Excalibur Crossbow Forum

My daughter is great, she's been fishing with me a few times this season, I can't wait till I can take her hunting.

Last evening my 2year old daughter said there was a big cat on the lawn...

The pic is small because I took it with my blackberry. Sadly, way too close to houses.

We in Nova Scotia, are limited to synthetic scents. Are they effective? I have no experience with them.

**edit - not intended as a hijack, i can start a diff thread if necessary

Thanks a ton for all of the insight. I got a 4'x8'x2" sheet of white foam today and cut it in 2x2 squares and duct taped them together in a 16" thick block put it ahead of my other manufactured target (just in case) took a couple shots with the field point, used 1 broadhead and it was only...

I got out to sight in the new crossbow, and man was it fun. @ 20 yds I have it down to about a 3/4-1" grouping which I feel the scope is accurate, the difference now is just me. I used the firebolts and target points that came with my right stuff package - the broadheads I will use also came wi...

***I originally posted this in another topic as a reply rather than new post in error*** After careful consideration and reading I bought a Vortex tonight with the right stuff acc pack and a case and practice target. The little local shop had just about every model to choose from and after holding t...

Well after careful consideration and reading I bought a Vortex tonight with the right stuff acc pack and a case and practice target. The little local shop had just about every model to choose from and after holding the different models I liked the feeling of this one the most. Unfortunately I wasn't...

congrats!! best wishes to you and your family.

Thank you, glad to have found you all.

@roly - yes. Not only was there no season to allow hunting but as I recall restrictions on owning and transporting. Here is a FAQ that gives some boxed answers. http://gov.ns.ca/natr/hunt/crossbows.asp

I live in Nova Scotia where crossbows have only recently come off the restricted weapons list, and now have opened the regular rifle season to crossbows as well. I have passed the certification and have been reading like mad on these forums and other resources on the internet. There are no pros or i...