ORIGINAL: RockinChair
I think of crossbows being heavier, louder, more bulky and difficult to carry, and a a majority of the time you are limited to one shot due to the time it takes to re-cock.
Them are the big ones, but a few I can add are similar.
With a CB there are plenty of us who have been excited and had a near death experience with the loss of there thumb. This happened to me once on a hunting trip and I was certain my thumb had been cut clean off, then thenext day when I could actually feel it I new all was ok!
I would say you are limited to one shot for the noise factor. Most CB's are way to load to ever even consider a second shot. I have a couple of friends that tell me every year they get second shots with there compounds.
Another is I have only had one stand that I could recock in. All of my other ladder stands are way to small to cock in, would be way to hard to try and do, plus unsafe.
No long range hunting IMO. I know a CB is way to loud to do much good past 30 to 35 yards for me and my set up. Some vertical bows that are well tuned can take longer range shots since it dose not sound like smacking a ruler on a table much like a CB can. So when you shoot your CB, its much like blowing the horn on a hunt, thats why tree rats get the pass most of the time when I hunt.
Could be more, but hope this is what you where looking for with your post.