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Financing promotions void where prohibited. Tax, title, license, and registration are separate and may not be financed. Promotion may be modified or discontinued without notice at any time in Polaris’ sole discretion. You can go too heavy, though. And fast enough? I like my crossbows envelope, so look for improve- at least one state (Ohio) has a maxi- to shoot a hunting-weight arrow ments in this number. mum allowable draw weight of 200 with an initial velocity of at least 4. Use a Scope Sight pounds. 300 fps. That will give your ar- Some crossbows still come with An accurate well-built rangefind- row enough kinetic energy to take open sights, but you’ll be much er will improve shooting accuracy. any big-game animal cleanly and better served using a scope sight. 3. Shoot a Fast Enough Arrow will reduce arrow trajectory at lon- These optical sighting devices make Crossbow and compound bow ger ranges, which makes accurate accurate shooting much easier. 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