ORIGINAL: Wyvern Crossbow

"By no means bow hunting is an American invention, don't get me wrong. I was just reffering to the crossbows as they were allot bigger outside the USA. They've never been the thing here. Thats why in my previous post I said USA and not some other country's heritage. Get what I'm saying?? "

Yep..I do now..
Actually, they went out of favor in Europe for quite a while except for the aristocracy ( some extreamly elaborate models in museums) but were used even in war up till Vietnam.. They have been around bowhunting for all that time till the present. Just not in enough numbers to make it worth the while being considered a "threat". Also it is only in the last few years that they have really been anyting more than a novelty to some extent. Crossbows from even the 1970's were woefully inadequate to be serious hunting weapons. The point has been made that when bow hunting seasons were established crossbows were "not around". They were, but like many things, it took time to re-establish itself. I still have not seen anything here that would sway me from not allowing them during bow season.

One point I would like to make. All of the outright lies that the PBS and other groups have spread is the only reason that there is any question of their legality as just another bow. If the idiotic claims of "100 yard kills" and "the choice of poachers" and "its not a bow" were not forced down ignorant legislators throats then this conversation would not even be happening. It is like any other political agenda: based on greed and selfishness and hidden behind the mask of "helping preserve bowhunting". Every fact gets ignored...every poll gets twisted...and it all comes back down to "its not a bow and I dont want it in MY season" and nothign that has been said here has done anything to disprove that....Its a shame really...how much more could bow hunting be today if all those political groups had put their money and time spent on anti crossbow legisaltion into bowhunting education and preservation?

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