I'm all for crossbows if a person really can't pull the legal weight in there state, but I do believe some people get them when they really don't
need them. A guy I work with has had shoulder surgery and his doctor is giving him a permit or slip for a cross bow.My problem is he works right
along with the rest of us all day 12 hr shifts, granted we do not do alot of heavy lifting 50# max 4-10 times a shift but we do alot of repetative
movement.Ihave worked with him for about 2 yrs and would of never guessed he had surgery on his shoulder. Iknow he can pull 35# legal weight in
Wisconsin.I even offered to go to the shop with him a help get him set up. No I'm just gonna get a crossbow because I have a disability he told me
and by god he got one.
Here in Illinois anyone 62 and over can get a crossbow permit now. I do think its a good idea if someone cannot pull enough weight on a compound or traditional and they are disabled in that way or older age, but as you said and depending upon the doctor there are some who gets a disability permit too easily. I know of one personally.
On another note I know of a guy who gets full disability from Illinois but is still able to bowhunt and uses a compound bow! I mean comon, how can a guy hang treestands, bowhunt, and drag a deer out yet is unable to work?[&:]
There are people who will take advantage of any situation. I have a crossbow permit but still shoot a compound instead. For me personally, the one I took with a crossbow the first fall after the surgery left a bad taste in my mouth. To me it was like shoot a scoped rifle with a silencer on it. If my shoulder ever got to the point where I can't pull it back anymore, I will probably just shotgun and muzzle load. But until that time comes, the crossbow hangs in the garage until I'm ready to shoot lil furry critters.
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Crossbows are legal for everyone in my state. It gets a lot of folks in the woods that otherwise wouldn't put in the time and dedication with a compound or traditional bow. But, it is how I got my start in archery as a kid and I probably would have never started without using a X-bow first.
I have mixed feelings about them honestly.
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Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison
I'm with MeanV2 on this one. There is no substitution for time in the woods and if a crossbow allows someone to be in the woods who would not normally be there, who are we to judge and say its not right disability or not.
Disability & Crossbows
