I think most folks with negative opinions about crossbows would change their minds if they just got a chance to shoot one. My friend in Texas has a compound that shoots faster than my Vixen. We have been planning a trip together with our kids to a ranch in East Texas since last season, but our schedules have not worked out. The ranch we are going to had a no-crossbow policy until my friend told the guy that his bow was faster than my xbow. He thought a crossbow was more akin to a muzzleloader in performance than a bow. When we go this year, it will be during rifle season, but the guy asked if I could bring the xbow to show him how it shoots. Hopefully he will change his mind and allow xbows on his ranch.

This crossbow is my first experience with archery, and coming over from the world of firearms, I have had trouble understanding this bow vs. crossbow debate. To me, they both use strings to launch an arrow, so where does the argument get started?