ORIGINAL: bigcountry
ORIGINAL: Lubricious
ORIGINAL: bigcountry
I would still like to see them put in thier own season as its a totally different class of weapon compared to compound, recurve or longbow.
I guarantee I can make shots with a crossbow, I can't with a bow. You don't have have to stand, just use a gunrest.
Should compounds have a seperate season than traditionals? Totally different class of archery....
At first glance, I would say, yes, lets do it. But that would be my own selfish reasons, because I love trad bows. But compounds are a bow, crossbows are still not considered a bow in most circles.
In my experience, your biggest hurdle in making a shot is staying steady and form. Niether of those are a factor with crossbows. Anyone that denies this, has no experience.
I have to slightly disagree with you on this one. It may appear that with a crossbow you just pull the trigger as you would a gun and to some extent thats true. However, having a pure and solid follow through with a crossbow affects your shooting. If you just yank the trigger and jerk your head up to see where the ARROW went then you're going to have poor shot placement.
That's why crossbow hunters have to practice similar in ways to a compound. Finding a smooth trigger pull and pure follow through will greatly increase your accuracy just like shooting compounds.