Tips For Choosing The Right Hunting Crossbow
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5 Helpful Hunting Crossbow Tips
Looking to buy a brand new deer hunting crossbow? Well, before you go ahead and check this post out.
1. Dont just go out and buy a piece of junk. There are plenty of hunting crossbows out there that look great and "seem" to perform well for the money. You just have to remember that - more times than not - you do get what you pay for. I stress and am so overly consious when I purchase something cheap that it ruins the fun of having the item.
2. If you buy a cheap crossbow, then it breaks - and you end up buying a good one - you just lost some serious money. If you are worried about the quality of a crossbow, then save your money and get what makes you happy.
3. Dont make a hasty purchase. What I mean is always do your research before buying a hunting crossbow. To do thsi simply type the brand name into google and there should be plenty of customer reviews. This should give you a basic understanding of the product.
4. Dont believe everything you read on a customer review. Many times people will give extremely biased review in order to give a company a bad reputation or to make you want to buy it.
5. Check the specs of the crossbow like the power stroke, fps, and draw weight. There are so many bows out there that look great and have a great price that have very short arrows. They also try to hide this apect of the bow. I am no expert - and please correct me if I am wrong - the shorter the bolt, the less accurate the crossbow becomes. I wonder why models such as bowtech, ten point, and excalibur have longer bolts that the rest? 8)
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Make Sure To Look At The Arrow Length
Yes its true, arrow length does facto into the crossbow's accuracy. That is why most Barnett Crossbows, Parker Crossbows, Bowtech, and Ten Point will have arrow lengths of over 20". There is a reason for it folks - they are charging a lot of money for these bows and they are going to make them accurate. I can prove this.
Go to the sportsman's guide and look at the Jaguar crossbow and the Eagle Vi. Both of these crossbows look really good, but the price looks even better. I have to give props to the guide for marketing their products so well - bravo, but that doesn't mean that they are excellent crossbows. Yes, the guide does endorse them and I am sure they will work, but Im not so sure everybody will be that happy with them.
Remember that for only a 100 to 200 more dollars you could get a decent Barnett Crossbow. I Have a Barnett wildcat crossbow and I love it. I have done many reviews on you tube of it and will post one for you to check it out. The wild cat is a great crossbow that is decently quiet, very fast and has a great trigger pull. The trigger is so much lighter and smoother than I would have ever imagined. Remember that you do not want to spend money on something that you may turn out being unhappy with and with you wouldn't have done it. Just save your money and get the crossbow that you want. Thank you for reading this post about choosing the right hunting crossbow.
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doing my research here having used air rifles wanting to try crossbows ok your right you want quality pay the money long shaft arrows eh thanks for the tip sir i am looking forward to killing something now an animal i mean lol hers to my next pot of stew
Great tips. Do you find that you like using a cross bow for hunting rather than a gun? I haven't tried a bow yet, but I might have to look into it after reading this! Thanks for the great hub!
A good article.
I was looking to read more. I am not new to the sport of Archery or bowhunting. But I've never bought a crossbow before. Your article almost made me buy one for myself.
Keep up the good work. You've got a nice hub here.
Bryce,
Its hard to say whether hunting with a crossbow is more fun than using a gun. i think that it is fun to use something different from time to time.
i am a long time bowhunter, and recently sustained injury to my back and shoulder. I can no longer draw my compound bow. I took a long time researching crossbows and found quite a few mistakes can be made when purchasing. 1. do not make your decision solely on price, of all the bows I felt and shot, the cheaper ones definitely proved to be cheaper, whether it was overall feel, weight, or noise. 2. Choose your store carefully. Some of the large hunting stores have great prices, but if you live far from them it isn't going to be cost effective to drive there if a problem arises. If you go to a bow shop that only carries one brand of bow, find another place that carries several, also make sure they allow you to shoot the bows a few time, one arrow won't tell you wether it is the right bow for you. Make sure the bow shop is reputable and will back the product if anything unforseeable arises (if you buy from another store your local shop probably won't help without you putting out some dollars). I finally settled on the Parker Tornado, I shot maybe 15 different models and liked this the best. It mat not be the best for you or fit your budget, but I have found it to be an excellent bow that is insanlely accurate out to 60 yards.
I purchase an Excaliber crossbow last year after injuring my shoulder. It has recurve limbs not the compound pulley system, and only 305 ft/s rating. The reason I chose that model was the light weight and the fact it could be uncocked without firing an arrow. First night out last bow season I got a nice 170 lb. 8pt Whitetail. It was down in just a few seconds. Good broadheads and shot placement matter, but it certainly had enough power.
Teddletonmr Level 3 Commenter 20 months ago
Your hub Tips For Choosing The Right Hunting Crossbow is right on.
I have an old ten point that has seen more than a couple deer seasons. It is one of those crossbows that has a cocking system built right into the stock. I have found that this feature helps a great deal, not only is it easy to cock my crossbow. It ensures it is cocked the same way every time.
Like the anchor point on a compound bow shooter makes a difference, likewise with a crossbow. At twenty yards my ten point will stack my carbon crossbow arrows on top of each other, rather hard on the vanes, I might add. Shooting at forty yards the group is a bit larger, unless I have a rest but it still will keep all my arrows in a coffee cup sized group.
When I use carbon shafts, a 100 grain field tip it crosses through the chronograph at 330fps, I do not know what other hunters like, but for me that works. Great hub thanks for sharing the information on crossbows.