Excalibur Crossbow Forum

Yes you are right striper I guess you did get under my skin. Know one likes to be told that they are uninformed but I took it way to personal! I apologize and I will be more careful before I "shoot my mouth off". Sorry. On another note most big game animals are not taken at more then 100 y...

STRIPER SAID: "The big, lumbering 45-70 is a great rifle to impress the uninformed with its heavy weight, large round, and substantial recoil" I must say.,! STRIPER you have never shot a marlin 45-70 and you should,. before you mouth off. First the marlin 45-70 1985GS has a weight of 7lb. ...

The .45-70 For the One Gun Big Game Hunter By Matthew J. Hewett In searching for the one gun with which to hunt big game all over the world I have come to the conclusion that the .45-70 in a lever or falling block action is the perfect rifle. With these rifles a hunter has the ability to fire factor...

Hey guys if you can not wait for deer season come up to Nunavut and hunt Caribou and Musk-ox wit me. the season starts Aug 15th!! I will be there from Aug 8th through Sept 9th in the town of Iqaliuit. Most of the largest Caribou ever taken was from the Barren Ground Caribou. ie. Nunavut. If you can ...

Thank you all for the good info I will let you know how it goes!!

Has anyone seen the article in the mag Big Game Adventures? What a great surprize when I open the mag and seen the inventor of the best crossbow ever made in full colar! It is the september issue and the artical is called Showdown at Carmour Plains!!!!!

You got it chris4570! from all the reading I have been doing alot of record caribou have been taken with a bow. As you say I may have to hunt a bit harder then someone with a long range rifle but as a bow hunter it is the hunt that I love not just a harvest. I own a Marlin 1985GS 45-70 Goverment wit...

Thanks for the replies. have any of you traveled by air with a scoped gun? I heard that a hard gun case is what you need but then I was told that the case has to be preserized or you risk harming the gun. Any thoughts?

First I have to apoligize for asking a gun question on our crossbow forum but I have grown to respect the forum members and so I will hope to be forgiven. 45-70 Government for caribou, is this enough gun for the job? Has anyone gone up to Nunavut to hunt big game and if so any help on Regs ect. woul...