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<blockquote data-quote="djdcsi" data-source="post: 688497" data-attributes="member: 69"><p>You're on the right track! Arrows are always needed, as well as a proper target to stop them. Personally, I won't hunt without the Optimizer anymore. I was lucky though and had several months to play with the bow without it just to find out & sort things myself. </p><p></p><p>The only broadheads I have experience with is fixed 125 gr. Montec and the 2.0 125 gr. Rage. I found the Rage to shoot the same as my field points out to 80 yards. The Montecs go slightly higher at distance. Be careful with the expanding to make sure they're rated for crossbows. I'd like to go with lighter heads but I have all this 125 gr stuff laying around! I know all the pros and cons of doing so, and will someday maybe. Last year a 125 Montec went through both shoulders an elk at 80 yds. </p><p></p><p>Here in Idaho it's illegal to use a magnified scope of any kind. I finally found a fixed 1X Bushnell with a 1 MOA dot. I put that on top of the Optimizer. Can't find a crosshair that's non-magnified, and most Dot scopes have a 3-5 MOA dot. So that's what I did to comply. </p><p></p><p>I haven't tried the silencer kit sold here. I also have not had an animal jump the string either (have shot 5). I did put some moleskin on the pin that stops the hammer and it didn't last very long, but I keep applying it. I do have Super-Quads on the limbs too.</p><p></p><p>Just adapt to what you need for your expected shooting environment. For me hunting exclusively from a blind, I use a swiveling Harris bipod. I have over a dozen! and choose one for either prone or sitting, whatever the situation I expect. Works for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="djdcsi, post: 688497, member: 69"] You're on the right track! Arrows are always needed, as well as a proper target to stop them. Personally, I won't hunt without the Optimizer anymore. I was lucky though and had several months to play with the bow without it just to find out & sort things myself. The only broadheads I have experience with is fixed 125 gr. Montec and the 2.0 125 gr. Rage. I found the Rage to shoot the same as my field points out to 80 yards. The Montecs go slightly higher at distance. Be careful with the expanding to make sure they're rated for crossbows. I'd like to go with lighter heads but I have all this 125 gr stuff laying around! I know all the pros and cons of doing so, and will someday maybe. Last year a 125 Montec went through both shoulders an elk at 80 yds. Here in Idaho it's illegal to use a magnified scope of any kind. I finally found a fixed 1X Bushnell with a 1 MOA dot. I put that on top of the Optimizer. Can't find a crosshair that's non-magnified, and most Dot scopes have a 3-5 MOA dot. So that's what I did to comply. I haven't tried the silencer kit sold here. I also have not had an animal jump the string either (have shot 5). I did put some moleskin on the pin that stops the hammer and it didn't last very long, but I keep applying it. I do have Super-Quads on the limbs too. Just adapt to what you need for your expected shooting environment. For me hunting exclusively from a blind, I use a swiveling Harris bipod. I have over a dozen! and choose one for either prone or sitting, whatever the situation I expect. Works for me. [/QUOTE]
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