Arthur P ...I don't feel I read anything into his post. He gave his view of a group that is founded on nothing but conjecture and fear. Anytime you put down a whole group of people instead of individuals you are doing so out of ignorance. We have been debating this same issue in Kentucky and it's gotten very nasty and I have listened to all the arguments. It really comes down to bow hunters not wanting any more hunters in the wood to compete with. They are afraid all the gun hunters are going to take up xbows and take over. So what do they do? Start putting them down and calling them names. Instead of having a large group of hunters standing together as a strong united force, we have several smaller groups fighting and tearing each other apart.

With fewer and fewer people getting into hunting the future is not looking very good. If it takes xbows to get more hunters into the woods then so be it. If the compound bow had not been allowed and only long bows were allowed how many hunters would we have in the bow woods now. I'd say not very many. The smaller our numbers the easier it's going to be for the growing number (and well funded) anti groups to defeat us.