cathooker
Senior Member
At one time in my life I was a bowhunter. I did not hunt with a rifle for several years. I was very successful at it and then mother nature laid a curse on me that made me hang my bow up. I was able to hunt with a gun but I could no longer pull a bow back....THEN I decided just last month to try a crossbow. A buddy of mine had one that he had never shot and he loaned it to me to try. I shot it several times and really enjoyed the feeling that it gave me knowing that I could bowhunt again. I bought an Excalibur Matrix 355 outfit, sighted it in, and practiced with it until I felt confident that I could kill a deer with it. I went one morning and one evening this past week and only saw two deer that were moving fast and out of range. Then this morning I went and I had deer all over me before day break. I never saw them but they blew at me and then left. I sat in my ground blind getting bored and then at 10:45 I see a deer coming right to me. I got ready and he saw me move. He stopped at 30 yards and I put the crosshairs on his chest. The bolt went in right behind his shoulder and came out through the other shoulder. He ran about 60 yards and fell over....He is a small spike and normally I would never shoot one like him BUT with the crossbow I was just as excited as I was the very first deer that I ever killed....not too bad for a 67 year old....Thank you God!
