I would like to put forth my two cents worth of oppinion regarding crossbows. In what stretch of imagination can you compare a shoulder held, vertical plane, pre-drawn string weapon to a true bow?
Bows have to be drawn and for the most part aimed in a vertical or nearly vertical position; I suppose you could turn a crossbow sideways and fire it and I have seen trick shots of bows in a horizontal position. Crossbows are not archery period. Allowing them in a archery season is not something I wish to happen. I support a crossbow season seperate from archery such as most states offer a muzzleloader season seperate from firearms season. Compounds I can abide as they require the same skills and techniques of traditional bows to a large degree, but I draw the line there. As I said this is my two cents worth.

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