[/align]People are narrow minded as a group but a little more flexible one on one. Dave my hat is off to you for having the guts to come to this forum and ask the questions you are. I believe you are trying to be open and honest in your persuit of the truith. So here it is as I see it. Who cares?!!!!!!! Some people hunt with recurve or long bow. Others use compound. Still others[the ones you are talking with now] use crossbows. The animals don't care what they are shot with. They would prefer not to be shot at all. We owe it to them to use what we are best with. I use both in different situations. As a land owner i would be more worried about the guy that is willing to rule out a weapon based on some idiotic predjudice. I use both because I care about the lives i take. We all should. We need to in order to promote the sport of archery hunting. Every archer is under fire by the nonhunting community.