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In NH crossbows are legal during the regular rifle season with a crossbow permit and can be used in place of a bow during bow season if a permanent disability prevents you from drawing the minimun bow weight.
I bought an Excalibur this spring and have practiced some with it to prepare for the gun season in November. It came with a crossbow scope, mounts, rope cocker and 4 bolts. The Excalibur's have no wheels like a compound bow but are just a recurve bow set up as a crossbow. Mine pulls 175# and I was wondering about cocking with just the rope cocker they provide but the rope with pulleys makes both cocking and uncocking smooth and easy to do. The model I got isn't high end but I am impressed with the ruggedness of it. I still have to quiet it down to hunt with it and will likely replace the scope with a Leupold Crossbow scope next spring as I am unimpressed with the one that came with the unit. I am dead on at 20 yards, same at 30 yards and 4" high and 3" right at 40 yards all from a bagged rest.
Anyone else own one and have any tips? The thing is heavy and not something to wander around the woods with but more suited to tree stand hunting.
I bought an Excalibur this spring and have practiced some with it to prepare for the gun season in November. It came with a crossbow scope, mounts, rope cocker and 4 bolts. The Excalibur's have no wheels like a compound bow but are just a recurve bow set up as a crossbow. Mine pulls 175# and I was wondering about cocking with just the rope cocker they provide but the rope with pulleys makes both cocking and uncocking smooth and easy to do. The model I got isn't high end but I am impressed with the ruggedness of it. I still have to quiet it down to hunt with it and will likely replace the scope with a Leupold Crossbow scope next spring as I am unimpressed with the one that came with the unit. I am dead on at 20 yards, same at 30 yards and 4" high and 3" right at 40 yards all from a bagged rest.
Anyone else own one and have any tips? The thing is heavy and not something to wander around the woods with but more suited to tree stand hunting.