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<blockquote data-quote="Sniper John" data-source="post: 1215791" data-attributes="member: 8580"><p>It was for me last year. I hunt with both and on this day I had the crossbow. </p><p>In my tripod I normally have my bow hanging or fixed in the upright position so all I have to do is draw and shoot with very little lifting of the bow to get in postion. But the crossbow was layed down on the rail of the stand. Lifting it as a deer approached created enough movement that the deer saw something even though it was through the brush. It put me in a position to hold that heavy crossbow in position for a long time without moving. My position blown, the deer was not moving on up the trail any time soon. I had to give in eventually and drop the crossbow back down comletely blowing my position at that point. If I had my compound instead on that hunt, it would already have been in position and I would have had an opportunity to pull and release my arrow (created the movement) at a more chosen time. Again, I hunt with both, and more times than not bringing my crossbow into position creates more movement than does grabbing my compound and pulling it. But of course that is due to the way I normally hunt. An exception would be the guys that hunt from pop ups with shoot through windows. But then with those guys, drawing a bow or pulling a crossbow from their lap to their shoulder is never seen by the deer anyway. The one way I do see a big advantage with the crossbow though is with the box blinds used by rifle hunters. They can shoot through their fixed horizontal blind window same as they do with their rifle, provided the game is within bow range. Very difficult to do with a compound.</p><p></p><p>A fun test you should try if you have both a compound and crossbow hunter in your camp. Set up a 30 yard target. Have the bow shooter draw his bow with arrow and have the crossbow shooter bring his crossbow to shoulder ready to shoot. But tell them they are only allowed to release at the moment you say. Give it say a minute, but try different times. I know with me, my crossbow is front heavy and I have serious accuracy problems in short time. I can hold my compound bow "with let off" at draw and shoot more accurately in the same given time than I can with my crossbow. After and up to a reasonable amount of time of course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sniper John, post: 1215791, member: 8580"] It was for me last year. I hunt with both and on this day I had the crossbow. In my tripod I normally have my bow hanging or fixed in the upright position so all I have to do is draw and shoot with very little lifting of the bow to get in postion. But the crossbow was layed down on the rail of the stand. Lifting it as a deer approached created enough movement that the deer saw something even though it was through the brush. It put me in a position to hold that heavy crossbow in position for a long time without moving. My position blown, the deer was not moving on up the trail any time soon. I had to give in eventually and drop the crossbow back down comletely blowing my position at that point. If I had my compound instead on that hunt, it would already have been in position and I would have had an opportunity to pull and release my arrow (created the movement) at a more chosen time. Again, I hunt with both, and more times than not bringing my crossbow into position creates more movement than does grabbing my compound and pulling it. But of course that is due to the way I normally hunt. An exception would be the guys that hunt from pop ups with shoot through windows. But then with those guys, drawing a bow or pulling a crossbow from their lap to their shoulder is never seen by the deer anyway. The one way I do see a big advantage with the crossbow though is with the box blinds used by rifle hunters. They can shoot through their fixed horizontal blind window same as they do with their rifle, provided the game is within bow range. Very difficult to do with a compound. A fun test you should try if you have both a compound and crossbow hunter in your camp. Set up a 30 yard target. Have the bow shooter draw his bow with arrow and have the crossbow shooter bring his crossbow to shoulder ready to shoot. But tell them they are only allowed to release at the moment you say. Give it say a minute, but try different times. I know with me, my crossbow is front heavy and I have serious accuracy problems in short time. I can hold my compound bow "with let off" at draw and shoot more accurately in the same given time than I can with my crossbow. After and up to a reasonable amount of time of course. [/QUOTE]
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