Good news/bad news

[theoldarcher]

Talking about waiting till the last minute, I finally went this afternoon and sighted in my new Vixen II that I got back in March of this year. Season here starts in the morning and wouldn’t you know it… hasn’t rained for two weeks and now thunderstorms will be moving in tonight and tomorrow. The good news is that Sunday morning temps will be down in the 50’s with good weather for the rest of the week.

I love my little Vixen II. I use the supplied fiber optics instead of a scope simply because I keep my shots within 30 yards. The fiber optics is dead on at twenty with the bottom pin being dead on at thirty. That’s all I could ask for to give a slick head a bad day. Good luck to everyone whose season comes in the morning.

[bkisel]

Haven't tried it but I believe that open sights, even with just one pin maybe set at 20-25 yards, is just fine for 30 yards and in. Hope you're succesfull so that if nothing else you can post that you don't need no stinkin scope.

Bill K.

[Snapshot]

Thats what I have right now Bkisel,one pin on my Ibex.Going to play with it for awile to see how I like it.(The sight,I mean!) Less on the bow. Althow I do like what a scope does for you. Good luck Theoldarcher, show em if ya shoot em. Snapshot

[vixenmaster]

Well dodge the rain drops or ease into a new ground blind thats water proof, good luck

[wabi]

You should be fine with the factory sights.
My only complaint with them is the fiber optic pin doesn't pick up enough light for my eyes to see it well in a ground blind in dim light. That's the reason I went to a scope.

The weather doesn't sound good for deer hunting, but that's part of the game.

[bob1961]

be out there as the rain is bout to stop, the deer will be ........bob

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[theoldarcher]

I have owned and used several Excalibur Crossbows over the past three years. The Phoenix, Ibex, Exomax, Equinox and the 175 Exocet have all been great. When I first got into crossbow hunting I was like every other newby that came along, speed, speed, speed is all I thought about. But, after hunting with them for a while I found that speed is not the most important factor of the crossbow. The most important factor is yardage. If you keep your shots close no mater what speed it shoots or how noisy you think the crossbow is, the deer just isn’t going to be able to jump the string enough to miss. Thirty yards is my max range simply because I run less risk of a miss or a wounded deer due to string jump. As far as scopes go, I have used them and killed deer with them but am just more comfortable shooting open sights. It is real brushy where I hunt and have screwed the pouch on several occasions because I didn’t see the twigs in the way using the scope. Have a great morning.

[awshucks]

I have owned and used several Excalibur Crossbows over the past three years. The Phoenix, Ibex, Exomax, Equinox and the 175 Exocet have all been great. When I first got into crossbow hunting I was like every other newby that came along, speed, speed, speed is all I thought about. But, after hunting with them for a while I found that speed is not the most important factor of the crossbow. The most important factor is yardage. If you keep your shots close no mater what speed it shoots or how noisy you think the crossbow is, the deer just isn’t going to be able to jump the string enough to miss. Thirty yards is my max range simply because I run less risk of a miss or a wounded deer due to string jump. As far as scopes go, I have used them and killed deer with them but am just more comfortable shooting open sights. It is real brushy where I hunt and have screwed the pouch on several occasions because I didn’t see the twigs in the way using the scope. Have a great morning.

Ah, the old 20 and 30 trick, you are an observant man! I've been touting this set up for a while now, you warm the cockles of my heart!