Dnk - (sorry - haste makes waste and being in a hurry to type with two fingers doesn't help ! )
Here is the one from Horton ---------
Ottie Snyder , who is the media specialest for Horton Manufacturing , said in the July 2006 issue of Whitetail Journal on page 28 , " Hunter numbers continue to decrease, however the crossbow is fairly easy for even a beginning archer to become extremely proficiant within a very short time. Youngsters , women and people who have never considered shooting a vertical bow can enjoy a crossbow and begin to hunt quickly. Too , older hunters who can't pull vertical bows any longer have found the can hunt effectively with crossbows ."
page 30 ---------
When asked what the largest section of the hunting population that is starting to utilize the crossbow , Snyder said " So far it looks to be youth and women .But we are seeing a number of Urban upper-echelon -management hunters who spend 5 - 6 days at the office and have had to give up archery because they are so busy and don't have enough practice time to be proficient with vertical bows . But a hunter can zero in a crossbow in 30 minutes and then be ready to hunt without having to practice for hours like he or she will with a longbow. Today people are so busy that when they have the opportunity to go hunting even if they havn't had time to practice to be proficient , the crossbow will still meet their needs ."
Once again , Mr Snyder is the media specialist for Horton Manufacturing , a company that has been building Crossbows for 42 years .


As for the other bow company . It was the result of a phone call . My son questioned the sales Rep at a company as to why the scope on their 400+ feet per second Crossbow was a 1X (no magnification) and the Rep told him that they had guys in the factory "that were shooting softball sized groups at 100 yards with the 1X scope". Call me a Liar if you wish but that was the conversation . [:-]
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[/align]Now the thought process on this is to get more hunters out there . Get the women and kids in the woods and enjoy nature . And feel bad for the poor guy cooped up in the office all week long that doesn't have time to practice with a bow and can be proficient with a crossbow in 30 minutes of picking one up( according to Mr Snyder's interview) .
[/align]And remember , we hunters have to stick together !
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