Was your archery season from Oct. 1 (or15 Zone 2) through Nov.16 andcan you still bowhunt during the firearms season or primitive seasons?
Mine opens Oct 1st, and I can use a bow for the entire season if I choose, as long as I follow the same regs the season requires (ex., wearing 500 inches minimum of hunter orange during primitive weapons and rifle season). Like I told BD, I also have the legal option or riding a little motor scooter in 8-lane Interstate traffic too. Right now I have archery season--the equivelent of having a safe lane for just the guys riding scooters.
That seems like a fairly long bow season(4-6 weeks), is that "the least desireable" time to be out there?
It is a fairly long season--for now anyway. It's also very hot, everything is still green, biting flies/ticks/snakes are still very active, natural food sources are everywhere.......
What two weeks went away, wasthe late primitive weapons seasona late bow season in the past or was it the early one?
The last two weeks of Jan used to be archery only. IMO prime hunting weather has barely startedat that time. We got our first snow of the year (probably only one) this past weekend. If I had my rathers, I'd give up October and take February for bow hunting.
I do think if you experienced VA's changes and transitions you would have a better idea of my side and my point that crossbows had little impact just like if I lived there I might feel differently.
I can appreciate your opinion, but I really don't think my opinionwould change. My main argument is a crossbow isn't a bow--that wouldn't change if I lived in VA, MS, or Australia. It's primitive, it's single-shot, it's low-impact, it's limited range, but it isn't a bow--so it doesn't belong in archery season. My main concern isn't what crossbows currently are, but what they have the potential of becoming. One thing is for sure--they will never be just a bow, and the technology sure ain't going to go backwards.