First, crossbows should be OK for the truly disabled in Archery season but that's where it has to stop. The difference is that the crossbow is drawn before game is present. I used a crossbow in gun season this past season in Pa special regulations area where guns arent permitted. I hunt suburbia in a deer control program where a body count is expected of us. Once the gun season rolls around here, deer flock into this area to avoid the gunners in adjoining townships. They are extremely wary and spooky this time of year. I decided the crossbow might give an edge and bought one. I killed 3 deer with it under these conditions. Two of which would have walked if I'd had to draw a conventional bow. My point? The crossbow gives an edge over a compound, recurve etc because it is cocked when the game arrives. Give it its' own season, but it's not a bow. It's a short range gun!