Excalibur Crossbow Forum

Congrats! What a nice looking buck! That's a beautiful rack. Bet his backstraps were tasty!

Also, hopefully WVA will come to their senses and permit crossbow hunting for everyone. Here in Iowa we have the same BS law... unless you have a disability.

Congrats on your buck! Thanks for the story and the pics.

Panhandler80 wrote:Nice!

I'm pretty sure you only need about 50 yards by 1 yard in order to make a hunt exciting!

Thanks! If only you could train deer to walk in a straight line!

If that's your first buck, its a dandy. You can quit now. Just kidding.

There's no turning back now...

Congrats on your first deer! Loved reading your story and viewing the pics.

I'm gently nudging my wife to deer hunt with me next year. The picture of you with holding your Vixen in front of your ground blind inspired her a bit more!

Knowing that trick worked for you just made my day!

Hey, thanks again! This is an awesome forum. It's like my surrogate Father in terms of passing along the crossbow huntinig knowledge to a newbie like myself!

Congrats on your first buck! What a great feeling!

VixChix wrote:Congrats on connecting with that beautiful buck!

Looks like 11 acres is enough!

Yep! I feel stupid for thinking otherwise but I guess we're all learning as we go. By the way, congrats on your first buck! I enjoyed reading your story.

Nice! Nothing like your own land. Find a nice little spot and setup a natural food plot now and keep them coming for years to come. Happy planting. :) :) Thanks! Oh for sure. About twenty years ago we planted thousands of oak saplings as part of a local reforestation program. It was an awesome fami...

maple wrote:Congratulations on the fine buck!!

11 acres can hold many bucks by the sound of it.

Maple

Thanks, Maple!

It seems so...

I bought a Summit Dagger this year. It's light and mobile and folds up quite flat. It doesn't have a shooting rail/climbing bar so it may require a bit more upper body strength to use. However, I really like the open feeling and the maneuverability it allowed for my Equinox. I had no problems steady...

Congrats and thanks for the great story and for mentioning the "grunt stop trick". It stayed with me and I used it with success on my first buck and recovery was easy!

j.krug wrote:Nice!! That right there is a real nice deer. Congratulations.

Thanks a lot! This is my first buck! I'm really pleased with him. He sure is tasty!

Gewehrhund wrote:Congratulations!! I got one running around here that looks just like that. I can't seem to find him though.....

Thanks a lot! I hope you find him!

GaryM wrote:Congrats on your nice Iowa deer. I live on 6 acres and have killed some good bucks right behind my house. Gary

Thanks, Gary! That's good to know! I was hoping that this wasn't a one time thing... I actually watched another eight pointer make some rubs two nights ago.