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5 Huge Crossbow Advantages

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Shooting Position

Prone position
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With the drawing motion excluded, the prone shooting position becomes possible with crossbow hunting opening up a barrage of new ambushing locations.  A popular exciting bowhunt for antelope involves two hunters working as a team, one being the shooter, the other using a decoy and range finder to assist the shooter.  With a crossbow, the shooter could lie down in the tall grass underneath the decoy and be ready to shoot without the assistance of a partner, enabling a single man bowhunt.  Ambushing from wide open fields becomes a real possibility with crossbows as the chosen weapon.