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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 1242688" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>Here is what happened to me that caused me to miss a Pope and Young buck.</p><p></p><p>When first shooting the Xbow, like good compound shooters, I quickly realized one needs to shoot at different bulls with each shot to prevent shearing off the fletchings. I sheared off fletching from several bolts and put new ones on.</p><p>The bolts I got came from Excaliber and had a helical fletching, so that is what I still use.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I was in the stand at Big Mac, and a P&Y stopped 30 yds from me on some acorn rage I'd put out.</p><p>It was a measured range, as they don't allow range finders.</p><p>Pulled the trigger and the buck jumped and ran off, with the bolt going way over the dop of the deer.</p><p>I replayd that scenerio a million times in my mind, and could not figure how that happened.</p><p>Months later, I got the Xbow out and for what ever reason and looked at the foot strap where one put the foot into for cocking.</p><p>I saw a tiny cut in the foot strap powder coating. </p><p></p><p>It all made sense why I missed. </p><p>The Bolts that one re-fletches have to be timed so the broadhead will not hit the foot strap.</p><p></p><p> I took a dremmel tool and cut a groove into the foot strap that will allow any fletching angle to work fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 1242688, member: 5412"] Here is what happened to me that caused me to miss a Pope and Young buck. When first shooting the Xbow, like good compound shooters, I quickly realized one needs to shoot at different bulls with each shot to prevent shearing off the fletchings. I sheared off fletching from several bolts and put new ones on. The bolts I got came from Excaliber and had a helical fletching, so that is what I still use. I was in the stand at Big Mac, and a P&Y stopped 30 yds from me on some acorn rage I'd put out. It was a measured range, as they don't allow range finders. Pulled the trigger and the buck jumped and ran off, with the bolt going way over the dop of the deer. I replayd that scenerio a million times in my mind, and could not figure how that happened. Months later, I got the Xbow out and for what ever reason and looked at the foot strap where one put the foot into for cocking. I saw a tiny cut in the foot strap powder coating. It all made sense why I missed. The Bolts that one re-fletches have to be timed so the broadhead will not hit the foot strap. I took a dremmel tool and cut a groove into the foot strap that will allow any fletching angle to work fine. [/QUOTE]
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