#Barnett bcr recurve crossbow pro#

The poor penetration on that shot has kept me from shooting beyond 40 yards since then, and I picked up a laser range finder to help make sure that I don't.īesides the range, everything else was super easy on that shot. While that was enough to get the broadhead all the way thru the heart, it would have only made it thru one lung, which can result in a non-recovered deer. Had it hit high lung where I had intended, it likely would have been a very difficult recovery as the bolt penetration on the shot was only 8'.

Fortunately, that took it thru the heart. I slightly underestimated the range, which caused the bolt to strike lower than I intended. The first buck I killed was at standing broadside, across an open field, at a 59 yard range. After that, I have a good supply of fixed Muzzy's and Wasps. Hopefully, I can make my shot count this season with my last 're-worked' mechanical. I am reluctant to use fixed broadheads because my experience has been so good with the mechanicals, but I am too cheap to spend the money they are asking for them these days. Some cheap, new 125 grain fixed broadheads that I picked up last year at Walmart (Allen I think was the brand), were not even close to the same point of impact and I definitely will not be using those. On the practice range, I found that 125 grain fixed Muzzy's fly identical to my mechanicals, as do 125 grain fixed Wasps. I was able to disassemble a few, swap and sharpen some blades, so now I have one ready to go this season. Last year I used the last 'new' one on my buck (I killed two more bucks with my compound bow with the other two prior to purchasing the crossbow).

#Barnett bcr recurve crossbow pro#

I bought six of those (I think they are 'Blackout' brand), on clearance from Bass Pro about 10 years ago. I used 125 grain o-ring style mechanical broadheads on all of them. I used the stock Barnett bolts that came with it and some 'headhunter' bolts that I picked up a Walmart. I saw one of them go down, and heard the crash of the other (3). Not only has it killed each deer that I fired it at, but all of them expired within 40 yards from where they stood when they took the bolt. I purchased a Barnett Recruit in April of 2014, and have killed (4) whitetail bucks with it.