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Title: what do you guys think about crossbows?
Post by: sulpher turk on November 03, 2015, 07:53:44 PM
Thinking about getting a wicked ridge
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Post by: sulpher turk on November 03, 2015, 09:58:07 PM
A warrior hl. anyone have any info on them?

Title: what do you guys think about crossbows?
Post by: 30_06 on November 06, 2015, 12:07:50 AM
No info on that model, but in general crossbows are loud, unwieldy, and difficult to carry comfortably. On the plus side they can be shot shouldered like a gun, and you don't have to draw with the game near.
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Post by: sulpher turk on November 06, 2015, 07:34:21 PM
thanks for the info!
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Post by: MK M GOBL on January 17, 2016, 09:49:04 AM
With recent changes to WI use laws with crossbows we have been selling a lot of them, while I was working in Ohio for a bit it was legal there. Ten Point has been the name in the games since I have been selling them and that's been for over 15 years. Ten Point now owns and produces the Horton line and Wicked Ridge too.

MK M GOBL
Title: Re: what do you guys think about crossbows?
Post by: Iamlegend on October 02, 2016, 07:58:01 PM
I know this a old thread but its relevant to me. I had bad shoulder injury and took me out of bow hunting completely. I just recently got a used cross bow from a friend, I finally took it hunting yesterday and shot a hen at 30 yards.
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Post by: mossyhorn2 on October 08, 2016, 10:09:46 PM
congratulations on your crossbow turkey!! :icon_thumright:
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Post by: Tail Feathers on February 24, 2017, 03:17:27 PM
I don't know much about them but after some research, I just bought an Excalibur crossbow.  I may try it on turkeys this spring but I bought it mostly for deer.
I know it's kind of cheating compared to a bow but I wanted to give one a try.
Title: Re: what do you guys think about crossbows?
Post by: terp on April 21, 2017, 09:48:00 PM
I have a wicked ridge.   Works great for deer and if you know a turkey is coming.  The safety is noisy to switch off without two hands.  It has cost me birds when they come in silent.  If I ever get a new crossbow, it will have a quit safety I can operate with my thumb
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Post by: Bossman on January 08, 2019, 08:36:51 PM
There is an interview of Pete Shepley on you tube that every bowhunter should watch.  Pete is the President at PSE.  He is my hero, very well spoken and is 100% correct on this topic.
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Post by: edward.penny on April 14, 2019, 07:42:57 PM
I really like my Excalibur 350LE. Simple and fast.

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Title: Re: what do you guys think about crossbows?
Post by: Sir-diealot on April 14, 2019, 08:04:03 PM
I hope that I never get to where I need one but the problems I am having with my shoulders the last few years are making me worry I will have to consider one. I do know if I ever do get one it will be a I guess you would say recurve model, that way I don't have to worry about all those cables and pulleys failing.