo on but it does seem to be a bit louder. Probably because it is so close to the ear when shooting. However, the idea of using a cordless drill may indeed become a necessity soon. I'll for sure keep that in m...

Thanks smokepolehall. I have one ladder stand, 2 climbers and two regular stands plus hunt from the ground from time to time. Your option is not available for this but that does sound interesting for sure. bstout, I wondered if that was Ten-point's crank I saw in a picture. It's been a while since I...

Thanks cdup. With my compound or recurve it seems I almost always hung the bow but always hung it in such a way that it caused mimimal moving to get the bow; actually less than if I had it on my lap. So far with the crossbow I've just held it but have been considering hanging it. I also have some pr...

Thanks Vixchix.


bstout, why do you say to not shoot the bow with the crank still attached? Will it do harm?

Thanks bstout. Hope your hunting is good.

Hello all. Just signed up for the forum. Hope everyone is into hunting by now. Now if this weather would straighten up some... I live and hunt (archery and rifle) deer on our own property in central MI. This will actually be my first year with a crossbow. It is an Exomag. I do use the crank to cock ...