ORIGINAL: awshucks
Dnk: I respectfully disagree, and here's why. There is alot of verbage in the anti's chatter, about the "greedy xbow mfgs" being behind alot of the expansion/legalization battles. From what I've read, nothing could be further from the truth, as most mfgs are worried about their production meeting demand. This snowball is rolling down hill at an ever increasing rate, My humble opinion is the mfgs should keep on doing what they are doing, which does not fuel the anti's fire. Maybe Randy can shed some light on this. My opinion: If you want to see how well the xbow movement is progressing, just get a Cabelas Archery catalog and watch THEM go where the $ is at.
Awshucks,
We at TenPoint agree with you. I cannot speak for the other companies, but we are not in the business of setting seasons and figuring out what is best in a certain area. States have trained and educated people for those decisions. The ball is rolling and most of that is due to education. The states have realized, through hands on and other states stats, that the crossbow is not the evil weapon it has been protayed as. If the crossbow were as easy and as deadly as the Pope and Young people are saying, OH would not have any deer left. Last I checked, we have the longest season we've ever had, a large deer herd, big bucks are still killed every year, the poaching percentage is LOWER then the compound and the success rate is virtually the same. The myths appear to be just that, myths. The ATA and the NBEF are both doing a good job with educating people on what a crossbow is and what it does and DOES NOT do. We will continue to let them do their job and we will do ours.
Our only concern is making the best crossbow with the best safety features and is the most user friendly. If we do that, things will go well. The other pieces will fall into place.
Randy