To get accurate with a crossbow you need about the same practice as with a rifle. If someone wants to put more time into practicing a skill for their hunting method that's up to them. It doesn't make the rifle hunters worse hunters. They have the weapon skill to bring down game cleanly with much less practice than a recurve bow hunter.

Some of the fun of black powder is working up a load. It takes more skill than a rifle and it takes more time to learn that skill. The other nice thing about it is the extra season that we get to use it.

If it turns your crank and it's legal, do it.
But hunters shouldn't wizz on other hunters corn flakes.

Dan O.





Edited by - dan o. on 01/22/2002 19:09:55