1.Learn as much as you can about the animal your hunting. Study their vitals and know where to shoot them .
2. " Aim small miss small " ; Pick a spot . Even if you have crosshairs . Dont aim at the entire animal , imagine a small target in the vital areas and smoothly squeeze the trigger.
3. Follow through ; Dont try to jerk your head up after the shot . Stay focused after the shot is made and view it through your sites or scope .
4. Learn to read the emotions of your animal and compensate for it. Some animals will react to the shot differently. A whitetail will drop at release . If he was nervous to begin with he will drop even more . On the flipside some animals will not .
5. Look for your shaft .Always inspect your arrow/bolt after a shot . Learn to read the blood & material on your shaft .
6. Watch your animal after the shot. Was he hunched , was he spinning his tail or did he just blind run. Was he headed uphill or down hill .
7. After the shot , give ample time before tracking ( at least 30 min.) relive the shot during this time . Take note of landmarks he went by .
8. Carry good lighting to track by and be prepared to spend as much time necessary to recover your animal .
9. Know your hunting area.
10. If your using a red dot scope .... carry extra batteries .
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Newbie Crossbow Tips List Needed
Moderator: Excalibur Marketing Dude
There is only one tip for Newbie x-bowers become a member of this forum and read all the postings. After that you will know everything that you need to become a x-bow hunter. 
Seriously I do mean that, it has helped me harvest 2 bucks in my first year of hunting, not that I didn't make mistakes but I feel I was way ahead of the game just by reading the experience posted here.Thanks guys.
Seriously I do mean that, it has helped me harvest 2 bucks in my first year of hunting, not that I didn't make mistakes but I feel I was way ahead of the game just by reading the experience posted here.Thanks guys.more tips
-obey all games laws and private Hunt Club rules
-share your experiences and your knowledge with others
-introduce young people to the sport and to the outdoors
-stay healthy and in good physical shape
-enjoy your hunt and the outdoors...do not hurry....relax
I leave you with my poem entitled A Place I Wait Too Long For:
When days turn cool
And the leaves transform to red
To the cabin and my hunting grounds
I can be counted on to head
Where a hunter is not troubled
I am ultimately drawn
Where a doe can be spotted
With two healthy fawns
Away from the city rush
Back to simple, easy tasks
And in the evening quick to bed
After a few swigs from the flask
And walk I would to get there
If I had to, mile after mile
With heavy gear on my back
I’d still arrive there with a smile
And with a sense of inner peace
I’d watch my hand push open the door
When after the cabin’s porch is reached
I’d enter a place, I wait too long for
xboman
-share your experiences and your knowledge with others
-introduce young people to the sport and to the outdoors
-stay healthy and in good physical shape
-enjoy your hunt and the outdoors...do not hurry....relax
I leave you with my poem entitled A Place I Wait Too Long For:
When days turn cool
And the leaves transform to red
To the cabin and my hunting grounds
I can be counted on to head
Where a hunter is not troubled
I am ultimately drawn
Where a doe can be spotted
With two healthy fawns
Away from the city rush
Back to simple, easy tasks
And in the evening quick to bed
After a few swigs from the flask
And walk I would to get there
If I had to, mile after mile
With heavy gear on my back
I’d still arrive there with a smile
And with a sense of inner peace
I’d watch my hand push open the door
When after the cabin’s porch is reached
I’d enter a place, I wait too long for
xboman
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ninepointer
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Ninepointer,
I own 200 acres of hunting and agricultural land on Manitoulin Island where the whitetailed deer population is estimated at 25,000.
The author is me.
Took all of 35 minutes to write.
It's amazing what one comes up with when one permits his sincere feelings and emotions to gain the surface.
I will say this:
For a place I visit 3 weeks a year at most, I think about it way to often.
Smile.
I own 200 acres of hunting and agricultural land on Manitoulin Island where the whitetailed deer population is estimated at 25,000.
The author is me.
Took all of 35 minutes to write.
It's amazing what one comes up with when one permits his sincere feelings and emotions to gain the surface.
I will say this:
For a place I visit 3 weeks a year at most, I think about it way to often.
Smile.
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ninepointer
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- Joined: Tue May 24, 2005 10:52 pm
- Location: When you reach Barrie, keep going...
Xboman,
I know what you mean! I belong to a deer camp in WMU 47 that has been around since 1919 (they were hunting those same watches since before father was born). Not a day goes by that I don't think about that place. My wife jokes that I will want my ashes spread there!
Mind if I post your poem inside the camp? (I'll have to credit it to "Xboman")
One of my buddies at the hunt camp has a sister who lives on Manitoulin. She crossbowed a nice 8-pointer last fall and then had bigger buck walk up to sniff the dead buck. We kid my buddy (who is deadly on does, but has never shot a buck) that is fall we are going to replace him with his sister!
Ninepointer
I know what you mean! I belong to a deer camp in WMU 47 that has been around since 1919 (they were hunting those same watches since before father was born). Not a day goes by that I don't think about that place. My wife jokes that I will want my ashes spread there!
Mind if I post your poem inside the camp? (I'll have to credit it to "Xboman")
One of my buddies at the hunt camp has a sister who lives on Manitoulin. She crossbowed a nice 8-pointer last fall and then had bigger buck walk up to sniff the dead buck. We kid my buddy (who is deadly on does, but has never shot a buck) that is fall we are going to replace him with his sister!
Ninepointer
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Big John's Custom Arrows
Slick Trick 100 gr. Standard broadheads
Groundpounder Quiver Mount
Re: Newbie Crossbow Tips List Needed
I thought of this after my last post and I ... sorry to Woody because I believe he wanted these posts to just remain relevant to the newbie tips...
Woody Williams wrote:I would like to compile a list of crossbow tips for newbies...
Could you all list as many tips as possible- especially directed at newbie crossbowers?
We tried this before and we got sidetracked on the whys and a why nots of WD-40 for triggers.
Please DO NOT try and discuss the pros and cons of any listing that someone else has made. Just list your crossbow tips. You can explain why you listed your tip, but please do not try and critique someone else's tip. That will just get us off track.
The tips can include anything from intial assembly, maintenance, shooting, accesories, necessities, etc, etc, etc..
THANKS IN ADVANCE......
Give a kid a fish and they'll eat for a day, teach a kid to fish and they'll eat for a lifetime!
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Re: Newbie Crossbow Tips List Needed
Thanks for directing this thread back the subject at hand.wilsonj73 wrote:I thought of this after my last post and I ... sorry to Woody because I believe he wanted these posts to just remain relevant to the newbie tips...
It is VERY easy to get sidetracked isn't it?
I've done it once or a hundred times myself..
Woody Williams
We have met the enemy and he is us - Pogo Possum
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We have met the enemy and he is us - Pogo Possum
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http://www.excaliburcrossbow.com/phpBB2 ... ight=thumbHoss wrote:I may have missed it but all to important not to say again..I saw that clearin limbs and obsticals where in here but I will say it again....
KEEP THUMB AND FINGERS IN PROPER LOCATION..
if you wanna keep them....
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Always learning!!
Home fer now!
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Crossbow Hunting
Crossbow Hunting is as serious as any other type of hunting, even more so in some cases!
Always do your best to practice and understand your equipment.
Understand your Quarry!
Be ethical and enjoy the hunt!
Spread the word, spread your knowledge, and embrace any new hunter, regardless of their choice of tool, used for hunting!
Happy Hunting to all!
Always do your best to practice and understand your equipment.
Understand your Quarry!
Be ethical and enjoy the hunt!
Spread the word, spread your knowledge, and embrace any new hunter, regardless of their choice of tool, used for hunting!
Happy Hunting to all!
Enjoy the Harvest!
