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Crossbow opinions?
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Fri Oct 31, 2014 11:55 pmby Frylock
Utterly confused by all the options out there, I've never owned one so no clue what is important. Top contenders are a Ten Point Shadow ultra light, Bowtech Stryker Solution Ls and Excalibur Matrix 380.....but I'd appreciate and input on other bows.
Re: Crossbow opinions?
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Sat Nov 01, 2014 10:02 amby Willie
I have a Ten Point Wicked Ridge. Only shot it once. Need to get good with it and kill a deer.
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Sat Nov 01, 2014 12:59 pmby firstflight
10 point is a great bow I have 2 of them. 50 yards all day long. We shoot turkeys with them.
Re: Crossbow opinions?
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Sat Nov 01, 2014 2:10 pmby IndianaMallard64
In my opinion crossbows are for the handicapped or elderly. If you are either one of those keep on shooting
Re: Crossbow opinions?
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Sat Nov 01, 2014 2:43 pmby The Duck Hammer
In my experience lighter is better. I've got two of them, a Horton Supermag and a Barnett quad 400, and both of them kill deer just fine but the Barnett is a pain in the ass due to its weight.
Re: Crossbow opinions?
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Sat Nov 01, 2014 4:53 pmby Bulldog0156
Crossbows are for bitches.
Re: Crossbow opinions?
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Sat Nov 01, 2014 4:56 pmby The Duck Hammer
You wanna fight?
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Re: Crossbow opinions?
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Sat Nov 01, 2014 6:04 pmby blockmaker
I've heard great things about the wicked ridge.
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Sat Nov 01, 2014 9:00 pmby firstflight
IndianaMallard64 wrote:In my opinion crossbows are for the handicapped or elderly. If you are either one of those keep on shooting
I am all of that and then some .
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Sat Nov 01, 2014 10:09 pmby sws002
blockmaker wrote:I've heard great things about the wicked ridge.
This. Made by Ten Point, far and away the best bargain priced bows.
Re: Crossbow opinions?
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Sun Nov 02, 2014 9:46 amby Bulldog0156
The Duck Hammer wrote:You wanna fight?
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I won't hit a bitch.
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Sun Nov 02, 2014 11:01 amby SpinnerMan
Bulldog0156 wrote:Crossbows are for ****.
Then who are guns for?
All I know about crossbows is that if you have one, you ain't using it on my boat to shoot fish.
I don't want a bolt through my head when the trolling motor hits a stump and somebody falls on their ass and pulls the trigger.
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Sun Nov 02, 2014 2:03 pmby The Duck Hammer
Bulldog0156 wrote:The Duck Hammer wrote:You wanna fight?
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I won't hit a bitch.
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Sun Nov 02, 2014 4:23 pmby Bulldog0156
SpinnerMan wrote:Bulldog0156 wrote:Crossbows are for ****.
Then who are guns for?
All I know about crossbows is that if you have one, you ain't using it on my boat to shoot fish.
I don't want a bolt through my head when the trolling motor hits a stump and somebody falls on their ass and pulls the trigger.
Guns are for when the weather gets cold. Weather is starting to get cold around here
Re: Crossbow opinions?
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Sun Nov 02, 2014 4:52 pmby Frylock
Bulldog0156 wrote:Crossbows are for bitches.
I've been called a lot of things.....including a bitch.
Re: Crossbow opinions?
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Tue Nov 04, 2014 1:37 amby Capttrae
IndianaMallard64 wrote:In my opinion crossbows are for the handicapped or elderly. If you are either one of those keep on shooting
There's a season for it, they are legal so why knock anybody who wants to use one? I shoot one sometimes, I'm not handicapped or elderly. Yet. And if a crossbow helps get someone new in to archery like a young person or a lady that can't draw a bow, so much the better.
Now back to the OP, hard to beat a wicked ridge. I bought one 4 years ago, out of the box it was dead on out to 40.
Re: Crossbow opinions?
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Wed Nov 05, 2014 7:20 pmby Bufflehead
My opinion, crossbows suck. A lot of the people that shoot them think they are hunting with a rifle. they will take longer shots than they would with a traditional compound bow. Most of these crossbows shoot the same speed or less than that of modern compounds. There is not a crossbow or bow on earth that shoots faster than the speed of sound, they are a hell of a lot louder than compounds. So when you take that longer shot, the animal being shot at has that much more time to jump the sound of it.