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Post by Sasquatch on Mar 17, 2008 4:22:13 GMT -5
Anybody have a fantastic crossbow penetration story? After playing with my brother's crossbow, it seems that a bolt from it would stand a fair chance of entering the brisket and blasting out the ol' bung on the other side.  Anyway, it seems like the forum here has stagnated a little. How about a few tales of x-bow power? |
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Post by turkeyscout on Mar 17, 2008 6:50:47 GMT -5
hey Sasquatch, from my experience , all aiming should be- just like a compound bow ,aim for the vitals,with broadside and slightly quartering best, we should all be responsible hunters' and take the best shot.... just have patience and the results will be there. i would not take a head-on brisket shot.its' the blood trail that usuallly finds your deer and you get a better blood trail with two holes,with a head-on brisket shot, you might only get one hole.. i"ll have to admit ,i'm getting a complete pass thru- with the bolt buried in the ground on broadside shots. just my two cents......turkey scout
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Post by Woody Williams on Mar 17, 2008 8:12:52 GMT -5
What turkeyscout said.
I would not take a frontal shot on a deer with anything but a slug gun/PCR.
It has been complete pass throughs on all the deer that I have killed with my crossbow - broadsides and quartering aways.
PLENTY of KE, but I still wont shoot a frontal shot. There is a lot of major bone in the front that can deflect an arrow. Shot off to the side a little and you only get one lung and what is behind it. A dead deer for certain but it can present a heck of a challenge blood trailing it.
Best to stick to broadside and quartering away shots.
IMHO......
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Post by Sasquatch on Mar 17, 2008 17:39:28 GMT -5
Relax! Just using the full body pass through as an example, fellas. I was thinking more in the lines of going through and sinking in a stump, or how they fared against errant hits on the shoulder blade, etc..
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Post by Woody Williams on Mar 17, 2008 18:18:45 GMT -5
Relax! Just using the full body pass through as an example, fellas. I was thinking more in the lines of going through and sinking in a stump, or how they fared against errant hits on the shoulder blade, etc.. With right at 100 foot pounds of KE I do aim up very close to the shoulder. That is where the best part of the vitals is at. Most people tend to aim too far back on a deer. I think I can bust through the shoulder blade without a whole lot of problem. |
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Post by Sasquatch on Mar 17, 2008 18:48:28 GMT -5
That's interesting. I have never hit the shoulder blade on a deer, but from my own examination of deer anatomy and other hunters experiences, it seems to me the only part of the blade that would cause problems is the thicker portion. ( assuming that fixed blade broadheads are used.)
I agree 100% that a lot of folks aim too far back. Even worse, IMO, is the old training to aim at the heart. I think a lot of hunters, including myself in the early years, miss low because of that aiming theory.
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Post by bigugly on Mar 19, 2008 1:26:02 GMT -5
I saw a moose shot 3 years ago at 20 yards with a 175# exocet. Went through the blade part of the near front shoulder, out at the second rib back and bolt stuck to a jack pine 5 yards past moose. I did see the moose hanging but did not actualy witness the harvest site. I do however have no reason not to believe the guy. Myself on deer I have onlt shot 2 with xbow and both were pass thrus with bolt halfway in ground. I myself aim real close to the shoulder.
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Post by hardwickbv on Mar 19, 2008 17:25:21 GMT -5
I shot a deer quartering to me at about 30 yards. The arrow went in just in front of the near shoulder and busted through the off shoulder. It took me forever to find the arrow in the leaves. I was using a slick trick broadhead and it looked like a slug had hit that deer going in and out.
I shot a turkey last year with the same setup under 20 yards and it passed through both hips and buried in a pine tree that was a couple feet behind him. I got the arrow back but could not get the broadhead out. The tom ran about 10 yards and laid down. It is the only turkey I have ever kill that did not start moving when you stepped on its neck and I have been hunting turkeys going on 17 years.
Bob
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Post by bsutravis on Mar 19, 2008 19:00:25 GMT -5
My one xbow kill was a total pass through...... which, up till that point I had never gotten a pass through with my compound, so I was estatic to get a clean pass with the crossbow. Those bolts hit with a TON of speed and energy for sure!
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Post by Hawkeye on Mar 29, 2008 15:11:33 GMT -5
Well I found out one thing for sure today,shooting a Desert Stryker at my old bag targets is not a good idea.First shot went through the bag,through a hay bail,and thank god stuck in a piece of 3/4 inch plywood just about 2 feet from the front door of our brand new shed.
Did not tell my wife how close we came to a serious repair job!
New targets and new back stop in the works.
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Post by coyote170 on Mar 30, 2008 18:57:34 GMT -5
Lowes sells dandy patch kits,hehehe,I know!
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Post by handgun357 on Apr 13, 2008 16:33:58 GMT -5
I still have not taken my crossbow out...
I want to, but I am more confident with my bow...
Everytime I head to the woods I reach for my bow instead...
I just need to shoot more...
Maybe this season...
Keep the faith fellow hunters...
Rock on...................................
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