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Old 07-27-2015, 03:45 PM
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What is everyone's thoughts on the new crossbow laws?
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Old 07-27-2015, 05:14 PM
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Can you link the new laws?
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Old 07-28-2015, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by olsaltydog
Can you link the new laws?
http://www.wvdnr.gov/hunting/PDFFile...Fact_Sheet.pdf

Other applicable law:
It is illegal to:
• hunt with a crossbow that does not have:
» a draw weight of at least 125 pounds.
» a working safety.
» bolts at least 18 inches long.
» broadheads with at least two edges at least ¾-inch wide.
• hunt wild turkey, bear, deer or boar with arrows having less
than two sharp cutting edges, measuring less than ¾ of an
inch in width.
• use an arrow with an explosive, drug-laced or poisoned
head or shaft.

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Old 08-03-2015, 03:49 PM
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What's the prob
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Old 08-03-2015, 04:58 PM
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I think they are a little more stringent then needed but I think it doesn't look too bad.
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Old 08-04-2015, 07:17 AM
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Looks sensible to me. See nothing to atrict about them at all.
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Old 08-09-2015, 09:06 PM
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i think it will be fine. ive been a bow hunter since the age of 12 (now 41) but the past few years ive had alot of neck an shoulder problems so i gave it up knowing i could have got a special permit for a crossbow but just never felt right about it but ive purchased a crossbow an really like it!
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Old 09-02-2015, 07:24 AM
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I'm 72 yrs, i started shooting a x bow in 2003 because bad shoulders. friends gave me a bunch of sh-t, now there using them, they got old and weak and hurt.
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Old 09-02-2015, 08:09 AM
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In PA the poundage is the same. min of 125lbs, the broadhead must be at least 7/8 of an inch across. There is no min bolt length or safety requirement but since crossbows are drawn long before game is seen and people are on stand and walking around with cocked crossbows, I think the safety requirement makes sense. PA also has the prohibition against drugged or poisoned arrows and against explosives. Look like good common sense regulations to me.
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Old 09-02-2015, 01:58 PM
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I agree OT. I think it is just like when the compounds came out and there was some push back since it was different. In my state they are having a license problem with older people stopping and not many kids coming up into the hunting thing. The crossbow will probably keep some of the older hunters going. I am 67 and still pull a 70 pound Mathews but it isn't as easy as it once was. I think it is OK to allow crossbows.
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