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Post by scott on Oct 11, 2019 18:42:22 GMT -5
Got a question for all you veteran crossbow hunters... when do you cock your crossbow in the morning? I’m headed out for my first hunt with my new crossbow in the morning and was curious when everyone else cocks theirs.
My new Xbow has dry fire inhibiting so i was thinking about cocking up at the truck and walking to the stand locked but not loaded, climb up and load arrow in stand, remove arrow before lowering down, reload once on ground for walk out (just in case when light out), then unload into discharge target back at truck.
What do you guys do?
Scott
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2019 18:45:29 GMT -5
I`m not a "veteren", that`s for sure, even though I`m older than dirt.
I cock my crossbow after I`m out of the truck, dressed, and just before I walk to the stand, just like you`re considering. I attach it to my draw-rope, pull it up, and hang on the hook. Place the bolt on the bow just at legal shooting time.
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 11, 2019 19:02:12 GMT -5
Got a question for all you veteran crossbow hunters... when do you cock your crossbow in the morning? I’m headed out for my first hunt with my new crossbow in the morning and was curious when everyone else cocks theirs. My new Xbow has dry fire inhibiting so i was thinking about cocking up at the truck and walking to the stand locked but not loaded, climb up and load arrow in stand, remove arrow before lowering down, reload once on ground for walk out (just in case when light out), then unload into discharge target back at truck. What do you guys do? Scott I do it this way except I don’t carry my crossbow cocked and loaded. Cocked yes, loaded no. I uncock it at home by shooting it in my target in the backyard
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Post by deadeer on Oct 11, 2019 19:02:31 GMT -5
Got a question for all you veteran crossbow hunters... when do you cock your crossbow in the morning? I’m headed out for my first hunt with my new crossbow in the morning and was curious when everyone else cocks theirs. My new Xbow has dry fire inhibiting so i was thinking about cocking up at the truck and walking to the stand locked but not loaded, climb up and load arrow in stand, remove arrow before lowering down, reload once on ground for walk out (just in case when light out), then unload into discharge target back at truck. What do you guys do? Scott You answered your own question in paragraph #2. You are good to go with your plan. Good luck.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2019 19:07:12 GMT -5
Got a question for all you veteran crossbow hunters... when do you cock your crossbow in the morning? I’m headed out for my first hunt with my new crossbow in the morning and was curious when everyone else cocks theirs. My new Xbow has dry fire inhibiting so i was thinking about cocking up at the truck and walking to the stand locked but not loaded, climb up and load arrow in stand, remove arrow before lowering down, reload once on ground for walk out (just in case when light out), then unload into discharge target back at truck. What do you guys do? Scott I do it this way except I don’t carry my crossbow cocked and loaded. Cocked yes, loaded no. I uncock it at home by shooting it in my target in the backyard I have a Yellow Jacket "discharge target", that I keep in the truck with a bolt that has a field point on it. I fire the field point tipped bolt into the discharge target which protects the bolt from rocks or hard ground, and then my crossbow fits nicely back into my soft case for the ride home.
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Post by greghopper on Oct 11, 2019 19:15:37 GMT -5
I`m not a "veteren", that`s for sure, even though I`m older than dirt. I cock my crossbow after I`m out of the truck, dressed, and just before I walk to the stand, just like you`re considering. I attach it to my draw-rope, pull it up, and hang on the hook. Place the bolt on the bow just at legal shooting time. IIRR they changed/did away with the rule a few year ago about having Bow/Gun being loaded before legal shooting time... Good to go at all times now just no shooting.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2019 19:23:05 GMT -5
I`m not a "veteren", that`s for sure, even though I`m older than dirt. I cock my crossbow after I`m out of the truck, dressed, and just before I walk to the stand, just like you`re considering. I attach it to my draw-rope, pull it up, and hang on the hook. Place the bolt on the bow just at legal shooting time. IIRR they changed/did away with the rule a few year ago about having Bow/Gun being loaded before legal shooting time... Good to go at all times now just no shooting. I suppose I`m a dinosaur. My ethics and principles aren`t subject to regulations changes.
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Post by greghopper on Oct 11, 2019 19:29:44 GMT -5
To me it's a comfort thing.... load when in place and settled in and unload before lowering from stand!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2019 19:31:59 GMT -5
To me it's a comfort thing.... load when in place and settled in and unload be lowering from stand! Couple of questions: When did this change take place. As far as I`ve always known, you were not to have rifle loaded, cap on muzzleloader, or bolt on crossbow until legal shooting time. Also, a kind of different question: I thought the hunter orange requirement for commercial ground blinds had been lifted...has this silly regulation in fact been removed?
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Post by firstwd on Oct 11, 2019 19:41:53 GMT -5
To me it's a comfort thing.... load when in place and settled in and unload be lowering from stand! Couple of questions: When did this change take place. As far as I`ve always known, you were not to have rifle loaded, cap on muzzleloader, or bolt on crossbow until legal shooting time. Also, a kind of different question: I thought the hunter orange requirement for commercial ground blinds had been lifted...has this silly regulation in fact been removed? No, it hasn't been removed. It is one of the rule changes currently being proposed.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2019 19:45:09 GMT -5
Couple of questions: When did this change take place. As far as I`ve always known, you were not to have rifle loaded, cap on muzzleloader, or bolt on crossbow until legal shooting time. Also, a kind of different question: I thought the hunter orange requirement for commercial ground blinds had been lifted...has this silly regulation in fact been removed? No, it hasn't been removed. It is one of the rule changes currently being proposed. Thank you for that clarification. IMHO, it`s always been an ignorant regulation, cumbersome, and pointless.
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Post by scott on Oct 11, 2019 19:46:10 GMT -5
Thanks for the replies gents!!! Sounds like what I was thinking is basically what you all are doing. 😎
Scott
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 11, 2019 19:53:58 GMT -5
The “loaded” change took place at least 5 years ago, if not more. You can now keep your guns or crossbows loaded at all times.
It was pretty well an unenforceable regulation.
I remember one year (changed the next) where compound bows had to be either cased or a small padlock on the wheel or string where it could not be drawn during non shooting hours.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2019 19:57:31 GMT -5
The “loaded” change took place at least 5 years ago, if not more. You can now keep your guns or crossbows loaded at all times. It was pretty well an unenforceable regulation. I remember one year (changed the next) where compound bows had to be either cased or a small padlock on the wheel or string where it could not be drawn during non shooting hours. Wow, padlocked... to quote the little girl in the Peyton Manning Children`s Hospital commercial: "That`s crazy". As greghopper said, that`s actually kinda nice. It keeps one from having to make all that noise and movement right at legal shooting time. I`m kinda a little OCD, and my buddies poke fun at me, I won`t shoot one minute before legal shooting time. Knowing this makes me feel a little better I guess... Thanks kindly for the answer and clarification Woody.
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Post by Pinoc on Oct 11, 2019 21:01:14 GMT -5
If I leave the truck in the morning (dark) I will cock it at the bottom of my stand and load an arrow once I am up. I then of course shoot a big buck with it from my stand and don’t have to worry about uncocking it once I am down. Isn’t this the way everyone does it? 😀
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Post by steiny on Oct 12, 2019 8:11:26 GMT -5
I've got one I use occasionally when hunting on the ground or out of a box blind. Cock it when I get to stand location. Due to their shape I find crossbows to be very unhandy to tote. Carrying one of those rigs by the sling cocked gives me the creeps. If something went wrong and it fired, it could take an ear off.
Fire a discharge arrow into the ground, then leave stand when done.
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Post by chewbacca on Oct 14, 2019 7:42:19 GMT -5
No, it hasn't been removed. It is one of the rule changes currently being proposed. Thank you for that clarification. IMHO, it`s always been an ignorant regulation, cumbersome, and pointless. Why do you consider this law to be ignorant, cumbersome and pointless?
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Post by greypoupon on Oct 14, 2019 8:04:02 GMT -5
If I am walking in to a permanent stand, I usually carry it in cocked and loaded since I only have a backpack and the crossbow. If I am carrying my climber and backpack, I will carry it in unloaded and cock when up in the tree. Usually the same coming out. Will fire discharge bolt from stand straight down if the climber.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2019 18:12:56 GMT -5
Thank you for that clarification. IMHO, it`s always been an ignorant regulation, cumbersome, and pointless. Why do you consider this law to be ignorant, cumbersome and pointless? Because the chances of being shot while in a commercial ground blind are extremely remote. More than that, IF someone did get shot in a ground blind, it would be someone shooting in such a circumstance that they wouldn`t have been able to see the blind anyway, such as shooting over a rise. But the likelihood of it ever happening is minuscule. Trying to find the orange is nearly ridiculous too, then, trying to figure out how to attach it to the blind so that it`s quiet and doesn`t flap everywhere in the wind. Wearing orange while moving is indeed of great value, since most deer hunters know deer don`t wear orange, but otherwise, it`s silly and cumbersome.
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Post by greghopper on Oct 14, 2019 18:33:28 GMT -5
gregr, So when you or anyone else have your orange on and get into the blind how will anyone see the orange you're wearing?
I personally don't see this law going away but do think they need to reduce/adjust the amount required to go on the blind.
BTW.... chances of getting shot in a blind is much higher then being shot in a tree stand where orange is also required!
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