a couple of things i learned are that peeps aren't worth a damn to these old eyes. on my first day i had two misses on a beautiful 8 pointer. shot just under him. after the first miss he came back in a couple of hours and, son of a gun, if i didn't do the same thing! that evening i went back to the cabin and mounted a 2.5 shotgun scope on that vixen and the following morning bob bruce (a staff writer for horizontal bowhunter magazine) and myself sighted in at 20 yards. by golly. that evening at the last bit of shooting light my ten pointer strolled in. so another thing i learned was i want to go to red dot i know i would not have had such a hard time getting his vital area in sight with an illuminated dot.
another thing i learned is a nice hand made stock is great if all you're doing is taking your crossbow to tournament and 3D shoots but, in the real world of cold weather, rain, snow and other horrible conditions you just can't beat that composite stock that excalibur makes for being able to handle any field condition. i made a mess of that pretty stock
.anyway guys i can thank you all enough for sharing your knowledge and experiences with me. you have all been a blessing to me and have insrumental in my first crossbow kill and my first big buck kill.
in a few minutes before i go to church i'll get my wife to take some pictures of that heart and my arrow. gonna put that heart in the crock pot and cook it all day.
