“Da, well the crossbow ain’t archery `quipment cause it shoots bolts, not arrows!” claims the anti-crossbow expert.
"Jeez, I hate it when I hear that statement! I would like to put forward some simple information to clear up this murky subject, once and for all. The modern hunting crossbow does not shoot bolts, it shoots ARROWS!
If a projectile has a guidance system in the form of feathers or vanes on the end of it, it is an ARROW!
Can we say the word “ARROW” boys and girls? Crossbows shoot ARROWS! You can argue, rationalize and fantasize, but the fact remains – IT IS AN ARROW!
The crossbow bolt is a short dowel-type projectile that was once used for indoor and outdoor target shooting. It is seldom, if ever used in the twenty-eighth (or so) century of crossbow shooting. Now is time for crossbow shooters, arrow and crossbow manufacturers and even those opposed to the existence of crossbows to all crawl onto the very same page and come to the realization that the crossbow shoots arrows, not bolts.
Target bolt shot during International Match competition resembles a mechanic’s bolt in some ways, including light treading on the tip. The string end of the bolt, above is notched to insure exact bolt alignment.
Those who scorn our weapon of choice claim that we shoot bolts because they are shorter than those shot from vertical archery equipment. Okay, let me get this straight, if that is the definition of a bolt in their superior little minds, then archers that shoot short arrows from an over-draw are shooting bolts, right?
I dare say that if you walked up to a vertical archer who is using short arrows with an over-draw system and say, “Hey Dude, really good looking bolts you are shooting there!” there would be hell to pay.
How about going to a junior archery league where youngsters are using 18-inch youth arrows? Give those kids on the shooting line the all clear and then tell them they can go pull their bolts out of the targets. Even a newbie child knows that they are shooting arrows and not bolts and they will, in no uncertain terms, let you know that you do not have a clue as to what you are talking about.
Why then, do some of us as mature adults insist on calling our arrows, bolts? I understand that a lot of folks just do not know any better. It is a simple matter of knowledge washing away the ignorance. Well, if you are reading this article, then you can no longer plead ignorance! Start calling your projectiles what they are, ARROWS!
If you are shooting something similar to the photographs included with this article, you are shooting bolts. If you are hunting with this type of projectile, you should seriously consider taking up another sport, because “you ain’t right”!
However, if you are hunting with a 20 to 24 inch projectile with feathers or vanes at the nock end, you are shooting an arrow. Get used to the fact and call them what they are.
If you are an arrow manufacturer and you are manufacturing and selling projectiles for crossbows, please take note. If those projectiles look like the photographs in this article, you are indeed manufacturing and marketing bolts. In that case, please feel free to call them bolts. However, if you are manufacturing projectiles that look like arrows, complete with vanes or feathers on the nock end, then you are manufacturing ARROWS. For Heaven's sake, please call them ARROWS, because that is what they are.
It is time to end the arrow/bolt confusion, people. Crossbow hunters shoot arrows, not bolts. I have heard it said that it doesn’t really make any difference what you call them. Excuse me?"
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You are correct in your definition...we shoot arrows.
As far as the narrow minded....you can't fix stupidso why even engage in the discussion.
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“Da, well the crossbow ain’t archery `quipment cause it shoots bolts, not arrows!” claims the anti-crossbow expert.
"Jeez, I hate it when I hear that statement! I would like to put forward some simple information to clear up this murky subject, once and for all. The modern hunting crossbow does not shoot bolts, it shoots ARROWS!
If a projectile has a guidance system in the form of feathers or vanes on the end of it, it is an ARROW!
Can we say the word “ARROW” boys and girls? Crossbows shoot ARROWS! You can argue, rationalize and fantasize, but the fact remains – IT IS AN ARROW!
The crossbow bolt is a short dowel-type projectile that was once used for indoor and outdoor target shooting. It is seldom, if ever used in the twenty-eighth (or so) century of crossbow shooting. Now is time for crossbow shooters, arrow and crossbow manufacturers and even those opposed to the existence of crossbows to all crawl onto the very same page and come to the realization that the crossbow shoots arrows, not bolts.
Target bolt shot during International Match competition resembles a mechanic’s bolt in some ways, including light treading on the tip. The string end of the bolt, above is notched to insure exact bolt alignment.
Those who scorn our weapon of choice claim that we shoot bolts because they are shorter than those shot from vertical archery equipment. Okay, let me get this straight, if that is the definition of a bolt in their superior little minds, then archers that shoot short arrows from an over-draw are shooting bolts, right?
I dare say that if you walked up to a vertical archer who is using short arrows with an over-draw system and say, “Hey Dude, really good looking bolts you are shooting there!” there would be hell to pay.
How about going to a junior archery league where youngsters are using 18-inch youth arrows? Give those kids on the shooting line the all clear and then tell them they can go pull their bolts out of the targets. Even a newbie child knows that they are shooting arrows and not bolts and they will, in no uncertain terms, let you know that you do not have a clue as to what you are talking about.
Why then, do some of us as mature adults insist on calling our arrows, bolts? I understand that a lot of folks just do not know any better. It is a simple matter of knowledge washing away the ignorance. Well, if you are reading this article, then you can no longer plead ignorance! Start calling your projectiles what they are, ARROWS!
If you are shooting something similar to the photographs included with this article, you are shooting bolts. If you are hunting with this type of projectile, you should seriously consider taking up another sport, because “you ain’t right”!
However, if you are hunting with a 20 to 24 inch projectile with feathers or vanes at the nock end, you are shooting an arrow. Get used to the fact and call them what they are.
If you are an arrow manufacturer and you are manufacturing and selling projectiles for crossbows, please take note. If those projectiles look like the photographs in this article, you are indeed manufacturing and marketing bolts. In that case, please feel free to call them bolts. However, if you are manufacturing projectiles that look like arrows, complete with vanes or feathers on the nock end, then you are manufacturing ARROWS. For Heaven's sake, please call them ARROWS, because that is what they are.
It is time to end the arrow/bolt confusion, people. Crossbow hunters shoot arrows, not bolts. I have heard it said that it doesn’t really make any difference what you call them. Excuse me?"
Copied from Foremost Hunting.com
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You got all worked up and went through a lot of work, to post in a cross bow thread what most cross bow hunters already know. To me, bolt, arrow, stick, I could care less as long as they fly straight!
Is your point some how that because a crossbow shoots (arrows), it is more like a bow some how? I can't see why you would get your undies in a knot over such a trivial thing. I will make sure that every one I come in contact with, knows the diference between a bolt and an arrow. As for me, I'm gonna call 'em sticks with feathers!!!
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You got all worked up and went through a lot of work, to post in a cross bow thread what most cross bow hunters already know. To me, bolt, arrow, stick, I could care less as long as they fly straight!
Is your point some how that because a crossbow shoots (arrows), it is more like a bow some how? I can't see why you would get your undies in a knot over such a trivial thing. I will make sure that every one I come in contact with, knows the diference between a bolt and an arrow. As for me, I'm gonna call 'em sticks with feathers!!!
I believe his point is that the calling of these projectiles if you will, is kept that way to exclude us from regular "archery" circles. Keeping us excluded from the archery in the politician's mind will give them one more reason for that exclusion. I don't get excited about what people call crossbow arrows. I see ignorance (as in lack of knowledge) every day about tons of things but hey, the bear is carrying a torch for the good of all of us so I for one support him.
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I believe his point is that the calling of these projectiles if you will, is kept that way to exclude us from regular "archery" circles. Keeping us excluded from the archery in the politician's mind will give them one more reason for that exclusion. I don't get excited about what people call crossbow arrows. I see ignorance (as in lack of knowledge) every day about tons of things but hey, the bear is carrying a torch for the good of all of us so I for one support him.
I see where you are coming from, but I doubt if there will ever be a consensus where the cross bow and the traditional archery circles will get along. That is my opinion and I can live with that. They are two totally diferent weapons. I hunt with the cross bow because I can no longer draw a conventional bow due to a disability. The big hang up or stumbling block isn't terminology ( ignorance in the diferences), its greed that the cross bow is somehow easier than the conventional archery techniques. Thus the deer herd will suffer somehow and the bowhunters will have competition. That is what I heard at our spring conservation meetings in WI.
My point was it doesn't do a bit of good to get worked up over ignorance. You won't change a closed mind!!!
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My point was it doesn't do a bit of good to get worked up over ignorance. You won't change a closed mind!!!
Absolutely and those closed minds will die off like a wart. So the terminology is not for the living zombie that talk like parrots it is for the up and coming hunters wanting to hunt with bows.
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ARROWS!! Not Bolts
so why even engage in the discussion.
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