While I was hunting in Missouri, my husband guided a hog hunt in Alabama where a youth had a crossbow equipped with an HHA Sports Optimizer Speed Dial. It was like a broken record, and one that left me feeling anxious. Every sit in the stand I was repeatedly reminding myself of each scope reticle yardage. When the time came, I carried that crossbow to the stand with me all four days of that Missouri hunt. If I wanted to hunt opening week of the Missouri archery season, I had to do it with a crossbow. I was feeling overwhelmed after all, this wasn’t a choice. It was similar to my muzzleloader scope but with different circle-style reticles for yardage. The crossbow was so intimidating to me cocking it, carrying it, shooting it…all of it! Then there was the scope. I remember the apprehension I felt about pulling the trigger the first time. I had no experience at all with a crossbow. That soon led me to the HHA Sports Optimzer I’m reviewing today. As soon as I left his office, I was on the internet researching crossbows and had one chosen before sundown. I remember the defeat I felt when my chiropractor said, and rather sternly: “No archery!” After a few moments of debating, he agreed that I could use a crossbow. A few years ago, I found myself sitting in my chiropractor’s office two months before the opening day of the Missouri archery season.

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