Ok, Why a special season for crossbows?
I live here in Ohio where crossbows are legal. I own crossbow (I have yet to take a deer with it), compound, and recurve (I don’t hunt with).
The number of deer harvested with any kind of bow is still very small when compared to the numbers taken during gun (shotgun) season. The only effect that I see a separate season having, is limiting the chances for some hunters to get out into the woods.
Keeping them separate in the record books is one thing. I don’t think that anyone believes that hunting with a longbow and crossbow are equal. But I can’t support anything that would limit anyone opportunities to enjoy a safe ethical hunt.