I occasionally shoot a compound bow also and I can tell you that most compound shooters support some sort of equipment restrictions, even if it is just meant to keep the crossbow out.

I would agree that a tournament compound shooter with all of the right gear can shoot with a scoped crossbow on the range. It is in the woods that I am concerned with. How many compound shooters do you know uses a scope? All crossbows would. And they are already drawn so that action wouldn't spoke game. And they wouldn't be shot off hand like on the range. They would usually be rested on the tree stand's shooting rail. Not only is that not archery, it will draw hordes off game spooking hunters to the bow hunters woods. We can't shoot at the running deer that rifle seasons frequently bring. Also the deer go into their tunnel systems after a period of high hunter pressure. We need that natural movement. They go nocturnal and the game is over for a bowhunter.

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