" For you? Yes. For many many others? No. And that is the exact point that has been shown and given to you time and time and time again. Yet, you still ignore it because it doesn't fit into your argument."
Lets address it then. Pat missed how many shots ? I read on the LW every day people missing and forgetting to pick a spot. I hunt with a guy who switched to a BW recurve 7 years ago and is 0 for 5, buddy of mine in TX is like 1 for 12 with a couple of hits not recovered quick enough. I read the LW and this site a lot, I KNOW what I am reading and the difficulty of shooting a longbow/recurve. My buddy in KS, he's 0 for 3 on shooting at whitetails with his longbow. I read time and again the "self imposed" 20 yards limits people who shoot with a longbow/recurve have. And thats great, but compound hunters can and do shoot father. Why ? BECAUSE THEY CAN and are more accurate. Fact, undeniabel fact by everybody thats posted here but, well, you JRW. I suspect you are as good as you appear to be, but few other are.
" You also haven't learned the difference between bows and accessories, seeing as you glossed right over it, yet again."
Has little to do with accessories, its all about "pulling the string back" - thats the argument the PBS spokeman presented and is the key to unraveling the anti-crossbow argument. IF its about accessories, surely theres MUCH more seperating a longbow/recurve from a compound than there is seperating a crossbow from a compound ? See the list above.
Charlie P - Depends. EBAY sells a lot of older recurves/longbows for $100 or so. Good ones. Get some leather fingers and a few carbons and go stump shooting - lots of fun and challenging (for most people anyway)
" Answer me one question Stealthy. Why would anyone other than someone who is disabled, want to choose a crossbow to shoot over a compound, recurve or longbow? "
Okay - to capitalize on the longer archery seasons and in some cases to bag meat does where rifle hunting only allows bucks. Why a crossbow ? Litle practice involved. However is that s the criteria to determine what is and isn't allowed in archery season, then I submit a longbow/recurve takes much more practice if equally compared and thus, they should put compounds in a seperate season. My point exactly Cougar Mag. With a compound you don't have top practice from one season to the next really. A few shots with the techonology of today and people go bowhunting be it compound or crossbow. I suspect longbow/recurve shooter do the same. people 3D because they enjoy shooting their bows, I suppoose a few crossbow shooters do too.
" Your positive statements about crossbows are negated by your statements about a new compound shooter could kill a deer within 20 yds easily! "
I feel the same about practice Cougar, but that has little to do with the law or what people actually do. This guy demonstrated that with never shooting a compound he can shoot it as well as a crossbow, HIS crossbow. I don't think he's the exception either. My father in law once showed me a very similar thing. Compounds are NOT that difficult to shoot if tuned. Heck anything has to be tuned though and is not hard line for what should and shouldn't be allowed in archery season.
So I ask - what IS or SHOULD be the hard line that says what IS and ISN'T allowed in archery season ? Not easy thinking and with more and more states allowing crossbows, and the PBS up in arms and fighting it every step of the way - its good discussions for passing the week until Sat and Sun hunting comes around.
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