***ONLINE LA Crossbow Petition***

[progers]

http://www.petitiononline.com/boaxbowp/petition.html




In Louisiana today, hunters are not allowed to use a perfectly legal implement for the harvest of game animals. They are being told that, quite frankly, their rights as sportsmen and women do not matter.

Crossbows are legal in the state of Louisiana, but only for those 60 and older, or those who are physically handicapped. This is an unjustified and highly discriminatory act, and it is only happening because there are not enough people, like you, to support it.

Do you respect your rights as a hunter? Do you like being told that you cannot harvest your game animals with a implement that is already legal? Do you like having your rights as a hunter completely ignored?

If so, then we want you to sign our petition to allow crossbows for ALL hunters in the state of Louisiana.

But what if you don"™t live in Louisiana? Sign it anyway, as out of state revenue is an important factor in our Wildlife Commission. If you have even the slightest idea that you may someday hunt in the great state of Louisiana, we want you to sign this petition to stand up for YOUR rights as a hunter and/or outdoors person in the state of Louisiana.

Please understand, this is NOT a petition to get the crossbow into archery season but, simply a petition to have the right to hunt any and all game in all seasons, regulated by the state of Louisiana, with a crossbow. If muzzleloaders can have their own season, crossbows should, too.

We can get this done, but we need YOUR support. We don"™t need money. We simply need your signatures on this petition. In less than three minutes, you could be actively preserving your rights as a hunter.

Sincerely,

Paul Rogers

[The Mind]

I hope you get crossbows legalized in archery season.

[Jack Ryan]

Cross bows don't belong in bow and arrow season.

[The Mind]

JAckRyan - I'll send you a coupon for an Outback steak dinner if you can logically argue that stance

Don't worry about it. Just get ya bow. Forget about all these silly crossbows.Indian phrasefor crossbow, (Too lazy to practice toshoot a bow).

[kevin1]

With pleasure , additional opportunity is something to be treasured , and only a childish mind would deny you that without a logical reason for doing so. I'll never understand why someone who will never be affected by someone else's weapon choice feels they have the right to tell you what to hunt with . That should be your choice and yours alone .

Signed #51 .

[The Mind]

Indian phrasefor crossbow, (Too lazy to practice toshoot a bow).

To a compound shooter that is the mindset.

To a recurve shooter, compound is a word for lazy archers. Funny how that is, huh ?

[Charley]

PAGING MR RYAN! PAGING MR RYAN! There's a Bill Waterston on the line for you...something about copyright infringment...


Everybody thinks the particular weapon THEY use is holy, and everybody else is a backslideing degnerate. Bowhunters hate crossbows. Recurve hunters hate compaunds. Stickbows hate recurves.
Shotgunners hate riflemen, iron sights hate scoped rifles, standard calibers hate short mags, muzzleloaders hate riflemen, sidelock traditions hate inlines, flinters hate percussion, etc.

Oh yeah, atal atal and spear guys hate the rest of us.

DidI leave anybody out?

ORIGINAL: The Mind

To a compound shooter that is the mindset.

To a recurve shooter, compound is a word for lazy archers. Funny how that is, huh ?

Why do ya say that? Recurves are easy to target practice with.Much easier to tune, and stay tuned.Only issues I have is holding back waitin for that shot.

ORIGINAL: Charley

PAGING MR RYAN! PAGING MR RYAN! There's a Bill Waterston on the line for you...something about copyright infringment...


Everybody thinks the particular weapon THEY use is holy, and everybody else is a backslideing degnerate. Bowhunters hate crossbows. Recurve hunters hate compaunds. Stickbows hate recurves.
Shotgunners hate riflemen, iron sights hate scoped rifles, standard calibers hate short mags, muzzleloaders hate riflemen, sidelock traditions hate inlines, flinters hate percussion, etc.

Oh yeah, atal atal and spear guys hate the rest of us.

DidI leave anybody out?

For me it has nothing to do with that.

Official Political response
Crossbows are not needed but only for the handicap and ruin the spirit of bowhunting.

The real truth answer
When I bowhunt, there is tons of land. Never run into anybody. Deer are rarely spooked. Even public hunting is dynomite.You open crossbow, you will have every rifle hunter out there that only hunts one day a year, spookin game and crowdin me. So I reserve the right to be selfish.Bowhunting is tough. Bottom line. Its hard to make it happen sometime. Form is critical.Placement is critical. Room to move in the stand to get the shot is critical. 25 yards is really max for most folks. It is for me. Sure you can shoot longer but inheavycover, making a 35 yard shot is tough. Witha crossbow, it cuts the ability and practice needed by half or more. So it weeds out alot of people. And again, I have the woods to myself.