I have to admit, I'm amazed they changed the law. They had public forums across the state and I went to 2 of them. At each meeting the same 5 people showed up to argue for crossbows while the archery clubs showed up in force to argue against. At one meeting they even showed up with a Pope and Young person from Minnesota and archery club officers of some sort from Colorado and Montana.

They then had a public comment period where people could send in written comments. In the past, the comment periods usually don't amount to much. This time it must have, or there was a lot more crossbow support at the forums in the western part of the state. Regardless, I'm thrilled. Now I can hunt with my Dad during the archery season. Now if we could just get the surrounding states to follow suit.

Dnk, all you have to have is your permit to hunt whatever species and an archery license. Then you can use a crossbow during the entire archery season.