Excalibur Crossbow Forum

Haven't seen a deer within range for the last 2 seasons until tonight. Doe came through the thick brush at about 4:00 pm and hung up looking behind her for 30 min. When she looked away from my direction I lifted my Exocet 175 to prep a shot at what I hoped would be a buck following her. Bumped the e...

Out yesterday to do a bit of practice w/exocet . I always use 2 bolts w/broadheads to aim in. Both bolts have Luminoc which seems to work some of the time. I tend to turn on the light as I load into crossbow. 1st shot high @ 50, 2nd shot same so I change speed on scope. Next 2 shots fine @ 50. I mov...

I too am colour blind , red /green , which makes retrieval difficult if tracking a blood trail. I use a blood light w/minimal success but I seem to be able to find blood in wet conditions by detecting a difference in the texture of blood vs water. I have on at least 2 occasions found a downed deer b...

Does the aiming point change on a rainy day?

I've seen one scrape and a few rubs on 1/2" trees. This is typical for our area . We usually don't see much until the 1st week of Nov and much more activity in the 2nd week.

I'm taking my 1st stand of the year on Sat morning in N Duham county sitting on the downhill edge of a corn field near a swamp where the bucks roam but are very nocturnal due to pressure. Is it too early to rattle? Any suggestions ? We always see does but have only taken 2 good bucks, ten pt 145 and...

Remington 6 in 1 Parka talk about noisy, sit up against an iron wood

planter wrote:If I'm in a stand I'm hunting although now that I know how I might send a text or two.
I also wonder why they put Velcro on hunting gear. It's the loudest tearing sound I can imagine.

Remcloth: water proof and warm but the sound it makes spooks me as well as deer

Finally saw a nice 8 pt this morning @ 1st light looking like he had his mind on something. Unfortunatley I am not hunting today, just had a coffee and watched from my home office. I was out yesterday still hunting the dense cedar swamp in the Brechin area and didn't see any rubs or scrapes. Hope to...

Does anyone know the probable date for the rut in the Orillia area?