{"id":4034,"date":"2011-08-24T12:43:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T12:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2011\/08\/24\/on-crossbows\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:15:53","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:15:53","slug":"on-crossbows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=4034","title":{"rendered":"On Crossbows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:17112,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.outdoorlife.com\\\/photos\\\/gallery\\\/hunting\\\/2011\\\/08\\\/new-crossbows-2011-new-hunting-crossbows-best-hunting-crossbows&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20220927203451\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.outdoorlife.com\\\/photos\\\/gallery\\\/hunting\\\/2011\\\/08\\\/new-crossbows-2011-new-hunting-crossbows-best-hunting-crossbows\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 05:28:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 05:28:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:17113,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.jamesbondwiki.com\\\/page\\\/Melina+Havelock#fbid=xxHZ2wBTUSw&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20171013024530\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.jamesbondwiki.com:80\\\/page\\\/Melina%20Havelock&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 05:28:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 05:28:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Now that North Carolina has not only changed regulations to allow the use of a crossbow for hunting but gotten rid of its ridiculous requirement for a pistol permit to buy a crossbow, I am seriously thinking of buying one. Part of my rationale is that I just don&#8217;t have the upper body strength anymore to adequately and humanely hunt with a compound bow. Another part is that I think they are kinda cool. Finally, I want one just because I can have one now without all the regulations that were out there in the past.<\/p>\n<p>So what do I see in my e-mail yesterday but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.outdoorlife.com\/photos\/gallery\/hunting\/2011\/08\/new-crossbows-2011-new-hunting-crossbows-best-hunting-crossbows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a link to a story by Outdoor Life where they tested eight of this season&#8217;s newest crossbows<\/a>. As shown in the video below, they were quite rigorous in their testing of things like vibration, noise, and speed. I really was surprised to find out that some of the bows exceed 100 decibels when fired. So much for believing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesbondwiki.com\/page\/Melina+Havelock#fbid=xxHZ2wBTUSw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">what you see in a James Bond movie<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Their Editor&#8217;s Choice Award went to the TenPoint Stealth XLT. It retails for only $1,199. I didn&#8217;t realize that crossbow prices were quite that high. I&#8217;ve bought good rifles with good optics for half of that!<\/p>\n<p>The Outdoor Life Editor&#8217;s Great Buy went to a crossbow from Horton Archery &#8211; the Horton Ultra-Lite Express &#8211; which retails for $599.<\/p>\n<p>I think I have my work cut out for me. I see a number of visits to different outdoor and archery shops to check out and test fire a number of crossbows before I make a purchase.<\/p>\n<p>If anyone who reads this blog has a crossbow, I&#8217;d love to hear your experience on buying one. Why did you buy the one you did? What features are essential and what are just nice to have?<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that North Carolina has not only changed regulations to allow the use of a crossbow for hunting but&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4187,4188],"class_list":["post-4034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crossbows","tag-outdoor-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7103,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4034\/revisions\/7103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}