The Ravin R470 -- Oh, yeah! OR Oh, No?

00:00 An email about the R470 from Ravin and Wyvern Creations
01:30 One of the things I REALLY like about Ravin!
05:10 Why it is important to look at this crossbow
08:40 Scopes
10:08 Safety cage
11:22 Is this just a remodeled R500?
11:49 Will this work well with my 3" Swahackers?
12:59 Speaking of stirrups...
14:35 Specs...and what I LOVE about Ravin!
15:52 How much energy does this crossbow produce???
17:48 HOLY COW!!!
20:34 Ravin arrows...?

My daughter, Genevieve, is my favorite hunting partner and #1 Taxidermist: Second Life Taxidermy (secondlifetaxidermy.com, Facebook: https://bit.ly/41V7g6U and YouTube: https://bit.ly/4fWTBzP)

My "perfect" crossbow setup these days includes:

Killer Instinct SWAT X1 (starting 2023, my "One Gun")
Burris Oracle X Scope (since 2022)
Burt Coyote Lumenoks (since 2012 or so) (save 15% on lumenok.com with coupon code BUNJIE )
Swhacker #251 3" cutting diameter crossbow broadheads (for our last 20 or 30 deer/hogs and woodchucks). Swhacker stopped production of the #251 in 2023 but never fear: the #243 is the same exact item, although a different color. Bunjie says you're good to use that one :)
Arrows: I love the Zombies, Dragon Claws from Wyvern Creations, and AJ's Custom Arrows. 2025 will hopefully see me build my dream arrows LOL

Check out the Gear Page on our website, deathbybunjie.com. You can see what gear I like and don't like on that site. And if you buy from Amazon.com using one of those links, Death by Bunjie receives a small referral fee and you DO NOT pay more! How cool is that?

Bunjie (The Original Bunjie, The O.B.) is my 2010 Excalibur Axiom that got me hooked on crossbow hunting. This was my "one gun" for more than a decade and Bunjie's reliability is the reason I ONLY hunt with a crossbow. After killing dozens of deer, hogs, squirrels, woodchucks, and even a bear, Bunjie is now semi-retired, but still gets out every year and even killed two deer 2023--and a woodchuck at 81 yards, and in 2024 we killed two deer together in Maryland. Just like old times!

Bunjie, Jr., is my daughter Genevieve's crossbow, an Excalibur Micro Suppressor 355. This crossbow was also a much appreciated gift from a Friend of Bunjie, and it changed Death by Bunjie forever by inspiring Genevieve to become a part of our story as a second-generation crossbow hunter. It also convinced me there is a benefit to a newer, faster crossbow back in 2020 when I began the Quest for a Successor to Bunjie.

Enter Bunjie III (or Bunjie '21, Bunjie 3.0, The Slick Black Cadillac of Crossbows), a 2021 Scorpyd Deathstalker 420, the result of trying various models and looking at dozens of them online for characteristics I liked. It is, in fact, a gift from a Friend of Bunjie, which goes to show how important Friends of Bunjie are to this channel and what an impact they can have. Bunjie III is a testament to modern crossbows, producing over .7 slugs of momentum and almost 140 ft-lbs of kinetic energy with stock arrows--at around 400 fps! This crossbow helped expand the Kingdom of Bunjie by introducing me to compound crossbows and showing me they're nothing to be feared, and also helped me get my first deer on public ground.

BIII also inspired the "Rule of 400" that I talk about from time to time: a crossbow that can shoot a 400 grain arrow at 400 feet per second is my definition of a modern crossbow--producing over .7 slugs of momentum and over 140 foot pounds of kinetic energy, the envy of the archery world.

Bunjie and I have written two books: The Death by Bunjie Crossbow Method ( https://amzn.to/3zJbAI0 ) and The Death by Bunjie Crossbow Story ( https://amzn.to/2Peq4aC ), both available on Amazon.com with those links. BOTH OF THESE BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE ON AUDIBLE AS AUDIOBOOKS, NOW, TOO!

Check out the Death by Bunjie podcast, Talking with Bunjie! It's available on deathbybunjie.com or on the podcast app of your choice.

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This channel is the result of combining my interest in filming and hunting...and music, too! The soundtrack for this channel is provided by my band, Yankee Militia. The albums "Live Free or Kill" and "Zombies Gotta Eat, Too!" are available on Amazon.com and elsewhere. A third album is in the works.

If you've read this far, then there is only one thing left to say:

All Hail Bunjie!

--Rich Wilson
Death by Bunjie