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Post by grappledad on Aug 20, 2006 4:53:19 GMT -5
Have any of you ever hunted small game with your x-bow? If you do, what kind of arrow head do you use? A friend of mine used a 100 gr. shocker on a ferrel cat and the shocking part was it shot plumb through, like it wasn't even there. Anyone know of a head that wont pass through small critters?
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Post by strelnikov on Aug 20, 2006 20:32:07 GMT -5
I started out using rubber blunts on rabbits but after a couple of hits with nonlethal results I switched to judo points. They are very effective and I have never had a pass through. In addition, if you miss, the hooks on the judo points dig into the ground, preventing the arrows from traveling too far. Here are a couple of pics of a rabbit I shot with my Vixen Lite (115 lb limbs) using a judo point tipped arrow. The judo point eviscerated the rabbit.   |
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Post by grappledad on Aug 21, 2006 14:22:29 GMT -5
Maybe my buddy has to heavy of a bow. Or maybe the shockers are different than the judo points. Anyway that's one dead rabbit for sure.
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Post by strelnikov on Aug 22, 2006 8:04:55 GMT -5
More power is not always a good thing, especially when shooting relatively small critters like rabbits, squirrels, and fish. The problem with a crossbow is that you have to shoot it at full draw, you cannot do partial draw snap shooting like you can with a stick bow. This causes a problem if you are shooting something like a gar, buffalo, or common carp one minute (with big, very tough scales and a heavy skeleton requiring lots of power to penetrate so it doesn't pull off) and a bighead or silver carp the next (with small, fragile scales and a relatively light skeleton easily resulting in a passthrough).
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Post by grappledad on Aug 22, 2006 15:31:47 GMT -5
I get it now.
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Post by DaWG on Aug 25, 2006 5:38:22 GMT -5
I won't be using a blunt on mine anytime soon, but I can hardly wait for the Fall Turkey season this year. Anybody out here use a C-Bow for Turkeys?
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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 25, 2006 8:25:57 GMT -5
I won't be using a blunt on mine anytime soon, but I can hardly wait for the Fall Turkey season this year. Anybody out here use a C-Bow for Turkeys?
Here is Woodmaster's gobbler.. Lot more challenge than taking them down with the 12 guage.
I was going to try and take one last fall, but the turkeys had a different idea.  |
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