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- Wed Jan 31, 2024 7:41 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Anyone have some deer season left?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 657
Re: Anyone have some deer season left?
Where I hunt in Northern Virginia, the season is open 2/3 of the year. It's only closed May-August. The buck season ended the first weekend in January but we can keep doe hunting until the end of March with firearms (or archery if you choose). Then a late archery season comes back in to allow more d...
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 3:35 am
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: morning vs. evening
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1754
Re: morning vs. evening
I've been tracking key details of my harvests for years now, so I pulled up the data. Like you, the overall numbers are similar. Overall I'm at 54% in the evening and 46% in the mornings. What about just decent bucks, 6 points or larger? I've bagged 39 of those in total. That's 51% (20) mornings and...
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 12:55 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Last day successful hunt
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1896
Re: Last day successful hunt
Congrats on a very nice and unique buck. It's nice to have enough confidence in your gear to make that shot. Great job!
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:07 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: 2024 Season
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2352
Re: 2024 Season
I'm planning to get in more evening sits in the coming season. There was road construction between my home and hunting spot that made getting in a hunt after work all but impossible last year. I can't complain, because it was out best year ever on the property. But we really didn't have any buck sig...
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 5:12 am
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Time on your stand
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1204
Re: Time on your stand
I try to hunt the first and last 3 hours of legal shooting time. I like to be in the stand about 30 minutes before I can shoot, but sometimes it's only 15 minutes early. I've learned over the last couple of years to not climb down early in the evening. I've been busted by nice bucks exiting the stan...
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 9:27 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: CWD
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2646
Re: CWD
My only heartburn with CWD so far is with the limitations that are being imposed on hunters regarding carcass movement. The way I see it, there's no one that stands more to lose with the spread of CWD than hunters. As a general rule I've always found Virginia to be forward leaning in providing more ...
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 7:48 am
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: What type of critter is this?????
- Replies: 30
- Views: 435392
Re: What type of critter is this?????
One thing to remember when it comes to wild game meat Proper field care, makes for the best table fare! Great point! It's good to hear they are edible when treated right. This season my son arrowed a wide 7-point and the shot angle from the front high above had the arrow ending in the stomach area....
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 9:17 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: 2 new 2024 Excalibur Crossbows
- Replies: 30
- Views: 125444
Re: 2 new 2024 Excalibur Crossbows
The Suppressor Extreme looks like it replaces the Suppressor 400 TD which is no longer listed. It's largely the same just minus the take down and add the Ceasefire trigger. That should shave a little weight. It also comes in at a lower price point than it's predecessor. I looks like the TD feature m...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 5:12 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: What type of critter is this?????
- Replies: 30
- Views: 435392
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 6:35 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: 2024 Excalibur Crossbows
- Replies: 12
- Views: 114882
Re: 2024 Excalibur Crossbows
Return of the widebodies. HO Express limbs on the longer rail. I present to you the ExoMax Mega 501.
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 1:07 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: New Hampshire and trail camera`s
- Replies: 10
- Views: 60214
Re: New Hampshire and trail camera`s
Over-regulation, plain and simple.
So I can't put out any type of trail camera or treestand on my private property unless I put my name on them first? Why on earth should I have to put my name on them? They're my property on my property. Ridiculous.
So I can't put out any type of trail camera or treestand on my private property unless I put my name on them first? Why on earth should I have to put my name on them? They're my property on my property. Ridiculous.
- Sun Dec 31, 2023 2:47 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Happy new
- Replies: 16
- Views: 170908
Re: Happy new
Happy New Year! Here's to hoping that the 2024 season is at least as good as 2023 was.
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 9:36 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Excal. Equinox
- Replies: 10
- Views: 18359
Re: Excal. Equinox
The first 2-3 years of production they had the grey rail. Then camo was added for the remaining years. At the time it was the flagship bow and may have been the first Excalibur model with a camo rail. I don't think there were any other differences other than the camo. Someone else can chime in if th...
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 8:55 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Christmas ruger project completed.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 45410
Re: Christmas ruger project completed.
Nice looking setup. It should be deadly on varmints.
- Thu Dec 28, 2023 5:54 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Trail Cameras and Bears
- Replies: 11
- Views: 71222
Re: Trail Cameras and Bears
This will take your cams well out of nose level. https://www.spyhighmounts.com/ Mounting the cameras higher is the only thing I found that worked. The Spy High system worked great for me last year. You do give up some detection range when you mount them high, so I would only do it if/when necessary...