And also like a compound with which they are most closely related. The fact of the matter isit is a primitive weapon which can be hunted with. As most DNR's are notgoing to make it a seperate season they generally try to include the weapon in the season it most closely fits, which is archery, that is what some seem to have a problem understanding.

In VA they made them legal during archery, good call IMO. But after reading some of the views on why they are not bows and should not be allowed I think they should have broken down the 6 week primitive weapons season even further. Instead of archery(bow/xbow) 6 weeks with the last 2 weeks also being BP they should have said you each get two weeks and they could have made it whatever order they wanted, xbow 1 week, bow 1 week, bp 1 weekthen repeat or just have xbow 2 weeks, bow 2 weeks, bp 2 weeks. How much belly aching would the "bow" hunters make over having to lose hunting time and share the woods even more, but the truth is bp hunters andxbow hunters are doing it alreadywhy should "bow" hunters be any different? Where does the sense of entitlement come from? I don't get it, I don't even want to really.

I hunt with my compound and my recurve, I lovethem both. I also welcome xbow hunters, there are plenty of woods and plenty of deer to kill and their presence has notaffected me in the least. I have shot lots of crossbows and enjoyed shooting them, I don't hunt with one yet but I can guarantee if there ever was a special xbow season in VA or NC I would ownandhunt with one for the same selfish reason I started bowhunting 18 years ago. I wanted more time to hunt, more hunting seasonto be out in the woods. A crossbow hunter should have the same oppurtunity to extend his season and hunt with his obviously primitive weapon during theprimitve weapons season(that's another change I would support call it primitive weapons season not archery seasonand break it down from there).JMO.