OK. , I guess I don't understand. But I will give my thoughts on this matter, as I understand it.

Crossbows, if legal in your state, are fine. There is nothing wrong with using a crossbow, for whatever reason. The only problem is that they are no more accurate than a compound bow. I speak from experience. I started bowhunting in the early 80's with a crossbow. I shot a PSE starfire. The idea that they are like shooting a rifle is bunk! The are still very limited by range. They still suffer from the effects of wind, shot placement, and deflection amongst other things. You still have to sight them in. You still have to practice with them to be effective and fair to the game. So your reason for switching to a crossbow is beyond my understanding. If you did not practice with the compound bow, what would make you practice with a crossbow.

You still have to aim the bow. You can still screw the shot up. You can still aim too high, too low, too far back, or ping a shoulder. So with both bows you still have to aim and release the arrow. Your reason for switching still doesn't make sense.

If you hit with a compound bow, you are not guaranteed a quick clean kill. A deer can run off and die, as we have all been reading so much about lately. If you hit with a crossbow, they can still do the same. Both bows kill by the same method. Shooting a razor sharp metal cutting edge through the deers vitals, shredding as much meat and muscle as possible, causing massive internal hemmorage thus causing the deer to bleed to death. I have to ask you, isn't that what they both do? So how does that improve, by swapping to a crossbow, if they both kill by the same method?

I feel that you might be using the accuracy think as a crutch, to justify a want to , not a have to do. You could practice with the compound and get better...... If you wanted to. But sometimes we get lazy and take the easy way out. But I would really like you to answer one question. What are you going to blame it on , and what are you going to switch to , after you make a shot on a deer with the crossbow and lose that deer?

A crossbow is no more of a sure thing than a compound is a less effective method. They are both bows, subject to all of the same physical laws, limited by the same issues, and killing by the same method.

Just say you didn't like the compound bow, it was too much work for ya, and you decided to get a crossbow.... I would at least believe that.