Excalibur Crossbow Forum

"surely no one could be stupid enough to try that on a deer ," The dirty little secret is that bowhunters do shoot that way out west.... When I was hunting New Mexico back in the 80's I talked with a good number of local guys (NM) that shot 75-80 yds at elk and deer.... so 100-160 yds with...

FYI- The Traditions Muzzleloader chart (www.MuzzleloadingRegs.pdf) is interesting to read and though I didn't ground truth all of the states, what I found for the states I hunt (NJ,OH, NM,CO,PA,TENN) was accurate for the powder restrictions (or none)....Places like Colorado and New Mexico came out a...

Wow, I have to look further into it and let you folks know, but evidently was I way off base. Smokeless powders are not allowed in my state (New Jersey) and they are very firm about that, but according to a chart I just found online from Traditions Muzzleloader there are a bunch of states (I think i...

Being a bit (some people say more than a bit) ecletic in my ML shooting toys I also have the Savage ML-10, along with T/C Encore, several flintlocks and others, but unfortnantly the gun sits more than the rest simply because most states will not allow ML hunting with smokeless powder....I'm told by ...

Boos right!!!.... Add that curve and some moleskin and forget about it.....

IMHO- Unless you're really intending to hunt cinderblocks, don't waste a Slick that way... It'll cut any MEAT that it hits and afterall that is what you really want to test it against....... If you want to test it against something harder, shoot a shoulder blade, leg bone or maybe a rib... That'll t...

I don't think I have any hunting gear I haven't tinkered with.... That's half the fun....I rarely find something out of the box that's ready to go... Treestands are one thing I always make personal... If only to add camo paint to them, or rubberize the floor, add new straps, hooks, railing, seats or...

I'd like to find out too.... He's one guy that's done a lot on testing on just about everything crossbow.....

Those are some Beautiful bucks!!!..... That's what keeps the motor going for hunting season.... They're big bucks no matter where you are, Ohio, Va, the Bronx Zoo or anywhere... It looks like you've pretty much got it wired too... You just have to seal the deal... It's never a piece of cake to get o...

My title is Supervising Environmental Specialist (Biologist) for NJ Dept of Environmental Protection.... Mainly I conduct research investigating chemical contamination of NJs fisheries relative to establishing fish consumption advisories... I enjoy many aspects of the job, but after 32 years.... the...

Melanistic and albino variations of animals are always interesting to me..... A bunch of years back I shot a melanistic squirrel and I know that there's several areas here in NJ with populations of both melanistic and albino squirrels (like right in front of the State Capital Building in Trenton, NJ...

I've seen only one that was very, very dark but not completely black, because the stripes on the tail was almost like a normal colored coon.

That one you have looks really dark......

I like your idea about using the call away from the stand. That way, at least, the call might draw the deers attension away from the hunter. I would think, like any other kind of calling, your stand set up and hunting area would be most important.. If the deer is able to see right through your area ...

Oooooooo, the fixins for the new "McFawn" Sandwich......


....Now that's just a terrible thing to say!!!.... I apologize!....

I'll join the chorus... I have them both and both work fine... I like the lighted sights a little better, only because of the twight light factor at dusk but also on really cloudy days, and hunting in cedar thickets where it's darker than in a hardwoods. That extra bit of light on the reticle really...