PABowhntr - " We have rules in place right now that limit equipment....lets try to stay with those....and not get more stringent or more lenient"

Therein lies the problem. WHat did you invision bowhunting 15 years ago ? Did you invision one cam technology, 80% letoff, fiber optic pins, rangefinders, high tech releases, 2 3/4 lb bows, carbon arrows, mechanical heads etc ? If so, what do you think bowhunting will be in the next 15 years ? You cannot stop technology.

Already I have seen sights with built in rangefinders. We'll soon see bows that shoot through the riser, tru center shot bows, or Matthews will again revolutionize things with some other unique design. What will pins, releases, arrows and broadheads be ? Will you accept it all with no problems ?

Guys, I can take any of ya'll bows, or any off any shelf, and within a couple of hours I can be hitting a 3 inch circle at 30 yards, maybe 40 yards. Is that tooo sophisticated ? I aint a great shot either, but I can do that. I can take a guy thats never shot a bow before and in one day, maybe two, I can teach him with a high tech bow how to become proficient with it, a 6 inch circle, at 20 yards, no problems. Am I not right here - isn't this reality ?

So then the equipment no longer becomes part of the challenge of the hunt, its the hunt itsself, right ? Why then have an archery only season and why not allow crossbows everywhere ? Wht not allow iron sighted pistols ? These are questions ya'll aren't touching, why ? Theres truth in them maybe ?

Yes, I have went to a longbow, and I have done it for the challenge of the equipment. I do it for me, because its the hardest thing I have ever tried to do I think. Shooting my compound last season was, well, a bore. There was no challenge there, I literally could have gotten the same results shooting a crossbow or handgun.

I am not against compound hunters in anyway, I am just trying to raise some questions that pertain to sophisitication and advancing technology thats slowly taking away what the fun of archery is about IMO.