I had a frank conversation with an Ohio dnr officer about the crossbow in TN and how I wished they had put it into another season on its own. He explained that in Ohio it was added to the bow season for thecontrol of the deer herd, and the state had seen harvest's up. They also added reduced cost archery tags good until the start of gun season tocontrol the heard to a manageable level. (see their deer/car accident statistics)

The point is as stated in an earlier post it is up to the state to decide what is needed to manage the game no matter what the species. Are some states betterthan others, of course, I live in TN but hunt deer more in Ohio for several reasons.

Everyone wants to twist or guide something in their favor which is natural but trying to use discrimination as excuse to get it your way is wrong. Just do as some on here have state how you want it and try to get your dnr to listen and if they do RETURN THE FAVOR.

In no scope states are the discriminating against the person with poor vision? I don't think so, they have just set rules and guideline (hopefully on sound data ) that will manage the resource for the benefit ofmost everyone, while ticking off the fewest.

just wanted to put in my view.