RE: I want to hear from crossbow hunters
Trembow, I bought a x-bow a few years back when I realized that the archery season was 3 months long (vs 2 weeks for gun). I felt that I was too busy to learn all there is to know about verticle bows, and remembered tearing strips off my arm whenever I tried a bow in my younger days (bad form). Since then I have bought a compound and harvested a buck with it, I never did get a shot off with the x-bow in a hunting situation.
I can tell you that a x-bow doesn't make hunting too easy, nobody sits in a tree with one at their shoulder so there is still alot of movement required, and you don't get more range than a vertical bow. X-bows are great for the disabled, but what about people that are afraid of heights? X-bows make hunting from a ground blind a realistic option. Another reason to not oppose x-bows are people like me that used it as a stepping stone to introduce me to the great sport of archery.