WNYBuckHunter

I’m not bald yet I just wear hats a lot lol. It was pretty tough finding a pic without one.

First off pal, I didnt present anything, I was discussing a crossbow that someone else brought up. Second, the legality of a crossbow in NY was never specified in the original post, so we are discussing crossbows vs verticals in general. Calm your tits

Hang on now! Mines not all gray!

Deal, but only if vertical bows are limited to ones you whittle from a tree and use sinew for the string!

I agree, there are times Im caught off guard too. My crossbow is pretty clumsy for me right now, but part of that is because Im getting used to it. Ill see how it is after I hunt with it and use it more.

Doesnt matter

I dont know about you, but unless its a deer trotting in quick, Im standing, have my bow off the hook, release on the loop and ready to draw back long before the deer gets into my lane. The actual draw isnt that much movement. If youre having to "aim for the sky" or making a ton of movement while you are drawing, you are trying to draw too heavy of a weight. You said no limbs at all. The limbs arent that much shorter in length than some other crossbows, the angle makes it look that way. Id honestly rather have one of the higher end reverse draw crossbows than that one. They are better balanced.

I have both, and can say that when a deer is coming in, with a vertical bow, I have my bow up and release on the loop, ready to draw long before the deer steps into my lane (most of the time). Bringing my crossbow up on target is just as much, if not more movement doing that very same thing. When I draw my compound there is little movement, just my right arm moving back. I do not shoot a poundage thats high enough to make me aim up or down during the draw. My bow has @ 80% let off, which I can hold steadier for longer than I can hold my crossbow on target when Im shooting freehand. The vast majority of my stands do not allow for any rest with a crossbow. I can get a rest with a rifle on alot of them, by bracing against the side of the tree trunk, no can do with a crossbow. Regardless, I was pointing out that the statement belo made about no movement with a crossbow is not accurate in most real world hunting situations.

You still have to raise and aim the crossbow, so there is movement involved. Honestly, theres just as much, if not more involved with the crossbow. Were talking about real world hunting, not hunting on a ranch with a pile of bait where you know right where the deer are going to be, and can leave the crossbow setup on a tripod stand.

I merged the 2 identical posts into the same thread. Sorry if its a bit confusing. OP, please do not start the same thread in multiple areas of the forum. Thanks.

I cant remember which store it was, but my sons mom did something similar a few years ago. Bought things she knew were on BF deals a few days before, and then went and demanded they match the prices on BF. It worked.

Almost...

Saturday night was a great time, I really enjoyed getting together with some of you guys that I have known for years, and getting to meet some others that Ive talked to on here for a long time! Im looking forward to another get together soon! Thanks for putting this together moog!

Field & Stream is owned by Dicks, just so you know.

So after watching Wolc make a fool of himself and thinking about it, this thread is garbage and will be treated as such. Locked up so it will fade away into the abyss of useless posts that no longer garner any attention.

Not really, he makes some pretty outlandish posts.

Honestly, it doesnt even surprise me coming from him.

Hes not blaming the deer, hes blaming those of us that pass young bucks. In reality, this is just a sick, twisted way for him to justify shooting anything that walks by. He needs to put the crack pipe down.

This weekend was a bust for me with the rain, today the wind is ridiculous, so I am sitting here at my desk, Ill be swapping my day off of work for Wednesday, which looks to be much better.

The EcoDiesel doesnt have the tow rating that the 1500 HEMI has. Its @ 9k max. If you step into a quad cab 4wd, its only 7600. My HEMI quad cab 4wd is rated at 10200, maybe a touch less since I put the 35s on it which change the overall gearing.

Its your eyes lol

Awesome Chef. Im gonna move this over to the classifieds so it gets the attention it deserves.

Sounds exactly like what I have. The biggest issue is that the way the winch is mounted to the wall (it was there when I moved in, I didnt do it), the crank doesnt fit, so I use a ratcheting wrench to do it, and it takes forever. I was planning to replace it with an electric winch, but we are selling the house so I dont know if its worth my time to jerk around with now.