I own two xbolts, one is standard and the other a long range mod with a 26 inch barrel. Both are in 300 wsm cal.
What brasses me off is the damn trigger, you can't seem to get the let off much below 3 lb, now for long range shooting that's a joke.
Here in OZ I have a mod 70 also in 300wsm, now...
Been a few months since I drew the bow, going well, two in the dot at 15 Mars. 50 lb but after a few shots took two turns out and much easier now, at 75 the old muscles ain't what they used too be. So it's building up to rut time by end of this month, fallow deer that is, the hog deer rut 12...
Well I'm about to build a stand, never used one before but always a first time. I'm curious as to how far into the air I go, is three MTRS enough, my best tree that gives my decent angles etc. Nothing fancy just bits of pallet Wood and a leftover steel frame from a flail mower delivery parcel...
Just saw the post on nm bighorn bids, 1.3 mil ouch money to spare there.
So I'm curious on what something like that buck that scored 1000 points would go for.
Plan on going into fiordland in may next yr after the ballot. Looking for a couple of guys to join me, must be fit and resilient, not for the faint hearted as it can rain up to or more than 1000 inches per annum. Permits are free, a heli ride to a hut as Basecamp. Archery is fun, although I'll...
Three weeks ago I ordered from top archery in China some new limbs for my ifl recurve, ordered 50# bamboo and carbon. When I got home from town proceeded to whip the old ones off and had a problem with my leverage to put the string back on, hmm. Tried drawing, hardly put an angle on, ok better...
I've tried on several occasions to go co OTC but things never fall to plan so I've got a great idea up the sleeve. Here in NZ we have a herd of wapiti, slightly mixed with red deer but still pretty well look like a wap, now we can hunt the hell hole that they live in called Fiordland, any time...
I had a young fella come over to Oz from the states to hunt sambar, we dropped into a sports store to buy some heavier loads as my ones were only 150 gr, they had some 200 Gr packets out the back and these we took into the mountains. Upon arrival at our camping spot which was on top of the Ridge...
I've picked up a sako vixen in 222 rem, is anyone using the 53 gr vmax in their vixen and do they stabilise or do I need to go down in the grain department, all help appreciated.
Determination drove me back to NZ, I just knew a bull was achievable, so the first thing I did after setting up camp was to start the process from the beginning. Put my felt blanked up, used a field point to see where the arrow might go, two inches to the right at 17 yrds, the wind was pretty...
My second try for a bull tahr with a recurve. Halfway into my camping spot I took a rest up on a hill and sat facing the large valley bottom that I normally rest at by a wee brook, and right where my resting spot is where a group of 18 bull tahr, mainly younger age, they were milling about...
my first tahr hunt for this spring, on sat i dumped some gear up in the mountains and then back to town n a warm motel for the nite.next day went right in to where i was going to camp, set that up and did some glassing for the bachelor groups that normally wonder thru in the spring. they were...
Right, I've trolled the net and I'm still no wiser, one article says unit 80 is an otc archery and another says no, you need this or you need that. Or it's been turned into something else. If anyone can shed some light be good.tia
arrived here in auckland on tuesday and flew down to wanganui to pick up my little car n then cross the straight to the mighty south island to hunt all sorts of critters. well the car started first pop after sitting around for 5 months but unfortunately it wouldnt go into gear, booked it in to...
My friend was over(new hampshire)with his compound to hunt a hog deer here in Aussie, got that but we missed out on a sambar unfortunately. The neighbour next door gave me a hot tip where they where but forgot to mention it's a no hunting part of the national park, luckily we sussed it all out...
My friend from new Hampshire brought out a pair of b3 10x30 which I couldn't get in ozz or get shipped over. Quite impressed with the glass and it was on special so yes more than happy even if it seems at this stage to be a tad mini. My last pair went swimming (slc 10x30) and never found them.
So last yr while waiting for my firearms license I brought a little compound, a toy from 35 to 45 lb pull. I started from the bottom and at forty lbs I managed to arrow two bull tahrs. After a nice trip to Hawaii and all the hassles involved with travel I decided to go over to a recurve, ifl ...
Ran across some stuff on the atmos, so simple and the ease of travel overseas would be really choice. So, anyone got one and how does it feel? Hunt with one?