oldfella1962
Senior Member
I'm going to hunt with an Xbow next season. It was going to be this season but it's a long story. Anyway, it will be a recurve Xbow (Excalibur) which I've been told are pretty loud. My issue is I live in a subdivision with about 15 feet between houses. Of course I shoot my traditional bows and my neighbors don't hear a thing, or see much because we have wooden privacy fences. So my question is will the xbow make enough noise to disturb my next door neighbors? I don't want to have to go to a range just to practice with it. How loud are recurve xbows compared to other sounds I know like a 22 rim-fire, chopping wood with an axe, etc?