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new crossbow hunting ?
just bought a new excalibur crossbow cant wait to try it out,I got a question for you "crossbow hunting experts" can I hunt whith my crossbow for all the open season or is restricted to bow only season, I ask this question because I ear diferent ansers from diferent people , so what is the scoop on that .thanks for all your ansers in advance, hope somebody can point me in the right direction.RICHARD
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Bow or gun seasons only
Don't worry about a pandemic, stupidity is spreading way faster
Beginning to end of hunting season - plus any Archery only season(s).
Mmmm...Beer
ou can use a crossbow in bow season, GOS too...Good on yah for xtending your season.
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In British Columbia you can use it in Bow or general season ....
It varies upon the jurisdiction you are in ....
for example ... In Alberta you can only only use it in general open season
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As per above. In BC, you can use your crossbow to hunt in any open season as well as the bow only seasons. You can also use it for archery Limited Entry Hunting(LEH) as well as regular LEH.
Last edited by Ron.C; 03-28-2008 at 01:13 PM.
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Enjoy your new crossbow.THis is what a Excalibur phoenix will do at 40yds.These are my18-22nd shots lifetime from any crossbow.RB
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Kinda takes the wind out of "hard to learn to shoot well" argument!!
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Originally Posted by Onesock
Well yeah but I was doing that with my compound in the first half hour too.
Great shooting and enjoy getting out there. If I might be so bold as to offer some advice however... please consider taking the International Bowhunting Education Program course before hunting with your new cross bow. The course was great at helping new archers to become better bow hunters! Topics like KE, effective range, penetration and shot placement and ethics for the bowhunter were well covered. We had two guys in our course with crossbows adn everyone learned lots!
Cheers
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I have to admit,I was using a benchrest to test the accuracy of the bow.My groups are not near as tight when I shoot freehand.RB
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