I actually have read this entire thread(haven't figured out why yet) so I'm not sure what exactly your trying to imply. You were not the only person in this thread so the questions I posted (that largely went unanswered) were not meantfor just you. I did see the references to people fighting for archery season I am just not conviced that means"everything" anymore.Because archery season was establishedyears ago that means the seasons can't evolve tofit what hunting is now?And does it also meanthat anyone whowants evensmall changesis "riding coattails" and should just get their own season. Right, that makes perfect sense we should approach all thing in life with those blinders on.

Archery season is primative weapons season, there is no difference. So why should2 of the three primative weapons(bows/bp) have their own part of the whole primative seasonand thethird(xbows) has nothing and not only nothing butoppositionagainst beingincluded in the archery part of theprimitive weapons season that already exists and that it fits in(since it is a bow+). And what's worse is the opposition is from hunters. That's what I don't get. How does it effect you negativelyas a bow hunter ifcrossbow hunters are in the woods? Go ahead and tell me this has already been covered, I readit and the reasoning is shallow at best and just plain greedy at worst.

Ther are over 1,000,000 deer in VA. Crossbow hunters killed around 7,000 last season and other archery hunters around 17,000. Those pricks with xbowsare killing all the deer. Right, I mean they are if you don't count the other 993,000 +otherdeer that wererunning around the woods. There are plenty of deer to go around and the small numbers of xbow hunters have arelatively small impact on the big picture, I have no problem sharing the woods it just seems like the right thing(to me of course).

LBR trust me I get it. You don't like crossbows and don't want anyone using one in "bow" season. That is your opinion and you are certainly entitled to it, and while I can understand some of the points you make but to some degreeI don't think you are doing the same, everyhting is not alwayscut and dry black and white, especially with topics like this.