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When you get old you'll have to switch back to a crossbow

Everybody against crossbows all change their minds after they blow out their shoulder. They can keep you in the field 15-20 years longer.

Just look at weapons as tools. I hunt with both trad recurve and a crossbow. The crossbow is more effective in 90% situations. It is a more dominate weapon than verticle bows. Way more accurate too. I like the trad bow during early season and when stalking or when in-season scouting. You can pull-up faster and get on target on an animal when it jumps and moves. The xbow is great for a ground ambush and late season when movement is more easily detected. Just a tool. You brought up good reasons for a compound too. Well done. The main point is these are all tools that are more effective than others in certain situations. Screwdrivers don’t work when you need a hammer.

Hunted with a compound for a long time. Took some of best bucks with them. The only thing I miss about compound bows is practicing all summer. That's a lot of fun... Other than that crossbow is where it's at in a lot of different ways.

God bless

That muddy filming arm is ridiculously heavy! I like it but man it sucks carrying that thing. In the office season I'm going to switch the square tubing for aluminum

I hunted with a recurve for 30 years then used a compound bow for about 15 years. Now I am considered an older hunter, I no longer walk miles through the woods and find using a crossbow is best for me. I always strive for clean quick kills with fast recoveries and I am able to accomplish that with my crossbow. I am a meat hunter and have never been a trophy hunter. Good luck in your journey.

Get a Excalibur crossbow

Son, it is the injun… not the arrow.

I started with compounds. They were always too easy to fire accurately and I was constantly breaking arrows believing you have to shoot tight groups. I learned to fire at different targets but it got boring. I hung up the training wheels and began shooting recurves and a long bow. I hated the long bow, but fell in live with recurves. Then I got into firearms and stopped shooting my bows altogether. I now have a crossbow, its like the bastard child of all my previous endeavors. I have the archery aspect, which I loved, mixed with the muzzleoader reloads, which I also loved. It has the familiarity of my rifles with the assistance of a telescopic sight to help my aging eyes. And I don't care what people think, everyone thinks they're better than everyone else and people always hate each other. Gear guys hate fly fishermen and fly fishermen hate gear guys. Black rifle shooters call traditionalists fudds and traditionalists call black rifle shooters mall ninjas. Its what makes the world go round I guess.

What Fanny pack is this?

When you get to be 63,and have torn both shoulders over the past ten years, it's a problem to pull a compound bow, let down a little on a long hold and the snatch will ruin your day.

I have recurves, longbows, compounds and a crossbow (380 fps). Not THAT much difference between my crossbow and compound (Hoyt Carbon Defiant Turbo) if I'm to be completely honest. The real game changer is shooting trad. That crap is HARD. Some people on here are wanting a separate time in the season for crossbow hunters, but I think there should be a trad season to start then a wheeled season (compound and crossbows) to follow.

SimpIeton.

I just had to switch to a crossbow from my compound this year. After multiple shoulder injuries, I just couldn't draw it anymore.

So much wrong info in this.. even cheap crossbows are usually 6-7 lbs bro.. not sure wtf one u have but it’s a shit Walmart one then. Killer instinct $300 crossbows are under 8lbs. Size is also the same for how vs crossbow. Overall they are very close length wise. Width most crossbows are 7-12”? Your body is way bigger than that so not sure why you would complain about that. Again lots of bad info in here, if you don’t want to shoot one then don’t but don’t make a video saying false info.

All I wana do is hunt. I like bows and crossbows. Crossbow doesn't hurt my shoulder and it's easier to aim. 🤷‍♂️

He states I wanna take a deer with a recurve bow, so I got a compound bow. Smdh. How much does your camera weigh??

I just watched a video where you gave up cross bow hunting but then I see a video where you are rifle hunting

congratulations you went back to a compound bow. zero fu&ks given. good luck

Just because we like to hunt with a crossbow doesn't mean we are not well rounded hunters or less of a man what is this bullshit narrative that if you hunt with a crossbow your less of a hunter or man lol so stupid...Everyone buy's into all this internet bullshit just stop caring what people think or say then your free...

after 40 yrs of pulling trad and compounds im starting 2025 with a jacked sholder so im going to crossbows. im happy for them because they keeping me in the woods.But i hope ye injoy compound archery as much as i did.

Some of comments from People in comments are stupid as a screen door on a submarine ... never hunt a oak flat ,food plot , apple tree ,or any food source because its baiting and providing food ... gtfoh! If u use scent doe urine , mock scrapes then u are attracting deer just as corn or ag., food plots etc. ! So its just like baiting huh ?

Get produce thats discarded by the produce man at your local grocery store and get him or her to save all fruits and veggies they throw out because of a lil bruise etc. And the bucks will come from miles to eat that PRODUCE BUFFET ... I've killed alot big bucks on produce piles !

They know how to get you fools to buy new pieces of equipment every year to keep up with the Jones'. It's all about the "trad fad" this time.

I'll deer hunt with a cross bow when I can no longer pull my bow back. Why you can hunt with cross bow during archery season baffles me( unless your handicap in some way) same thing with black powder. Inlines and scopes, it used to be iron sights only and either black powder or pyrodex.

Do what you gotta do. I'm in my late 40s and have always had physical labor jobs. I have also spent the last 20 plus years in an automotive assembly plant. I have already had to give up riding motorcycles due to my hands, wrists, elbows and shoulders being pretty much worn out. So I can't pull back a bow string. But a crossbow with a crank system is perfect for me. At least I can still keep in the game this way. Good luck with your hunts.

I too have shot trad and compound but the older you get the eyes start going bad your shoulder so now I shoot a crossbow that gives me the ability to still hunt the bow season that all bow hunters enjoy so kudos to you for taking that step to become a better hunter

You might eventually have to go back to a crossbow, I did. I miss shooting my bow, but I'm just not able to nomore. I shot and hunted with a bow for 50 some years. Crossbow hunting is way more aggravating and difficult to maneuver, especially stand hunting..

Find lighter weight footwear , 1 lb per boot is a huge difference in your hike way more than the few lbs lost by weapon switch.

Can't afford a high end crossbow ? What vehicle do you drive ?

Where I’m from baiting is illegal but that being said to me it’s no different than someone spending 3-4 gs making awesome food plot. Or someone hunting over a small corn field. It’s zero difference. Anyways I bait deer and no matter how I do it or when I start which is usually mid June, bucks don’t even show up until the 1st or second week of October. So I’m basically just feeding does until then lol I don’t bow hunt either and stop feeding deer a week or 2 before rifle season. Killed a nice 14 point doing it like that a couple years ago.

Congrats man, enjoy the journey!

You know, to really be honest? I am used to compound for many, many years And as you get older and your job changes a crossbow Really works well for me. I am a truck driver. I am 56 years old. And I am not able to practice with a compound bow Like I used to when I had different jobs so a crossbow was a real Blessing to me if I wasn't able to use a crossbow. I would not be able to deer hunt anymore. And as you get older, you will see this Add my opinion Crossbows are easier to operate they perform better. You could miss judge yardages and still Make a good shot. And they are just better all the way around

Well, your personal reasons are your own, but your explanation leaves me extremely confused. I hunt trad and crossbow, rifle, shotgun, and revolver and have always had a pretty contentious relationship with compounds. I don't dislike the delivery system itself, but the snobbish and baseless elitism it seems to breed like cancer for the entire sport. Certain members of that community have some people convinced via their marketing schemes, wild egos, and rampantly overall shamelessly poor attitudes that compound hunters are the REAL hunters and everyone else in all things are pretenders. I had no clue all the boot work, patterning, scouting, map reading, tracking, stalking, sign reading, ambush crafting, woodsmanship, planning, study of anatomy, behavior, and biology of the target species, calling patterns, blending to the environment, land navigation, weather reading, gear maintenance, bushcraft, harvesting, prepping, packing, cooking, and ultimately eating the animal had a single flipping thing to do with your preference for arrow or bullet delivery system. Oh, but to a compound elitist? That's the whole thing, and the marketing companies and their bootlickers sucker more in every year. Loosing a space age piece of equipment does nothing to make you better hunter. Nor does using nothing other than a stick and string. There's way more to it all than solely that, and anyone attempting to convince you otherwise is conning you. That being said, I personally know several other hunters who are of great talent who also use nothing other than a compound bow. Their skill has zero to do with the bow and everything to do with everything else they do. It's just a different kind of archery which ultimately has nothing to do with the hunt itself. Every single one of the snobs is a middling aggressively mediocre hunter who invented false prestige for themselves due to a laughable lack of legitimate skill by claiming their weapon system makes the entire operation so much more insanely complex and difficult that only a real man could possibly do it. Anyone who has done a wide variety of hunting with varied equipment to include the compound knows that's an epic joke. Please enjoy whatever delivery system you choose and get fulfillment out of it. And if that's compound? Great. It has its own unique benefits, particular skills, and knowledge to gain with proficiency and discipline to display. But, please, for the love of God do not let cognitive dissonance ring and think that you're suddenly a whole new class of elite hunter for using a compound bow and join the ranks of the hacks.

Great plains bows American company make some great hunting bows. My Cottonmouth 2 bamboo 40lb recurve bow weights nothing. My other Ash longbow 80 inch that weights nothing either.

your problem is that you are trying to compare a vertical bow and a crossbow...that is your mistake....a vertical bow and a crossbow are two different animals....there are reasons that lots of people use crossbows........there are lots of pros and cons for both......if its to heavy how and the hell do you carry your rifle....you may as well scrap that also.....your using way to heavy and way to long and wide crossbows....REALLY?????????? of course a vertical bow is easy to carry.....do you think you found a secret......the difference is crossbow hunters dont wound 6 deer a season to bag 1......and as far as a second shot with a bow......1 in 100 try to practice

To all you shouting lazy for crossbow hunters.. get out of your sit in stand and come hunt some public where you aren’t hunting whatever food your putting in and every square inch of your land on camera.. shooting a mature buck on public with a crossbow is harder than shooting one on private with a compound.. I love using compound and I love using xbows.. I have to shoot a compound lefty bcz I tore my rotator cuff but even barring the injury I would still use my xbow..

If you have to use weapons to hunt your not a real hunter 🐑🧠

This man taught me everything I know about baiting. Years of hands on instruction from on how to bait, when to bait, and what to bait for has been immensely helpful. I even bait for my friends and family, heck I’ll even bait for guys I run into out in the woods. Nothing feels better than a good successful bait, so I’ll do it as often and frequent as I can. If you need some help and advice, this guys videos are so helpful, he is definitely a master.

Good to see someone unashamed of transitioning 🏳️‍⚧️

I’m switching back to compound bow for the main reason you stated that carrying a crossbow through woods it catches everything, and there is just no good way to carry them comfortably and quietly

Love how humble you are great video man keep it up

Nice buck! Congrats! New sub here.

Then you didn't try all crossbow because there is cobra rx what is very easy to load have a look at it it's a tactical crossbow and cobra adder can shoot 5 botls in 7 seconds faster then bow and arrow

i'm perhaps younger than you but for some reason i get shoulder joint aches after some time moving around but if i could i'd use a bow, it's more portable than a crossbow and honestly looks more fun

That fat guy thinks he's hiding 😂

100 percent HORSESHIT .

You can fire a bow faster then a cross bow I use a recurve cause the compound has to many parts I got a compound and traded for a recurve then got 2 more 35, 50 and 60 I got the 35 for my wife the 50 I got in the trade the 60 I got Cuse it was pretty and just fit my hand right.

What do you charge for a 3 day hunt ? lol hope you have a great season!