I think thats the issue in that at those ranges i see it as a target instrument and not a weapon. Ive always loved long distance shooting - of different things, bullets, pellets, arrows and potentially here, bolts.

Its a curious point though - if you could even slightly "rest" your shooting hand so as not to interfere with the shooting of the bow, could this "rested" bow rival a crossbow? Is that the only thing affecting accuracy between the two ?

I love both, Im not pro or con here - just voicing something Ive wondered about. Fact is my compound bow groups [when I used to shoot a lot] rivaled my free standing non-rested .22 rimfire rifle shot groups.
I seemed to averege an inch per 10 yards when I didnt rest the scoped Marlin. LOL, no sniper I. It'd be neat to see tho how well a compound bow, crossbow and such could do if in some fashion the human error could be minimized enough.

Pete