Crossbow or no? In the market for a new bow

Are you a woman?

Are you elderly?

Are you disabled?

If answered yes to any of the above, you're in the clear.

I'm going to look at crossbows tomorrow. Selling my Elite and buying either an Excaliber Micro 355, TenPoint Turbo GT or Horton Storm.

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while they hunt with high-powered rifles.

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During rifle season.

I dont see the big deal with using a crossbow is. It's legal so use it if you want to. I have crossbow and compound that I just bought. My hope to to get a deer and a hog with each on of them this year.

My dad used to hunt with one when he was in his 70's and enjoyed it. I killed a couple of heads of cabbage with it in his backyard. Found it to be extremely accurate.

I didn't know anyone could use them now. When he was hunting with his, I think you had to be over a certain age to use.

It's not about being a wuss. Hunting with a crossbow vs hunting with a compound/recurve are two completely different forms of hunting. Hunting with a crossbow is closer to hunting with a rifle.

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is there any big downside to hunting with x bow?

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They are a bitch to load, I would assume especially in a climber (unless youre hunting out of a box blind). They are basically a one shot weapon as well, due to reload time. They are also heavy as shite and I would assume it's awkward as hell hauling it through woods.

Youre switching from r/h to l/h? Im assuming shoulder surgery or something?

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I dont see the big deal with using a crossbow is

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It undermines how difficult it is to actually kill an animal with a real bow. It is like a rifle with limited range.

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My hope to to get a deer and a hog with each on of them this year.

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Do what you do man. Hunt by any means legal and in a such a way that YOU enjoy. The main thing is people taking credit for a "bow" kill on an animal and conveniently leaving out the fact that it was with a crossbow and not a compound. The crossbow hunter doesnt have to worry about timing the draw to be undetected. He doesn't have to worry about ranging nearly as much once the target is within 50 yards. He didn't have to put in the hours and and hours and years of obsessive practice to become skilled at putting an arrow on the mark.

The big deal isn't about someone using a crossbow. Go for it if it makes you happy and I hope you or anyone fills their freezer with game meat because at the end of the day youre providing for your family and carrying on the hunting tradition that human beings are derived from and that's a great thing.

Just don't call it bowhunting because they have nothing in common.

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What kind of a pussy uses a compound bow?

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Ahhh. The old clever one, two huh? Why stop there? What kind of a pussy uses a recurve? Or long bow? Or atlatl? frick, who uses a rock? Youre a bitch if you don't use your bare hands, jump on it's back, break an antler off and stab it through the heart. Right?