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Why Your First Crossbow Should Be a Recurve

The overwhelming majority of hunters in this country use compound crossbows. They are faster and more powerful, given the same draw weight rating, than recurve crossbows. But they are also a lot more complex and they are generally considerably more expensive than recurve models. With that said, here are some of the best reasons your […]

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Sighting in a Crossbow: Iron Sights and Optics

The learning curve associated with a crossbow may be much shorter than that of a compound bow, and it certainly takes much less time to become proficient with one than it does with a recurve or a longbow. All the same, that thing isn’t going to be much use to you if the bolts don’t […]

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A Quick Vindication of Crossbow Hunting

There is this attitude among hunters that prefer compound archery tackle that they are superior beyond comparison to crossbow hunters, and this is patently unfair. It would be akin to the trad archers looking down on the compound archers, and though doubtless some of them do, it is not a mainstream view. And, ironically, the […]

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Compound vs. Recurve Crossbows: Which Is Better?

There is a much shorter learning curve associated with proficiency with crossbow tackle than there is with recurve bows and longbows, and of course, compound bows – vertical bows. Crossbows shoot faster, hit harder, and most importantly, it’s much easier to become proficient and accurate with a good crossbow in a matter of hours, whereas […]