Crossbow hunting

Lol you might as well just open the which gun for bear Defense Pandora’s box asking that question... lol ten point asked that on their Facebook and get over 8000 replies lol, regular post gets around 5 replies normally.

I aim for under 40yards, if conditions are perfect 50-60(hard cap for me).

You will get the you tube crowd telling you 80-100y is no problem, yes your bolt can go that far and with today’s tech it can even bullseye that far out... the problem becomes, travel time, noise jump, surprise wind and other elemental effects that can all ruin a shot.

What your shooting at and what your shooting with will effect these answers as well
 
Foxer2373 said:
Lol you might as well just open the which gun for bear Defense Pandora’s box asking that question... lol ten point asked that on their Facebook and get over 8000 replies lol, regular post gets around 5 replies normally.

I aim for under 40yards, if conditions are perfect 50-60(hard cap for me).

You will get the you tube crowd telling you 80-100y is no problem, yes your bolt can go that far and with today’s tech it can even bullseye that far out... the problem becomes, travel time, noise jump, surprise wind and other elemental effects that can all ruin a shot.

What your shooting at and what your shooting with will effect these answers as well
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What he says pretty well sums it up ^^^

Last fall I had a young bull moose stand in the open broadside to me at 80 yards. I know my bow is good to 60 yards so didn't shoot as I didn't want to scare him off with a possible miss and he was slowly going in the direction of the caller. I now upgraded to a Excalibur 400TD and I would attempt a 80 yd shot with that, but the variables mentioned by Foxer still stand.
 
Under ideal conditions and a good broadside shot tops would be 60 yards. 40 yards or under is much better. I have only attempted a 60 yard shot once on a moose & was successful. The short bolts lose energy quickly. Excalibur Matrix 380
 
I practice alot and i know my cross bows are accurate to 60 yards but i generally wont shoot at game passed 40 yards. Early season if conditions are perfect i may take a 50 yard shot. The 4 deer i shot last year with cross bow the furthest was 6 yards. Ideally i like 20 yards are less
 
From my experience with crossbows Foxer is right on. For most people it's definitely easier to hit with precision a little further out with a crossbow than with a compound.

Compounds need more practice and I would add there is a larger hunter profile with a compound (a lot more chance to have your cover blown).

Also with compounds after sitting on a stand for a number of hours in late November or early December you can barely (or not at all) draw your compound where with a crossbow it is always cocked and ready to go.
 
My Excalibur hammers them in one on top of the other fletches touching at 50 yards , like to say it was me but it’s the bow / bolt combo I shoot . I would go 60 yds if conditions were perfect
 
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