So now there is a Crossbow section, who owns / is getting one?

[burmjohn]

So now there is a Crossbow section, who owns / is getting one?

Personally I'm not, I have a bow already,and have $$$ invested already. Plus I just love shooting the thing. I noticed there are not to many archery places that allow crossbow use either.

[SplitG2]

I bought one for my nephew and my dad has one but I will stick with my bow.

[northernborn]

we always hunted with them, mainly for small game and just plinking around, we brought back a bunch from Nam, these are very simple 'yard bows.

i'd get a recurve modern one in a minute if they let me hunt everything with it like I can with my muzzleloader, far as I can see harvest is harcvest, you have an open season who cares the manner of take?

Utah where I retired to has the right idea on that for fishing, use a pole, a bow, a speargun, if its open season and you can take fish X go ahead and take it, however you want that isnt destructive.

I can shoot squirrel with my pistol, rifle, shotgun, bow, or muzzle but not a crossbow...that's ghey.

i cant see buying an expensive crossbow to use only on deer in firearms season (counting muzzle since the modern ones are nothing but single shot 30-30s) but I'd get one if they got hteir heads out of the butts and made blanket "any legal weapon" for manner of taking game .

those excalibur I think it is recurves look neat, I dont like compounds so wouldnt get a crossbow in one

[Sogaard]

If they allow crossbows in archery season, I'll end up picking one up for my sons. I still plan to use my vertical bow, but I would like to set my boys up in a blind with a crossbow until they get a little older.

[WNYBuckHunter]

Ill get one at some point, but its pretty far down my list and I wouldnt bother unless the allow it in bow season anyway. I wont be getting it to replace my vertical bow, just add to my arsenal.

[Phillygunns]

I too am looking at getting one down the road.

[apoallo]

I bought one a few months ago. I sold my compund bow cuz I have a non corrective eye problem that messes up the light with the apature with the bow when in low light conditions. I hope NYS allows use in all seasons with xbow. I am sure they will eventually. NJ did and I think CT did also. I understand the reasoning people have putting the xbow catagorized as a gun since it is always in the cocked position and ready to shoot verses the vertical isnt. I agree with above who cares what you take the animal with....

[pistolp71]

If they legalize it during the regular archery season, I'll buy one. I use rifle,pistol,bow,shotgun,muzzloader so may as well add another weapon.

[apoallo]

I bought mine from Gander Mountain its the Wicked Ridge Warrior. 175LB pull and about 300 FPS this thing is great very very accurate. The company Ten Point owns a sister company called Wicked Ridge. Both wicked Ridge and ten point xbows are made and come out in the same factory

[sits in trees]

i hunted with one this past muzzle/late archery season just to get things set up here in NY so when they do become legal i wont be out there fumbling around. there are lots of differances between hunting from a stand with a vertical bow and a crossbow.

just getting a crossbow into the stand with you and hanging it on a bow hook and the stealthy thing you gotta do when a deer comes by and you have to grab the crossbow for a possible shot.

im one of those be ready guy's and dont want to find out im up in my stand for a morning hunt and something is not working out just right.

i have hunted crossbow on my sisters farm in PA since they opened it up for full inclusion and do have some experiance.

[skyhunter]

I bought an Excalibur a fews years back and hope that I will not be using it anytime soon. I prefer my Bowtech compound and as long as my aging body is able to draw it I would prefer to hunt with the compound over the crossbow.

That said, it would be great to have a backup plan and be able to go the crossbow when the day arrives that I suffer an injury, or I am just too old and unable to shoot the compound.

Until then Bowtech Invasion all the way!

Edited April 7, 2012 by skyhunter

[skyhunter]

I bought mine from Gander Mountain its the Wicked Ridge Warrior. 175LB pull and about 300 FPS this thing is great very very accurate. The company Ten Point owns a sister company called Wicked Ridge. Both wicked Ridge and ten point xbows are made and come out in the same factory

Thanks, that could save a few bucks.

[bubba]

I have been shopping around. I am simply looking for an alternative to rifle or muzzleloader. Just a new toy to play with. As far as archery goes, I use a recurve and enjoy it. I do not own a compound and plan to keep it that way. Would I use a cross bow in archery season, I doubt it. But do I think they should be in archery season most definitely. I would be more apt to do so during regular season when I get bored with the ml.

[SteveB]

I bowhunt exclusively with a recurve - sold the compound last fall.

When I can no longer use the recurve, I will go right to a crossbow - hopefully legal by then.

[Chevy]

When I can no longer use my vertical bow I'll just look forward to gun season.

[nyantler]

I'll be sticking to my recurve or maybe a longbow during the archery season, but I will probably get a crossbow at some point just to say I killed a deer with one... be cool to track and kill one that way.

[ny hunter]

I love shooting my compound bow.I love to hunt with the rifle also if we get an extra tag I well think about it but as of right now no desire.

[Cabin Fever]

I'm in, as soon as they allow them in archery season...

[G-Man]

I'll stick with by bow for now unless it gets its own season. maybe someday i'll need it when my shoulder goes if they put it in archery. I have severl frinds with medical problems that plan on picking one up.

[LIAF]

I started bow hunting in 1977 and stopped using my compound bow in 2007 because I needed corrective lenses for close and distance objects. No matter what I tried either the pins were blurry or the target was blurry. I tried everything, even going to an opthomalogist for advice on corrective surgery which he acknowleged wouldn't help my situation. I could still shoot a scoped gun with no issues so I tried a red-dot on my bow and I still couldn't get it down so I gave up archery hunting. In 2008 I bought an excalibur phoenix(175lb) crossbow, put on a red-dot and enjoyed shooting again. I then purchased an excalibur vortex(200lb) crossbow and enjoyed it too. I just enjoy flinging arrows out to a target and the crossbow allows me to do it with accuracy. I anticipate NYS allowing crossbows in regular archery season so hopefully I can go out and enjoy archery hunting again. I realize this was about who is getting a crossbow but I figure I would give you my reason/history for getting one.

[BizCT]

Excalibur Vortex with Lumizone scope.

[BigTomsCalls]

I might get one to prop up my bedroom window!! LOL

[Karpteach]

I plan on getting one! I cant say exactly when , most likely after I cant pull my bow!

[tughillhunter]

Ill get one eventually. Gotta get a bow first, and 2 new fishing poles since my 2 favorite ones were broke by my 2 boys whackin clothespins off the clothes line. lol

[Pav2704]

Not really interested. Although, I'd like to harvest a deer with my recurve this year.