There seems to be alot of going around here about a crossbow being bow or. For me its theharvest of the animal that you been watching all summer or maybe that surprize buck that you've never seen before,heck I get akick out of a doe I can stick in the freezer. When you tag a nice buck in at the check station how many times do the other hunters ask to see your gun,compound or crossbow. So I think if you decide to hunt with a crossbow when you grab hold of that bucksrackyou'll get the same satisfaction as any otherlegal hunting implament that you use. Good luck next fall and take a big one down.