Your chance to brag...

Thundersnow · Post by **Thundersnow** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 12:12 pm

Just wondering.....how many years have some of you been hunting with crossbows and how many deer size (or bigger game) you have harvested with them?

Sliver · Post by **Sliver** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 12:45 pm

This will be my 2nd season with a crossbow.
Last season I harvested a 7 point with the Exocet

GonHuntin · Post by **GonHuntin** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:07 pm

7 years, 9 deer, 4 bucks including 7, 8 and 9 pointers......passed up a bunch of does and small bucks....have also taken a turkey and a coyote.....had a absolute blast!!!

My biggest crossbow buck so far............

Thundersnow · Post by **Thundersnow** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:10 pm

That is a dandy!!! Congrats!

GaryL · Post by **GaryL** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:39 pm

Started about 1970 or somewhere close with a "Barnett" many deer since then. My best however is this fellow..

GonHuntin · Post by **GonHuntin** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 3:26 pm

Gary

That deer looks HUGE in the body.....how much did he weigh??

GaryL · Post by **GaryL** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 3:58 pm

GonHuntin I honestly don't remember now and I can't find my hunting stub I had it wrote on. It took both of my son's and I to drag him to the truck, that I remember very well....

I shot him with the 185lb Exomag and a lazer goldtip II with 100gr. slicktrick....

GonHuntin · Post by **GonHuntin** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 4:14 pm

The buck in the photo I posted weighed 144 dressed and he was a good size deer for these parts......yours makes him look like a yearling!

huntman · Post by **huntman** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 11:13 pm

GonHuntin and GaryL those are two real bruts congrats and thanks for sharing those pics

This is my best crossbow kill up to date. Not a big fellow like the others gents but a trophy non the less

6 pointer killed with my 200lb exomag

Adrian J Hare · Post by **Adrian J Hare** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 9:25 am

Congrats on them nice deer everyone.

I started hunting at 15 with a Barnett Wild cat (I'm 40 now) and the first year killed a Doe with the Barnett. Since then , I have killed More deer , bears, and turkey , tried Moose and Caribou but never got in the right place to make the kill. About 1990 I changed to the Compound Bow, and the last deer I took was last season

it is something I look forward too every year...BT

GaryL · Post by **GaryL** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 7:05 pm

Adrian J Hare, huntman and GonHuntin some nice trophys....

wabi · Post by **wabi** » Sun Jul 03, 2005 10:26 am

Never really kept an accurate count of years or deer, but the Excalibur has added a few to the freezer in the past few years. I believe the doe I shot with the muzzleloader last year was the first deer I've killed with anything other than the crossbow in three years. No huge bucks, but a lot of meat for the freezer, which is why I hunt anyway

bow hunter · Post by **bow hunter** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 3:15 pm

Started hunting with an xbow in '92 with a Horton. Killed a doe that year. Bow was stolen ina break in. I replaced it with an Exocet in '93. Didn't kill another deer with an xbow until '96. Since then I've killed somewhere between 20 and 25 deer. Best has been an 130's class 8 point that weighed around 185lbs. I still use the same Exocet purchased in '93. I've had mounted with a red dot until this year, and have changed to a drop zone scope.

Armadias · Post by **Armadias** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 11:25 pm

Started hunting with an Exocet in 2002.

First year zip nada

second year one buck, one doe

Bob

LoneWolf · Post by **LoneWolf** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:44 am

This season will be my 19th season hunting with the crossbow ( since 1986 ). I've shot turkey, moose, bear, and too many deer to start counting 'em...

LW