What I find most entertaining about the people who jump up and down screaming "its not a bow!!!" and claiming they are "bowhunters" and those that use crossbows are not is that quite a few of them end up with some form of dissability and have to end up using a crossbow or sit home and watch Tred Barta. These same people try to associate with their "bowhunting buddies" and get the cold shoulder because they are "no longer a "bow"hunter. ( Remeber...I sell these things...I have more practical experience and information than just about anyone on this thread..) This happens ALOT!! Funny how after they get snubbed by their own kind quite a few of them become big pro-crossbow advocates. They learn that all the propoganda about crossbows is crap and that...dare I say it....they are STILL BOWHUNTERS!!

The vast majority of "bow hunters" use compounds because they are easier...many of those same people used to shoot trad. You can jump up and down all you want and make assanine claims like "its not a bow" but ultimately quite a few of you will end up shooting one and the more people realize that it is "just a bow" they will continue to gain acceptance and eventually be allowed into archery season like they should be.

There has been lots of talk about "drawing the line". It is very simple...put a weight limit on the bow (many states have this) or a speed limit on the arrow and make sure that the arrow is launced by a string attached to limbs that store energy that is transfered to the arrow (like the definition of a "bow" ) That will keep the explosive propelled arrows out of the picture, and manufacturers will not waste their time making 600lb draw crossbows is there is no market for them....problem solved.

Still amazes me that with the declining ranks of archers and the growing age of people in this sport (the hunters education meetings in my state look like the old folks home on bingo night) that you "bowhunter organizations" still waste so much time and energy and money on the imagined threat of crossbows and not putthat effort were it should be going. It really is sad....

Wyvern