Excalibur Crossbow Forum

For cutting the meat into cuts I prefer a simple fillet knife;sharpe,flexible and inexpensive. The extra time to de-bone the leg will make excellent hind cut steaks.Just dig the knife tip in and follow the outline of the bone to seperate.Then hold the slab of meat tight and slice out your steak cuts...

I had a stand/steps taken a few yrs. back and it still P.O.'s me

The local guys here bury their deer heads in the ground to the where the antler joins the skull.It's done in the late fall and early winter and approx. late spring the bugs and whatever have eaten the flesh,brains,etc. and only a slight bleaching is done and a european skull is the result.I suppose ...

I'll wait 2 more weeks before I go out then hit it till after our rut.I hunt the apple orchards now and approx. the 1st. of November the apples will have been eaten up and by then I have a good idea of the dcurent deer travel routes and hunt the funnels/scrapes for the rut. I'll hunt just buck with ...

Ryan,I've got a couple of decades expierence of metal fabrication also and when I make something for myself like the stand you want to make I get ideas from products that work and use their dimensions and add my own ,hopefully better,input to it.Like making the seat small to just lean back on and le...

I'm on my fourth year of the Hunter Safety System.It has the harness built into the vest.It's fantastic;even used the drag strap one year to pull a small buck up a hill.Got my whole bad back into that one,thought of the drag everytime I ate some of that deer!!

Joe--,Up till 2 mths. ago when I got a Phoenix I was useing a Horton Safari Express I bought new 19 yrs. ago. The tracker canister I did have to tape closed where the 2 halves meet as it would pop open when shooting from the crossbow.The Horton had the threaded insert as standard fatory equipped.I h...

2490 + 32 = 2522

I've used the string tracker for years both on my vertical bow and the crossbow.Never had a problem either way.Does make a hissing sound as the string unwinds on take off. Always had the deer fall within range of viewing them though.Except a decent 8 point that I buried a Muzzy in his front shoulder...

Rock on ReadyEddie Sometimes things have a way of working out for the better.

That's a real,raw deal there on the Horton.I just sold mine a Safari Express model that I had for 19 yrs. for 100 bucks.I never had a bit of trouble with it ,was satisfied quite well.I guess the guy that got it might have gotten a better quality crossbow than the new ones present. I went to the Exca...

Nice set-up Bob,looks wicked.I like the stone in the background too.I always keep my eye open for stone like that when I'm out roaming.

Many years ago [17]after I felt confident with my archery shooting I would get a routine of making one shot at the target before leaving for work early in the morn.I enjoyed that and I felt it was an excellent indicator of my skill.I can remember I was quite happy with my shooting then,heck I even h...

Elkman,I think you would be better to get some DeerCane,the white powder stuff, out there instead of a scent product. The deer,doe and buck will make a habit of coming to the lick and hopefully you will be waiting. I've had tremendous results with that product,a fresh bag every year and your set.My ...

For the last couple of years I've been wanting a light set-up like that.This might as well be the year to "git it done".Would be a lot easier than sticking the mag light in my mouth to do tasks :wink: 3 Christmas's ago my sister bought all the young ones a cheaper version of that light to ...