questions about crossbows?

Please don't tell me that I can't hunt with them. Every time I bring up the word "crossbow", that's all anyone ever says.

Anyway, my Qs:

Are there any actual, good "hand" or "mini" crossbows? Or are they all just toys? If you've never seen one used in real life, please know that I have used many in real life, and they all sucked. I don't think they could inflict pain on bare skin without putting a hot-sauce-dipped razor blade on the end.

Second Q:
Do any modern crossbows have steel bows? I have inherited an old one from the 1950's made by Stevens. It is beautiful and heavy, but I haven't shot it yet.

2011-09-17T21:57:39Z

Black Knight , get off your high horse. I bet you are the guy at gatherings who speaks louder than everyone else just to avoid hearing any rebuttals, then laughs at your own jokes to break up the silence .
Using your approach, any machine that fires a projectile need not be built properly, or even discussed, unless it is used exclusively for intentional, legal hunting purposes.
So, with that in mind, I cannot ask about rubber-band pistols, catapults, slingshots, or shotguns reserved for skeet.
This is a question about physics and machinery, not a multiple-choice question on a game-warden's test.
Most people with knife collections don't go around stabbing people. So should knives be made of inferior steel, since it's illegal to go on a stabbing spree?

?2011-09-17T21:35:12Z

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I just looked at the website for new york and it says no crossbow use during the regular bow season however you can use one during gun and muzzleloader season...Now, all the hand held ones that I have seen are basically for plinking around.No,I don't recall seeing any new cbows with steel limbs.Composite materials are what they use now....I have an old hunting book that tells how to make one out of a leaf spring from a car,with about a 300 pound draw weight.

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Archer2011-09-18T00:13:55Z

You can hunt with crossbows if you check your state hunting regulations. Some states avail crossbows to the handicapped or disabled. Others allow them on private lands but they are not, in most states considered a "bow".
You can make a bow from vehicle leif springs but you may need to make a cocking leaver to load the cable. Why anyone would make a 300 Lb. draw crossbow is beyond me. You need to remember that the bolts need to match the bow also. I would look at some of the newer composite. They are lighter, stronger and more accurate with scope accommodations. I would not purchase an inferior item for any task I set out to do be it plinking, hunting or just having fun.

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Geri2013-12-07T18:22:13Z

I was told that I should not hunt for more than 20 minutes to a half hour with a cross bow pulled and ****** as it can damage to cross bow. Is this true? the reason I ask is to pull a cross bow in my stand is very difficult, especially when I am about to put down a deer. I would rather have it pulled and ready to go with the safety on, then just turn the safety off and shoot.

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Anonymous2011-09-17T21:18:31Z

You can't hunt with them!
So what are you wishing to do with it?
As you aren't going to tell us that's the only answer you will get until you give some more information!
YOU CAN'T HUNT WITH THEM!

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