Question for people with crossbows

[sharkhunter]

Who did you sell it to?

Took it back to the pawn shop I got it from and traded it for a 870

[Dr. Evil]

I cock mind at the beginning of a stand hunt and shoot it into a small target when I am done. Stays unlocked when I store it.

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[breadman]

I shoot an Excalibur matrix and have left it cocked over night several times and had no issues at all

[COOLDAD1]

We shoot ours when we are done hunting. I just didn’t know if you could leave them cocked overnight, or if it would hurt it or not.

[jshouse]

My wife uncocks hers by killing something with it at the end of each hunt.

I'm a detector and I detect something here..... multiple levels actually

[rjtkdplus]

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[Slicefixer]

De-cock mine at the end of every hunt. I'm sure it'd be fine to leave it loaded up given the high tech materials involved, but, I don't do it.

[junior]

I shoot mine into a target after each hunt

[Rick]

I think you should carry decocking bolt and decock when getting out of stand. I sure would not want to carry or store a cocked one...seem like a safety concern

[jeffpg]

I have left mine on full cock for longer than I care to admit and it never seemed to matter when I shot it later.

I know a older hunter who is a killing machine. He routinely leaves his very NON modern crossbow cocked during the entire off season and always makes killing shots with it...

I am in no way condoning doing this, as I feel it is much better to decock after each hunt, but I am saying that I personally know of situations where it has not made a difference on impact, etc.

[COOLDAD1]

I think you should carry decocking bolt and decock when getting out of stand. I sure would not want to carry or store a cocked one...seem like a safety concern

We sometimes leave it in the stand. We always decock when we take it out.

[Snowflake Killa]

I keep mine cocked at all times. You never know when you will have something to shoot into.

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