sc, you're really backtracking now. First you use your misses as a reason why trad gear is so much harder, than when challenged, you admit it had nothing to do with the equipment, it was a brain lapse on the shooter's part. Which is it? Is it because trad gear is harder, or because the archer screwed up? I'm not buying the "guarantee" of either kill with a compound, there were most likely more twigs, could have hit one of them, or missed all together. Nothings "guaranteed" until you tag it. 14 years should haave taught you that much.
And how many tmes must we point out, the basis of your argument is that compounds more closely resemble crossbows than trad gear, but YOU are the only one saying that. You can't use your personal opinion as fact to back up an argument, sorry.
I guess this is all a mute point, with a seperate season for compounds, the trad season would be a brief one, at least in the whitetail states. Not enough trad guys to manage the herd properly, I suspect the compounders would have the bulk of the fall to themselves.
And yes, your friends sound like slobs to me, 1 for 12?, O for 5? Those peope have no business in the wods, regardless of equipment.
I agree, they'd have wounded twice as much if they thought they could take even longer shots.


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