And Duane, I am always happy to see more hunters getting out and hunting.
you'd think that would be at the top of everyones list wouldn't you ?
I simply don't consider a crossbow to be a bow. It's ancient and primitive in it's roots, but so is gunpowder--so what?
You used that analogy more than once - the "so what" is that gunpowder is the root os what defines modern gun vs muzzleloader, its what makes those weapons tick. So too is how a bow can be defined, by what is the driving force behind the arrows - its why nowhere is it legal for arrows with powder charges to be used in archery season, because it eclipses what archery is.
Remember, crossbows are allowed almost EVERYWHERE in regular archery season. Who gets to use them is what varies LBR, even your state os MS allows them and recognizes them as archery.
A .270 is a muzzleloader-plus
no, a .270 isn't muzzle loaded - its breach loaded, its a casing with enclosed powder and primer, all in one. There is a fine line now between single shot rifles and muzzleloader, I'll grant you that, but a flint lock is STILL worlds different than both, just like a recurve is worlds differnt than compounds and crossbows.
but no, a .270 is clearly NOT a muzzleloader plus. A Knight breach loaded with powder pellets, 101 primers, sabot's and bullets - thats a muzzleloader plus
Will any of you that are pro-crossbow in archery seasonargue that you don't want guns allowed during "your" season? If you will, why?
gunpowder - that seperates guns from bows
If you love to shoot/hunt with a crossbow, what's the big deal about just waiting for primitive weapons or rifle season? That's what the rifle hunters do--either that, or they learn to use a weapon appropriate for the season.
I could say the same about the compound for all the same reasons LBR. And by your reasoning, its the compound manufacturers that demand allowing the compounds in archery season - its all about the money, right ?
Schultzyyou don't pull the compounds back in the prescence of game either, thats a fabrication for the P&Y anti-crossbows movement and for years has been false. Watch the next deer hunting video on tv - the bows are drawn before the animals get into presence - obviously, draw, hold, wait, put the sights on the animals and pull the trigger - perfect compound shot
Lanse couche couche its true when fiberglass was put into recurve and longbows, it changed them in a matter of FPS. Little else changed from them and self bows. Same bows, same arrows can be shot, same broadheads, same WAY of shooting.