How so? Materials have improved, machinery has made production faster and easier, but the very designs have changed very little--there have been cave drawings of deflex/reflex longbows discovered.
isn't that how it starts LBR ? Glass in the limb laminates for additional FPS, then more radical R/D in the design, which goes even more radical with new materials available, new epoxy/glues and finishes, then you have Adcock building high tech with no wood in them, concave designed limsb that push it even further ...... or add wheels, cam's, sights, triggered releases ....... remember the original compiounds were those weired recurve/hybrid ones with the cam on the bottom and a recurve limb on the top !
Gobs of people, many who wouldn't bother to get into the woods, will fall for the hype and advertisements and go buy what they percieve to be a killing machine.
Is hunting and bowhunting so secure that we don't need additional hutners LBR ?
You totally missed the point, and I'm not convinced it was accidently.
The "so what" is this: one of the main pro-crossbow arguments that keeps coming up is "it's a primitive weapon/it has ancient roots", so that should make it acceptable for archery season. I say gunpowder is primitive/ancient in it's roots, but nobody seems to want to argue that any weapon that uses gunpowder should be allowed in the primitive weapons season--why not?
Because what you're failing to acknowledge and discuss ( and I'm not convinced its by accident) is that gunpowder is a clear cut difference between archery and firearms. Its what MAKES them two different things ! One used limbs and a string to deliver energy to the arrows - one uses gunpowder and the energy from the ignition of it to shoot a bullet.
Two completely differnt things.
You cannot say a crossbow is completely differnt. Its VERY similar to all bows - and most of them are more so BOWS than compounds because of the way they work.
I repeat myself yet again--if crossbows were accepted asregular/standard archery, then nobody would be required to meet certain criteria and get a special permit to use them during archery season.
Why do you use that argument, you don't believe it. If MS allowed them for everyone tommorrow, you've already said you wouldn't accept that anyway. What MS or any other state says in its bylaws doesn't matter to you, right ?
One uses ignited gunpowder to propell a bullet down a barrel. Muzzleloader or .270?
Could be either, could be a handgun, could be a cannon, could be a lot of things. more information is needed
The other uses energy stored bent limbs with a string or cord pushing a long dart. Longbow, recurve, orcrossbow?
all 3 fit that definition