Just for clarification, I don't know squat about the P&Y club, and don't base my opinions on anything they have decided.
BD, if anything you should know I'm consistent and stubborn. I'm still not going to get drawn into the compound part of this.
If anything, this thread has really made me think more about why I'm sostrongly against crossbows in the archery-only season.I still don't consider them to be a bow, but what really makes me nervous is what they have the potential to become. As I said several pages back, look at the difference in compound bows 10-15 years ago and now. Open the gates, give manufacturers a reason to pour money into it, the sky is the limit. Once in, there's no getting it out.
can you hunt in muzzleloader season with your trad bow ?
Actually it's called "primitive weapons" season (when muzzleloaders are allowed), and yes I can use a bow during that season. I can also legally ride a little motor scooter on a busy interstate. Get my drift?
NEVER not ONCE has crossbows being legal led to a negative.
You keep forgetting the fellow from AR I had the discussion with. I would never purposely hunt the same area with someone like that for fear of moving at the wrong time/in the wrong place and getting shot by his "jump and shoot bow". That was his main argument for using a crossbow--because he could take a shot with it in a split second.
Powder/bang is what seperates them.
In your opinion, but not according to most state game regs, or in my opinion. Walking around/sitting with it cocked/loaded for an indefinate amount of time, the ability to take a split-second shot, stock/forearm/trigger--those are aspects of a rifle and a crossbow, but not a bow, and very much separates them from a bow.
Those who wish for one season are liable to get what they wish for. Ok, let the crossbows into the archery season. Muzzleloader advocates can say "hey, you let them in--flintlocks are basically the same as crossbows--primitive, low impact, one shot, close range.......we want in too!!!" and on and on and on--on top of the obvious fact that I've mentioned over and over--open the gates, the tech race is on, and no telling what they (crossbows)will be capable of in the next 10 years.
Is it that hard for us to see past our noses? Are we too stupid to look at where compounds have gone in the last 10 years?