Crossbow Arrows

Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 3:08 am

Crossbow Arrows
Anybody who Hunts with Arrows, which do u prefer, Crossbow or regular Bow for Hunting and why ur preference ?

I use A compound bow for the early season, then I go to a traditional bow during the colder snowier late season.
I have use a crossbow, I only see the advantage that one is not holding a bow at full draw while waiting for ones quarry to move from out behind a tree.
There is now more greater range or actually power when using a crossbow over a regular Compound or traditional bow. This is because the fact that the limbs on a crossbow though more powerful are shorter so the energy transferred into the bolt is shorter because of design. whereas an arrow from a conventional bow has more time in the energy build up while being let loose.
Look at it like this
Two Dragsters one a top fuel {crossbow} the other a Alcohol burning {Conventional bow} . both launch off the line perfectly at the same time, but top fuel shuts down half way through the run, the alcohol fueled goes full power to the finish line.
What I am trying to put across is that the Bolt from a crossbow may seem more viable as far as speed and power but it is short lived. It doesn’t have any greater range over a bow.

as I get older and my shoulders get weaker I may end up using a crossbow… but I hope that won’t be anytime soon.