I agree with LBR and several others, whose points have been made here. The crossbow has no business in archery season. In our state, they are allowed in the General hunting season, which is open to all legal weapons but is generally referred to as the firearms season. I hunt with Archery Only tags so I don't encounter them in the field.

I also agree that the compound (I used to shoot them) resembles a bow less and less with each new model they introduce and as long as hunters flock to the proshops to buy them up they'll continue to make them shorter, faster and easier to shoot. That is until the bottom drops out of the market, then watch all them bow manufacturers go back to making washing machines or whatever it was or is their business originally.

It wouldn't surprise me one bit if the Republic of Kalifornia bans all hunting from some areas again this coming season. Allowing only traditional equipment to hunt in high stressed areas was brought up a couple of years ago and the compound hunters threw such a hissy fit that the state just decided to close the areas to all hunting. Now, I gotta ask, what did we as hunters gain by one faction turning on another?

Make em sharp and shoot em straight, or leave em home.