has anyone actually hunted with it?
1017959
I haven't. I know with the right type of arrows out can go through 3 mm thick steel from ten yards away.
1035259
I haven't, but the handle is garbage. This is not a tough piece of equipment. I have a CRKT hawk and it is awesome, I would recommend this to everyone!
1394338
I do have one on a round sight of your caliber and it thus far seems to be working okay in practice. Will be using it hopefully as I go elk hunting next week. It seems fairly reliable on my targets.
1001888
I have, and it is holding up fine. I haven't used it as an every day tool, but i have used it regularly.
1733308
I actually haven't used it for fishing yet, but you can just take off the attachment. It definitely is still a recurve so not accurate for hunting like a crossbow or compound but it is a fun challenge you get better at and I agree with John about the cradle. It would be better with a proper one. Can't wait for the spring/summer time to try the fishing part. Overall, it is still a fun and cheap recurve bow if you want to take it to a range.
360766
I have not. But I don't use it very often. I'm actually very pleased. But again, I don't use it very often.
1197195
No but definitely worth it.i recommend gamo raptors extremely accurate and hard hitting. Crow magnums r the best for hunting. I hope this helps
1465998
Yes it is, In fact I baught another one. because a tree fell on my first one. Bow hunting is what I use it for and it works good.
1898438
I don't hunt but I use mine for target archery. If you range on the animal first then set your site, you should be good.
1185933
Nice easy to draw compound crossbow very accurate but have you tried it yet?
282832
It has not been for me. I recently bought a in house sparrow trap from Van Ert Enterprises to use in and I was successful in trapping a male sparrow.
294948
Yes, I bought it for my boyfriend because the one he had was stolen. He uses it, and he says it works great. The numbers are very clear and larger than his other rangefinder he had. He likes it a lot, and he's very particular.
1525980
Yes we use it hunting, shooting, and filming our dogs. Works perfect. You have to remember that it is on your head. And try not to turn to quickly. I wear mine with a ball cap. Hope this help
1248342
I believe ther's an option although I haven't tried yet. I'm glad to see others have tried. Would like to know how successful though?
1014720
Yes, but only once and in the beginning. It was a combination of bad pellets and me not being swift and concise when I pulled back the bolt. I regularly oil the bolt now and can start to feel when it needs oiled again. I have had the best luck and accuracy with RWS Superpoint Extra .22 pellets. I have literally tried most of the brands. I have nearly 3000 pellets I won't put through the rifle now. Some I knew would jam the bolt just how they fit in the mag. Its really not the bolt jamming, for me it was bad ammo not loading into the barrel properly resulting in a jammed bolt. I used a barrel cleaner to unjam it, with the assistance of a hammer. I thought it was ruined. I wouldn't hammer the bolt lever, as my friend did with his. It worked but bent it to hell, resulting in replacing the bolt completely. I disassembled mine completely and inspected the barrel entry, luckily there was no apparent scarring. I love this airgun and have modded every aspect of it. I'm shooting just under 1400fps with 14.5gr ammo. Rodents and squirrels are dispatched effectively and humanely. Hope this helps
1099708
I hope so. I have it fastened around part of my shotgun to easily activate the camera. I am hunting in No. Penna. for turkey and the weather has been very wet. So far so good. As for the camera, mounted upside down on my forward barrel, this is my second returned first several components failed and really good experience with people in Quebec getting a free replacement. Second camera failing similar to first. Cant download to TV. This is their first generation and cheaply built with many flaws. Anything beyond 25 yds. is unacceptably indecernable as a hunting video on any game.They indicated an advanced version is due out June !st with zoom and what improvements I am not sure. I will try and negotiate the return of my current replacement and pay an upgrade once I see what they have improved. Camera is supposed to transmit pictures correctly on TV even with mine being mounted upside down on the barrel of my turkey gun. It did at first but now all is upside down when played back. Initial camera charging port broke loose and dropped inside the body,thus unusable. The start stop button also failed in a similar manner. Like my current one the original HDMI port is broken and pushed inside the housing. This all happened simply while learning to use the camera. Remote needs to be able to start the camera as well as then turning it on and off. And the new model due out must allow The zoom function to be controlled remotely also Not sure how you will know how much zoom you actually activate. Basically I don't have much hope for X-Cels product unless they make substantial improvements. I am willing to give it a try if it does become much more costly and they make a much sturdier product with features a hunter needs.
561019
Unit has everything you need for an effective hunting tool..its rechargeable.hope that helps your decision