All this paid off big time. I harvested a 9 pt non typical on my first trip to the woods on Oct 3rd. The rangefinder said 47 yds. The angle compensator said shoot 45 yds. I put the 40 yard diamond slightly above the brisket and pulled the trigger. The bolt went thru 1 lung, the heart and 30 yds down range! The deer ran 30 yards and expired.
I returned from a business trip 12 days later and returned to the woods with my Vortex the next morning. I have been using Wildlife Reasearch Scrape Dripper bottles at all my stands. Soon as the sun started coming up I was surrounded by does and yearlings. Within 5 minutes a nice 8 pt showed up and walked staight to my mock scrape. 31 yd shot and he ran 40 yds and took a dirt nap. He is going on the wall!
This is the best 2 weeks of hunting in my 35 years of chasing whitetail. I dont miss the muzzle flash or the big bang. I was able to watch and hear exactly where the deer ran to. Overall, crossbow hunting is an amazing experience for a former rifle hunter. I shot a recurve bow deer hunting in high school and shot a few does but never got a buck. This more then makes up for that. My 16 year old son thinks it is great, but he is sticking with his Diamond compound bow for now. I bet by the end of the season he will be begging to use the dreaded Excalibur!http://s1108.photobucket.com/albums/h40 ... C_1189.jpg[/img]
