Bent Limbs Podcast Ep. 3 - Talkin' Crossbows with The Ranch Fairy 

Great setup! 👍

Gotta love the Fairy Dust ;)

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the kind words. RF is the mastermind, not me! Happy hunting!

Glad ya liked it!!

Thank you, Ron! Glad you enjoyed it.

Love the setup. Good luck this fall!

So how did it go

@@kevinmartin2096 worked great, took the only deer I shot at. Made a marginal hit. Deer jump the string a little and I ended up hitting high and back, but took out the upper rear lobes of both lungs. Not much blood, but I saw where the deer went. Dead within 80yds.

Thank you, Rando! Glad you liked it!

Awesome, Ken. Good luck this fall. Glad you enjoyed the interview!

Cutthroat is a sweet head, good luck this season 👍

That’s awesome, John! Congrats on your deer. Thanks for the comment, glad you liked the video/podcast!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks, JK!

Glad you liked it! Good luck and welcome to the crossbow world!

Bolts actually they are not arrows lol.

@@chrisruzsa2798 research what a bolt truly is, modern crossbow don't shoot bolts actually even though the term still carries with crossbow terminology the modern crossbow shoot 20 -22 inch arrows ... a bolt is actually like a bolt 🔩

@@cray-z7404 false. Bolt term comes from the Germanic word bolt which means projectile shot from a string. England adopted the word to differentiate between arrows and bolts short arrows. What people call bolts are Quills, quails, Qurrels which all mean short bolts. Bolt is anything shorter and fatter than a full length skinny arrow. The fact that they are vaned or fletched does not determine what it is. They were always vaned even in the middle ages.

Thank you!!

Shoot whatever you’re confident in.

That’ll be a sweet setup! 👍

That the definition of a "Plan B" arrow right there!

@@draggindeeroutdoors yes it is. I couldn’t been happier with the results cause I could tell it was bad. He went 50 yards and piled up.

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I think so too!

I don't actually know, because it is an apples an oranges thing. In rifles, you can do whatever you want. So do you really think a fast moving hardened bullet out of a 50 BMG, with a streamlines shape will penetrate less than a slow moving 45-70? I don't think so. So how about we say you have to use only the same amount of powder to push it. Well you can't generally make that comparison, because a maxed out 45-70, or 458 win mag is going to burn a lot more powder than you can stuff in a fast mover. But tons of elephants, were shot with the 6.5x55, and certainly the 7x57. The only issue was whether the bullets would hold together, so the 7x57 took over from the 6.5, it was too skinny. So do faster moving bullets lack penetration on the highest challenge there is of 18 inches of skull? No. You could use a 300 win mag, but the blast and recoil don't get you more penetration. Archery is different you have only so much power in the limbs, so heavier arrows milk out more power, up to a point. Penetration is all that maters there is no hydro shock, to speak of.

@@HondoTrailside Good points, Hondo! 50 cal has slowed quite a bit, by the time it gets to its target, hence good penetration. shot at close distance, it probably would open up just as fast as a smaller projectile, shot at high speed....only a lot more destructive because of mass. I doubt arrows have any hydroshock value! Lol! 6-700 grain arrows keep on truckin', and break bones on the way through. Pretty sure 6-700 grain bullets do the same, especially if they are solids. Not too sure speed effects penetration on solids. it's when if they open up, they start slowing down. I know for a fact that a 405 grain 45-70 lead bullet will fly through a 55 gallon steel drum, full of water,and come out the other side, making a four inch hole, and keep on going. That is with a full case of black powder. that to me is impressive....and that was figured out, back in the early days. Blessings!

Bullets are never really slow moving but yeah FMJ penetrate while hollow impact. Arrows and bolts rely solely on cutting and bleeding you need a pass through.

Yes!👍🏻

Great broadhead choice! Highly recommend nock tuning your arrows and sorting them… hunting arrows vs practice arrows!

@@draggindeeroutdoors so nock tune with the broadheads and with paper then?

Nice! Just remember, most bolts advertise weights WITH a 100 grain field point. Double check how Gold tip advertises their weights if 500+ grains is your target.

@@draggindeeroutdoors nitros are 500 with a 100 grain tip so if I smack a 125 I should be right at 525

Fantastic! That’s a lethal setup 👍

My Scentlok closet? Lol

Check out Ep. 1 of the podcast, I explain how we paper tuned our bolts. The “Ranch Fairy Crossbow Bolt Tuning” videos I did also show how we did it. Hope those help, if you still have more questions let me know!

Nice!!! 👍

@@draggindeeroutdoors yeah I don't have the exact numbers on hand but I've been able to shoot up to 650 7:30 under 40 yards though anything after 40 it would start walking around too much no matter how I tune the arrow bolt whatever you want to call it

But I don't think anytime in my honey life I have ever had to shoot over 40 almost all of my shots LP deer have been under 40 mainly in that sweet spot 20 to 30

Hunting not honey stupid voice text never says what you want it to

I was watching something else on your post about broken limbs I know Tyree and myself have talked a lot about it I've had my boss 405 for almost 3 years shooting the same limbs was able to get a extra set of limbs which I never use have been shooting 500 plus green arrows from day one maybe I'm just lucky I just sold it picked up a new PSE bow compound thinking about changing over to Excalibur on the crossbow side not sure if I want to buy one of the new KI's

Very nice!

Thanks Adam! Paper @ 5 ish yards, and make sure your arrow has enough room to completely pass thru the paper before hitting the target! Good luck 👍👍

If that setup flies true I wouldn’t change it!

Point weight and draw weight are completely unrelated and independent of each other

I personally have not, however the reviews I've seen on the QAD Exodus show it is an excellent head!

Crossbow-Magnus Stinger 150 grain 2 blade. Compound: Tuffhead Evolution 150 grain 3 blade

Good work, John! Congrats 👍

All of my crossbow kills have been inside 30 yards as well! Good luck this season!