I don't mean this sarcastically, but that explains a lot. It's human nature to look at something and say "it doesn't affect me, so who cares".

Unless you are a bowhunter, you won't and can't understand our perspective. By bowhunter, I really mean bow/bowhunting enthusiast. Not the guy who buys a bow to extend his hunting season--pulls it out a week or two before the season starts, shoots a few arrows to be sure the sights are still "on", and goes hunting with it. This guy can very much still be a hunter--you still have to do the work to be sucessful, especially with a bow--but could really care less about a bow in general, it's just a way to get more time in the woods. Then you have those of us who can't wait for the season, who shoot our bows year-round because we love the sport, many of us shooting in tournaments and gathering together with our friends just to fling arrows. There is a huge difference.

We had some dedicated people who fought hard to get a season established for bows only. They appreciated the challenge, the solitude, the experience that only bowhunting offers. Often having to wait until the animal is so close you can count eyelashes, you can see nostrils flare, even smell it--there's nothing like it.

Anyhow, don't take this the wrong way but it seems you participated in this thread just for the sake of argument--you really don't have a clue what bowhunting is about, how it feels, or seem to care if there is a bow season or not. That doesn't give much foundation to those "points" you made.

FWIW, I'm not worried about the "seniors" invading the woods--not at all. For the umpteenth time, my argument against allowing crossbows in the archery season is because they simply aren't bows.

Chad