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Willie
03-09-2005, 09:20 AM
NBEF RELEASES CROSSBOW TRAINING BOOKLET

The National Bowhunters Education Foundation has played a tactical role in securing the future of modern bowhunting through education and training. Since 1979 over 1.5 million bowhunters have taken the standardized course in ethics, responsibility, treestand safety, shot placement and game recovery. Now the NBEF has expanded its scope by introducing crossbow hunters education to their coarse by publishing Today’s Crossbow – An addendum to a Hunter Education or Bowhunter Education Course.

This unique 30-page booklet contains a bevy of hunting information that will take new crossbow hunters from A to Z. It will also provide basic crossbow safety information that should be learned by all who plan to hunt with the fastest growing discipline in modern hunting. The publication briefly covers crossbow history and then quickly dives into the ethics and responsibilities of a crossbow hunter.

It provides an in depth discussion of the different types of crossbow equipment and is filled with colorful graphics and illustrations. Among the equipment and accessories discussed are arrows, broadheads, cocking devices and sighting systems. There is also good information about setting up the proper range and the targets that should be used.

The information that is included in the shooting section should be mandatory reading for everyone before they ever fire an arrow from a crossbow. It is complete and filled with excellent tips that will assist in accuracy while preventing personal injury. There is practical information on crossbow hunting techniques, all filled with common sense safety procedures, many that are unique to hunting with a crossbow.

At the back of the training manual, there is a Section Review Exercises worksheet that will test your knowledge and help you review the information you have learned. The publication includes a directory of State Game Agencies as well as a current list of the States and Province crossbow regulations. And finally, the back page is dedicated to the Crossbow Hunter Code of Ethics.

This booklet is not only an excellent training tool, but it is also filled with lots of information that crossbow devotees will find useful in combating the misinformation that is being frantically spread by the anti-crossbow faction.

The NBEF has done an excellent job of putting this training guide together and future releases on the subject will only improve. As we all know, the laws and attitudes about the crossbow are rapidly changing making this a work in progress!

If you would like to own a copy of this publication, please call the HBM Main Desk at 320-634-3660 or email us at bowtwang@charter.net You may also use the order form that is included in the HBM Catalog Pages in the Horizonatl Bowhutner Magazine magazine. There is a $5/copy cost to cover printing, mailing.

http://www.horizontalbowhunter.com/news/news.asp?ID=70

Kansas
03-09-2005, 10:48 PM
I have seen this new book and it is a very good resource for the guys that are going to teach the Hunters Ed courses this year in KY. You have a new market and most of the guys getting crossbows have no experience with them. It would be a good idea for the retailers that are selling the crossbows to get a copy of this and review it as well. It can save a finger and thumb and maybe a life.

Willie
03-10-2005, 09:00 AM
I have seen this new book and it is a very good resource for the guys that are going to teach the Hunters Ed courses this year in KY. You have a new market and most of the guys getting crossbows have no experience with them. It would be a good idea for the retailers that are selling the crossbows to get a copy of this and review it as well. It can save a finger and thumb and maybe a life.

Amen to that..

There will be a learning curve with the crossbows as there is with any new hunting tool.

It is incumbent on bowhunters to help these "newbies" out and make that learning curve as short as possible.

kybowhunter1963
03-19-2005, 10:22 AM
I have seen it and reviewed it....not bad!! It appears to be a very informative booklet.

gwhilikerz
03-19-2005, 10:51 AM
I have seen it and reviewed it....not bad!! It appears to be a very informative booklet.
Not bad? That's good, isn't it?

kybowhunter1963
03-19-2005, 02:52 PM
yes....so you won't say bad things about me.....it was good for the subject matter covered.....

Willie
03-19-2005, 07:22 PM
I haven't seen it yet.

Someone told me that they recommend cocking the crossbow when you get into the treestand. I really don’t like going through all those gyrations in the treestand. The only time I've cocked my crossbow in the tree stand is after I shot a deer.

If it is the morning hunt I will cock my crossbow at my truck and carry it in without an arrow in pace (Against the law to have an arrow in place before shooting hours.). I haul it up into my treestand with a rope in a cocked position but with NO ARROW.

After the morning hunt I take the arrow off and lower the crossbow down. Once on the ground I place the arrow back on the crossbows and head for the truck. The arrow is in place just in case I bump into Mr. Big. That has never happened. :)

For the evening hunt I cock my crossbow at the truck and place an arrow on the crossbow. I then stalk to my treestand. The arrow is in place just in case I bump into Mr. Big. That has never happened. :) When I get there I remove my arrow and haul the crossbow up in a cocked position without the arrow.

Before getting down I take the arrow off the crossbow and lower it to the ground. I then head for the truck with the crossbow cocked, but no arrow (Against the law to have an arrow in place after shooting hours.)

Al
03-24-2005, 01:02 PM
Willie do you shoot it off every evening and then recock in the morning?

Willie
03-24-2005, 01:26 PM
Willie do you shoot it off every evening and then recock in the morning?

Yes, I do.

I have left it cocked as long as 8 - 10 hours.When that happens it is usually I cock it for the morning hunt and don't uncock it until after the evening hunt.

I don't do that often.

I'll usually uncock it (by shooting a practice arrow) after the morning and evening hunt.

Al
03-24-2005, 03:42 PM
Do you ever replace your limb or limbs after a couple of seasons? Is there a specific number of hours before you lose poundage or integeraty? Thank you to your previous responses to my questions.

Willie
03-24-2005, 04:01 PM
Do you ever replace your limb or limbs after a couple of seasons? Is there a specific number of hours before you lose poundage or integeraty? Thank you to your previous responses to my questions.

No.

They don't lose anything.Unless you leave them in a hot car/truck. That would happen to just about any bow.

During the off season or when I am not going to shoot it for awhile I will unstring it.

You are quite welcome. I'm glad that I can be of help..