I have tried to find a crossbow hip quiver built to carry bolts with fixed broadheads. It is odd that product descriptions do not seem to clarify which models are suitable for this. Does anyone have a camo bolt quiver that works well for them with fixed broadheads? If so, what manufacturer and model? Also, a good sling? I bought a crossbow after having shoulder surgery.
It should work fine. It has 3 tubes and the decocking bolt fits in them. Not sure if I will carry extra broadheads in it since I have 3 bolts in the bow quiver. That should be plenty.
Took out the tubes and made a leg tie and it works OK. Did not need this evening though as I used one of my broadheads and harvested a nice big doe with a double lung pass through.
I use one almost identical to this one. My leg tie is actually a 1" wide quick release buckle. The broadhead fits into a foam pocket, shaft is held in place by two clips.
I am using mine for a reusable decocking bolt/thug. I use a bow mounted quiver for the boadheads. I don't know if foam would hold the tip on the thug. This is my first day hunting with a crossbow, and it is way easier than a compound.
I'll be hunting tomorrow with an Xbow for the first time ever. I shot it some in the back yard and, at 50 ft, I put 3 out of 4 in one inch. The 4th was about an inch out. I'm uncomfortable because I don't understand trajectories on this thing. But, I'll be close so it may not be a big deal.
Not sure how I'll even like hunting with it. With a rifle, I can sit a hundred or so yards away, read a Louis L'Amour book, stand up to relieve myself and generally wiggle around. We'll see.
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DD1, sounds like ya got a little spoiled rifle huntin. I'm bettin you'll really like the x bow. I got my first one last yr and can hit pretty consistently at 40 yrds which is double what I used to limit myself to with a compound. I used to shoot instinctively and now have a scope (world of difference, like shootin squirrels with an open sight 22 vs a 22 with a 3x9). Having to put down the book, quit figiting and wizzing out of your stand will make the challenge of the hunt much tougher and rewarding. I've always said one with a bow is better than two with the gun. When ya have to let em get close enough ta hear em breath the adrenaline really rushes. Have fun!! I doubt ya depend on Venison ta survive and if ya do ya can piss, spit, read and fidget during gun and still fill the fridge. Good huntin to all!
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I can't see using an x-bow without something like this. If you don't have a chronograph, zero the x-bow at 20 yds. Put the target at 40 or 50 yds and keep turning the speed ring until you are hitting the aiming point. Always shoot from a bench type rest when sighting it in, it will take out most of the human variables. I use a rangefinder when hunting, either on the deer itself or on landmarks around the stand so I know the yardage. Trajectory is like a rainbow.
I use mechanical broadheads, they fly the same as my field points.
One thing - have a magic marker with you, and shoot ALL your arrows at the 40-50 yd target. Any arrow that doesn't fall within the group, re-shoot it. If it falls out of the group again, mark it and don't use it for hunting. All arrows won't fly the same due to how the fletching and nock is installed - something to do with the spine of the arrow I think.
I have a scope but sighted it in a 25 yds on the first dot, 35 on the second etc. It shoots great out to 50 yds off a rest, but windage is too much at 55 yds. I too use a range finder. I had a 30 yd landmark in the right place, so putting the second dot on the doe about 5 yards beyond that worked perfectly. Its in the freezer now.
Hunted about an hour from dawn on at a corn feeder. Then got a call that I was expecting from the county property tax people about them being on the way to my place. Got a call later that kept me from hunting in the afternoon. But, I walked by and checked out other feeders and it appears that the deer are eating acorns and forbs.
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I've got pictures of deer at my feeders from last weekend but there are so many acorns on the ground I can't see them eating anything but acorns for a long time.
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My game camera no longer recognizes the SD card. I wish they made a reliable no-frills game camera that just took pictures when something walked by. There must still be a market for products that just do basic things reliably.... I guess not.
It should not cost $500 to make a reliable motion triggered camera. I don't need magazine quality photos or fancy features. It just needs to keep working.
I agree it should not have to cost that and it has nothing to do with magazine quality or fancy photos. Most of todays cameras will take fairly high res photos. In my experience, reconyx is the only company making cameras that will last "forever", not have a bunch of false triggers with no subject in the pic or pics of deer butts/noses, have excellent battery life, etc.
I thought I had found a viable camera in the coverts last year. First season they did pretty good. Second season, which was this year, not so much. Starting getting all kinds of screwed up pics. Pics during the day that almost look like night vision photos, etc.
I have ONE reconyx and it's the only camera that does what it is supposed to year in and year out. I have a heap of others that basically suck.
There is a whole other world of guys that build their own.......
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The first review on this one said it is tricky to program. I am not looking for a unit that needs to be programmed. I use it the same way every time. Its for scouting, so I just need a picture when something walks by. It needs an on and off switch to meet my needs. Everything else is baggage. I understand that I must represent a small (or underappreciated) market share, and that is why such products don't exist.
I run cameras yr round and have gone through many brands that did not last through a yr of daily use. Like u I am not looking for one that does everything just one that takes video. video gives more information back to me. Reconyx is the best but cost is pretty high. The next best for me is the Moultrie brand. I have several of these that are now in their 5 year and still going strong. I think they were around $150 but may be higher today.
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