ORIGINAL: Tim4Trout
it is sad that NY bowhunters are more interested in making sure that a few potential bad apples are kept out rathger than allowing those who are disabled to be able to use a crossbow and enjoy bowhunting.
Agreed. There is no reason not to allow the physically challenged access to crossbows in NY.
ORIGINAL: Tim4Trout
While crossbows may take less effort to become proficient, all other aspects are shared as it pertains to bowhunting. Scouting, range estimation, and kill zone distances remain the same. Not having to draw in the presence of game is a moot point for unless the crossbow is already shouldered, the user still has to incur motion that may be detectable.
Now you went and screwed it up.
Lobbying for the physically able, you need to resort to the same, tired old crossbow spin.
Kill zone distances are NOT the same. Crossbows, with their shoulder assisted steadiness, scope aided aiming, and higher initial launch velocities, easily outrange compounds
in the hands of the typical hunter by 10 - 20 yards.
Your bullcrap rhetoric about shouldering and drawing will not ring true with those of us in NY who have killed deer at 25 yards with a bow and a shotgun. We know which one was more challenging to draw a bead on .... and you do, too.