I'm new to the forum but have been lurking around and reading posts for some time now. Until now, I haven't posted before because I didn"t have anything new to add.

I have been hunting with a crossbow in Wyoming for 2 years and recently sold my Excalibur Exomax because of the idiotic law restricting leverage-gaining devices. The 225lb was hard to cock on a good day and when it was cold(hunting during rifle season) in November I either couldn't cock the bow in the field or about gave birth getting it cocked.

Fortunately, because they knew how much I love hunting with a crossbow, My family gave me a Great Lakes Impact for Christmas. At 165lbs It is much easier to cock, even when the weather is below zero and it seems just as accurate as my Exomax was and much easier on strings.

Despite the law,I thought about using a cocking rope in the field until the only other person I know who hunts with a crossbow was fined $254.00 for using one attached to his Ten Point in the field.

It's a stupid law designed to appease the verticle bow crowd and unfortunately it keeps people like my Dad, who has a bad rotator cuff and can't draw a compound, from hunting in the archery season because he isn't considered disabled under Wyoming law and can't get a permit to us a cocking aid.

I'll tell you now, you could probaly get away with a cocking rope in your pocket, but if your hunting with a cocking aid permantly attached to the bow like a Ten Point or the Stryker, be prepared for the inevitable citatation from your friendly G&F officer.