2023 Deer Pics/Chat/Excuses

[retrieverman]

Let’s get this year started. Who’s got their bows sighted in and ready to get in the stand?

My crossbow is ready to go, but I have to get the one my son hunts with restrung and sighted in.
I just acquired a new to me muzzleloader and am now working on getting it ready to hunt. I honestly don’t know why I bought another muzzleloader, because for the last several years, I’ve already killed my target buck by then or just hunt with my crossbow during ML season.

 

[BobbyV]

My oldest crossbow needs restrung. I've been trying to do it myself, but can't get a vise that works right to do it.

My compound bow is read to go though . . . along with a back up crossbow.

 

[bushmaster06]

I need to get my bow restrung, but I'm not hunting this year. Cue sad trombone noises.

 

[tynyphil]

Mine is sighted in now. zero at 40yrds. Working at getting various ladder stands checked out and safe to use. A few limbs/trees need to trimmed a bit. Since I'm terrible at estimating distances I hang a few ribbons to show distances from the stands here and there

 

[tynyphil]

While sighting in my crossbow I had an accidental dry fire. I understand this could be fatal to the bow. The string flew off. I restrung it with a new string and shot and zeroed it after the incident. It seemed to be fine. Hopefully I dodged a bullet.

 

[retrieverman]

While sighting in my crossbow I had an accidental dry fire. I understand this could be fatal to the bow. The string flew off. I restrung it with a new string and shot and zeroed it after the incident. It seemed to be fine. Hopefully I dodged a bullet.

You should be fine. If I remember right, you have an Excalibur Equinox, and those old long limb bows are pretty forgiving. My Exomax has been dry fired numerous time, and it still shoots as well as it did when I got it in about 2010.

 

[kirk1978]

Bow ready, ML ready, and gun ready! Now it's just up to the deer!

 

[caliberbob]

I put a 6-24x50 scope on my recurve. I’m zeroed at 300yds.

But seriously, I’m sighted in with my single pin at 35yds and I’m ready to hunt!!!!!!

 

[tynyphil]

You should be fine. If I remember right, you have an Excalibur Equinox, and those old long limb bows are pretty forgiving. My Exomax has been dry fired numerous time, and it still shoots as well as it did when I got it in about 2010.

Thanks. That eases my anxiety when cocking it now especially coming from an Excalibur pro. I wiped it with a cotton ball checking for any cracks or splinters.

 

[tynyphil]

On the dry fire subject.....it blows my mind the difference in how the bow reacts to that very light weight bolt being there or not.