ORIGINAL: Wyvern Crossbow
Your opinion that a crossbow is not a bow is just that...an opinion. Facts dispute that but that does not matter to you, so we moved on...
"Do you understand why some people like myself have a problem with these xbows being locked and ready to be shot unlike my recurve? This is my only problem with them. Do you understand why it might bug me some?"
If you own your own land...and no one else is bothering you...WHY DOES IT BUG YOU??? What does it matter?? There is a "Schultzy Standard" of what "bowhunting" really is...and if it does not fall into that standard it is not "bowhunting". That is the best shining example of Elitist attitude this thread has generated. I think that you are a fine example of a traditional bow hunter who has skill and determination andyou probablyget more joy from a well placed shot on a doe than most compound hunters do from killing a 10pt buck. That is a great thing that you are obviously and rightfully so proud of. But to actuallyclaim that a bow is not a bow when it is proven to be so and tohate another archer so muchsimply because he isnot able to stand up to the "Schultzy Standard" then that goeswell beyond pride.
"I see and understand your opinions but yet have I seen you understand mine"
As a longbowman...I have tried to understand them...honestly. But it all boils down to sefishness and distain for anything that does not meet your standard. Rather than helping the sport, you are hurting it. For every 10kids that picks up arecurve we are lucky if 1 keeps shooting it. I am a NASP instructor, and a bowhunter safety instructor. I dont get paid for this, I do it to help keep the sport growing. The main thing is to give these kids a level of success and fun...THEN challenge them with harder equipment and tactics. THAT is how we can grow this sport. It is a diferant breed of kids out there now...There is a reason we use compounds in the NASP program....
Again...no one with a crossbow or a compound is stopping you from hunting your way. You have no right to force your opinion onto other people without having it based in fact, and the "its not a bowor bowhunting to ME!" is not a fact...
Wyvern
Yes Wyvern it is my standard and only my standard!! Not once did I say everyone should do it the way I hunt, never did I say that! There are so many people out there that would be wounding animals right and left shooting these Traditional bows, its not for everyone. Its a good thing we have compounds out there, for some there allot simpler to learn and master and some people just plain and simple love the gadgets they have. I thought I read that you own a archery shop. Question for ya. Whats the choice of bow that you would recommend to a young kid 13 years old getting into bow hunting for the 1st time?