"Regardless though, most states do not recognize a crossbow as standard archery equipment. As I keep saying--if it were, then no special permit would be required"

The ONLY reason a special permit is required is because some very vocal and ignorant special interest groups made up a bunch of lies about crossbows and their performance capabilities. "you can kill a deer at 100yrds", "They are unsafe", "they will decimate the deer herds", and my all time favorite "they are a poaching weapon". What poacher in their right mind wants to wait 20 minutes for the animal they just illegaly shot to die and then track it in the dark using flash lights???? Come on...

Till someone can come up with something other than "I dont want them in my season" or " They are not a bow because "I" dont think they are a bow" this conversation is going nowhere....

Wyvern