Oh, wow. I missed that little gem. Ya know, someradicals among thetrads say it takes no archery skills to shoot a compound either. Certainly takes a different set of skills, but I'm sure you'd be first in line to swear they darn sure ARE archery skills. Same with crossbows, I'm afraid.

You'll have to do MUCH better than that if you intend to speak before the game commission against allowing crossbows.