Hunters who want an entry level crossbow are either on a tight budget or simply wanting to see how they will like the horizontal bows. Regardless of how many times professionals preach about selecting the “best fitting” bow, people only want to hear what they want. So for this article we will not go there. I will only say that the best way to find the answers to your questions would be to go to a pro shop and shoot the bows yourself. Only then will you be able to decipher which bow you like best. In other words, the specs and pictures only tell you so much. Anyways, let’s move on shall we?
I guess now this article is moving on to what “I” view as the best entry level crossbow on the market. Therefore, I would have to set the budget for this crossbow at three hundred and fifty dollars. That really clears out all Excalibur’s, Parkers, and ten points – even their new line of affordable x bows called wicked ridge. So we are left with Barnett and Horton. I don’t like the summit 150 crossbow by Horton. I am sure that the name of it may be different but I don’t really give a rats you know what about the name. I know what it looks like, I know what it shoots like, and I personally just do not like it. So that leaves me with Barnett. More specifically, the Barnett Jackal for two hundred and seventy nine dollars. I have seen it lower, but most big name sellers have it for around the price of three hundred dollars. The Wildcat is a little more, but I have one of those and would rather keep the fifty dollars personally and go with the Jackal. I like the look and feel of the jackal better than the wildcat. Honestly, it has the same front end as the C5, but lacks just a little less speed and power. The jackal is plenty powerful enough to take down deer and what not. It’s been chronographed over three hundred and ten feet per second which is by far more than I expected. Sure, Barnett says that it can achieve three fifteen plus, but I thought that only professionals could get those kind of results. Another plus is that it is light and compact making it easy to hunt with out of a tree stand. It also has a five year warranty and the new crossfire strings. My pick for the best entry level crossbow is the Barnett Jackal.
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