i have to partially agree with dep214. it sounds as if you COMPOUNDER onlys just want your special season. you special ? disabled of sorts? your weapon of choice so inadequate that you need a special season that would exclude crossbows. i have seen this arguement before and it does tend to bring out compounder onlys and lets them get on there soapbox and degrade anyone that uses a crossbow during there archery only season. crossbows are legal in arkansas as archery equipment and i hunt with a horton hunter supreme . i also have a jennings carbon extreme that i enjoy hunting with. i like shooting the bow more for fun than hunting . i tend to bring home venison more often with the crossbow . and for that matter my best friend who has hunted with a bow for 20 + years ,just bought a horton nitro and loves it . killed a doe in oct. with it . he got rid of his matthews (getting another though)and just crossbowed. you see noone that hunts with me said anything negative about it. we look at it as hunting and thats cool. if i had a member who did raise b.s. about the fact that we hunted with crossbows they would be finding another place to hunt. and in that same line i have a variety of rifles , im a gun nut, but i would not tell someone they are wrong for hunting with a 30/30, because i hunt with a 270 ,308 or 7 stw or some more powerful caliber than theres . as long as they know there weapons limitations and are good with it go hunting. i think the crossbow vs archery special season debate is really easy go by what your state game and fish allows. and crossbowers if your state doesnt allow crossbows during archery season then start hounding them. make them either include you or give you to a special long season