White-tailed deer are widespread across the country and can be found in abundance on both public and private land. Of all the big game animals hunted the most popular one is the white-tailed deer for several simple reasons. It not only requires skill with a traditional bow and stealth on the part of the hunter, but in-depth knowledge of the animal being hunted. More by October Mountain Traditional Archers Path | Deer Hunting Basics With Traditional Archery Gearĭeer hunting with a recurve bow is a highly rewarding and extremely challenging sport. it's still the person behind the equipment. go on line to someone like Cabela, Bass Pro etc and read customer reviews read what real world users say about the +/- of bows that peak your interest. So those of you who have a reason to investigate crossbows. but with a compound I would have had a couple of misses and/or likely a wound out of 20+ shots. what would my results have been with a compound before before my injuries?Īgain my abilities. in those ten years I have tagged EVERY deer I have shot at except a couple tree limb encounters. this I base on me and my results over the last 10 years. I would think there would have have to be some hump to numbers with the addition of crossbows. I Read where many of the oldest crossbow use states are not reporting any appreciable archery harvests the person behind the equipment are what really counts hunter ethics, respect for the deer or simply. under 40 yards I have to either pull arrows after each shot or shoot at a different spot each shot or I will stack'emīottom line. Yes I can pickup a crossbow with optics anytime and nail a desert size paper plate at 75 yards. with the 360fps I have had all pass thru on over 20 deer with the exception of a spine shot ( speed above 360fps does not appreciably extend range) ( as in sound arrival vs arrow) with my first crossbow pass thru was an every other time thing depending on distance/angle. just like guys who think arrow speed is everything but the benchrest guy is willing to move heaven and earth for that single ragged hole. most deer hunters will settle for a 3 to 4" group at 100 yards. this is more directed to the average "Joe" like me. I realize there are always exceptions to everything but again. the performance demanded of the very small unit hunters demand seems to take it's toll of most of the major "working" components. the $$ starts getting kinda to all the way Krazy. you will quickly understand this statementīut approaching the 400fps level and above crossbow. there are a few "brands" who do not have long life results whether cheap parts or or bad quality control. I make this statement as reliable with the good crossbows. this speed seems to be about where present design and material availability keep the crossbow in the everyday shooter category that only asks for rail lube and string wax. as my arrow speeds increased thru progressive crossbows I am now at 360fps. the 230fps crossbow rig's noise reduced the the relaxed deer sure kill to 25 yards and another 2-4 yards with wind/rain. my FIRST crossbow was about 230fps with a 465grain arrow. with my compound sound wise I could reasonably expect a relaxed deer to be a harvested deer out to 30 to 35 yards. My 65lb Bear compound is quieter than any of the 4 crossbows I have owned. time to learn the dynamics of weapon of choice and sound and deer and apply that to both my past compound experience as well as my current crossbow learning curve. (1 kill was luck in that I caught a tree limb and got a spine hit instead of a double lung) and two additional clean misses from branch hits kill, miss and woundġ0 years of crossbow I have killed 20+ deer. My 60/70/80 hour work weeks before retirement had me lying to myself about how much practice I needed and or actually did. The things I have come to believe to be true: So I crossed over from a compound to a crossbow over 10 years ago (Dr's permit here in Missouri until this past season) just kind of sharing some of my life's experience and resulting thoughtsįor the record I have been retired for 10 years. I see all the gashing and knashing over the application of crossbows during archery seasons and I would like to throw out some thoughts.
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