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  • Compound from a tree stand and XB from our ground blinds.

    On Crossbows During the Regular Bow Season 2010

  • Compound from a tree stand and XB from our ground blinds.

    On Crossbows During the Regular Bow Season 2010

  • But for those of us who truly understand the advantages of and against a XB vs Compound with let off and using a release will agree that comparing the XB to the Compound is like comparing a 30-30 to a 30-06, you don't have the range except a few high dollar XB's sizzling at 400+ fps and even then they are so bulky and just walking thru the brush is a bear not to count the bulkiness setting in the stand!

    On Crossbows During the Regular Bow Season 2010

  • But for those of us who truly understand the advantages of and against a XB vs Compound with let off and using a release will agree that comparing the XB to the Compound is like comparing a 30-30 to a 30-06, you don't have the range except a few high dollar XB's sizzling at 400+ fps and even then they are so bulky and just walking thru the brush is a bear not to count the bulkiness setting in the stand!

    On Crossbows During the Regular Bow Season 2010

  • Another example is fluoroacetate (commonly known as Compound 1080, a rodent pesticide) which inhibits a cellular enzyme of intermediary metabolism.

    Neurotoxicity 2008

  • As it turns out, Congressman Mike Rogers, the Republican incumbent whom Segall is challenging, has taken money from Charles Wigley, owner of the Tull Chemical Company, the only U.S. manufacturer of the deadly toxin sodium fluoroacetate, commonly known as Compound 1080.

    Nathaniel Bach: Alabama Dems Benefit From GOP Congressman's Toxic Ties To Saddam 2008

  • After that, she went to a club called Compound, went out with a friend.

    CNN Transcript Nov 4, 2005 2005

  • This, then, is what we have called the Compound Anthem.

    The Prayer Book Explained Percival Jackson

  • There is, however, a species of figure, sometimes classed under Allegory, but which might, perhaps, be better called Compound

    The Philosophy of Style Herbert Spencer 1861

  • "I definitely plan on making sure the people I bring to the industry are going to be an asset to the industry as opposed to a liability," said Ne-Yo, who also has his own label imprint called Compound Entertainment.

    The Seattle Times 2012

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