1) Shooting distances..(50 yards?)
2) Best arrow heads for pigs ?
3) You can keep your cross bow loaded and ready for shoot during hours ? or you must just prepared it just before shooting ? (for example at a waterhole..)

I just can't keep the bug out of me after my recent fiasco trying to buy one at Basspro Shops..

I am still dreaming with that Desert Stryker..

L

I've switched over the Gold Tip lazer II's with the 100gr inserts, using the NAP quickfletch system with blazer vanes and for broadheads, I'm going to try the 125gr steel force phat heads.

I'm sure that's more then enough punch for pigs. I don't know about your laws there, but here we can keep it loaded like a rifle for spot and stalk. Most of the time, I cock it with safety on and don't put an arrow in it until I'm in my treestand.

I'm shooting the excalibur equinox.

I would say 50 yards is a possible shot but I wouldn't try it. I practice that far and further so it makes 40 yards like a chip shot.

My Hoyt compound bow came with a video and one of the guys who shot a caribou at 65 yards with his compound.

Thanks !!!
I was worried about walking with the crossbow loaded because of the "fatigue" I can cause in the string or in the equipment keeping it ready for shoot during several hours.

Hunting laws in my country ?? hahaha that was a good joke

L

one of the guys who we hunt with doesn't de-cock his bow from morning until after legal shooting time. He comes back to camp, hangs in on a nail in the shed and leaves it there until the night hunt.

His is an excalibur as well and has never had a problem in several years except for his string stretching faster then others.

I shot a spot and stalk whitetail doe this year with my exocet 200 ranged at 63 yards. It is possible but they have a lot of time to react at that distance, I would keep shots to under 40 yards if possible.

i don't shot any farther than 35 yrds one consideration for your crossbow is restringing
the recurve style don't need a press to restring you can actually do it in the field. but they are wider just my opinion

I cocked my Horton Legend II the first morning of hunting, 02 Oct and did not uncock it until I shot a deer with it on 09 Nov. It performed exactly the same as it had always done in the past.

Lorenzo, I've never hunted pigs and have only been using a CB for a few years, but all my shots at deer have been successful. Most have been under 40 yrd.s, but I did take one shot at 45-50 yards and the animal didn't move enough in reaction to the sound of the CB to dodge. Crossbow bolts travel much faster than the arrows I was shooting with recurve bows 40 years ago. Back then the I had deer 'jump the string' resulting in a wounded animal evading me.

I've never noticed any changes in aimpoint when I kept my current CB cocked. I'm thinking of a Stryker vs. Desert Stryker myself because I like the ability to decock using the internal cocking mechanism without have to shoot the CB. I've ruined bolts shooting my current crossbow to de-cock it.

L, Another thought. Three other sites where you can tap experienced CB hunters for opinions and information are the Excaliber Forums, Archery Talk crossbow forum and Huntingnet crossbow forum. You can google up the specific addresses.

Lorenzo,
Still another thought. If you're a gun hunter you may not realize how critical range becomes with a CB. Very few hunters can consistantly judge distance in the field accurately enough to be sure of the difference between 45 and 55 yards. With a rifle or slug gun that wouldn't matter, but with a CB it can change the aimpoint enough to cost you a clean kill. I never CB hunt without a laser rangefinder.

Thanks for your comments !!

Crossbow hunting is something I should try in the future...

L