ORIGINAL: awshucks

Apparently, the xbow bill was defeated. I copied this from Mn Bowsite thread:
HF1241 was heard at tonight's Game, Fish and Forestry Division Committee meeting.
The bill's author first introduced amendments to allow crossbows (his words not mine) into the gun and muzzleloader deer seasons, and also through December 31st. The DNR person correctly poined out that this would overlap with an archery-only season for two-three weeks in December after muzzleloader closed. Much discussion and some testimony ensued. The chair tabled the matter to allow the bill's author to modify the bill to restrict the allowable crossbow season to only coincide with gun and muzzleloader seasons.
After some time the chair brought back the dicussion of HF1241. The bill's author changed the wording to only be gun season (I don't have a copy of the revised bill as introduced and do not recall if it included the muzzleloading season or not). The committee had no further discussion and there was no more testimony.
The chair called for a vote and HF1241 was defeated with I would say sounded like an overwhelming no vote

I'm not sure from the above if they are going to allow them during gun seasons or not [a start]. Better luck next time, Mn!! Keep the faith, there will be a next time, lol.