A 150" buck is a 150" buck no matter what he's taken with.I have a few good deer shot with a gun,they don't mean half as much as a meat doe I took with my recurve.
in one sentence you say it doesn't matter, the next you say it absoltuely DOES matter, look how proud you are of the recurve kills.
which is it ?
Don't judge anyone unless you want to judged
100% agree - I do believe in do as I do, not just do as I say.
And, eventually, we'll get together and go back to the game commissions and begin the long process of getting special archery seasons set up for traditional equipment. Maybe next time we can do it right and keep it that way.
why eventually ? why not now ?
Wyvern Crossbow I agree with much that you said. I've been debating canned hunting lately, and it brings up many of the same points. Who am I to tella guy he can't kill a tiger in a 2 acre pen ? If he wants to hunt that tiger, let him, what impact does it have on me ? Big Tent theory, welcome that canned hunter, support his "sport", we're all in this together, right ?
But I don't believe that. At my very core, canned hunting is WRONG. I'll never support it. Is that an eliteist attitude on my part ? Sure it is, and I'm honored and proud to have it and hold every hunter in the US to the same standards.
Right now, archery season can handle compounds and crossbows and recurves and longbows. We see it in most states, and there have been no cutbacks in archery seasons or bag limits.
Because of that, I'm inclined to say allow it all because after all, there hasn't been any real factual, visible signs of negative aftershocks.
BUT .... for some reason I "feel" that we're losing what hunting is and replacing it with quick and easy and I'm certain that isn't good either.
So where does that leave me ?