ORIGINAL: Arthur P
Question: Is a handicap hunter allowed to hunt with a crossbow in your state archery season?
Yes, and there is currently a bill in our state House - HB1334 -that would allow anyone age 65 or over unrestricted use of crossbows. Also, draw-lock devices have been legal here for several years now. Doesn't make much sense to disallow crossbows if you allow that POS.
Your right there Arthur, that makes no sense in the least.
Also, the archery deer season here is only a month long, basically the month of October, give or take a week either way. Other than that, the crossbow is legal for all general weapons seasons and all game, except for migratory birds. So there is something to hunt with a crossbow 11 months of the year.
Just for the record, since you seem to be trying to paint me as a crossbow fanatic, I could qualify as disabled and hunt with a crossbow in archery season under our regs, but I won't. I fought against allowing them for so long that I'd feel like a complete hypocrite if I did. If I had my druthers, I'd much rather still be able to go to the woods with my longbow in hand. And that modern crossbow of mine? It's been out of the garage once since I made my replica.
Not trying to paint you as a fanatic Arthur, just trying to figure ya out, But you know what, the more you write the more confused I get!
You say you can hunt something 11 months out of the year with a crossbow, and that your state allowes disabled ( handicapped ) hunters to hunt the archery season, and that you qualify, but you will not do that because it would make you feel like a hypocrite!
So then your telling us you getting it legalized durring archery season is just to help you feel better? If not please explain.