ORIGINAL: brucelanthier
ORIGINAL: Schultzy
No pride issues here Rock, just Tradition for the abled body person. I'm trying to protect the Tradition of bow hunting in the USA so my daughter and maybe her kids can actually know what a bow and arrow is and was. Before you know it compounds are going to be legal with draw locks. Is that what you want for bow hunting today? Not I! I have no issues with the people who can't pull these regular bows back, set them up with a xbow so they can go out hunting.
Explain to me how CB's will "ruin" the tradition of bowhunting? If all you teach your daughter is traditional bowhunting how will someone else using a CB prevent her from knowing what a bow and arrow is and was? If compounds are legal with draw locks how will that prevent you from teaching your daughter traditonal bowhunting? What kind of logic are you using here?
The only thing I can figure is that most folks who want to ban crossbows are probably going to vote for Hillary and hope to renew the assault weapons ban.... by and large the two subjects are not that far apart... you are limiting the freedoms of law abiding citizens to do as they wish by taking away the means to their end.
I still maintain, as you do bruce, that parents and mentors are solely responsible for the upbringing of the next generation of hunters. Schultzy I've hardly ever typed a word to you and I can tell outright you're a hell of a good father... and I'm sure your daughter is going to make a heck of an archer and bowhunter... but thats all because of YOU! Not because you kept the evil crossbow away.
The average crossbow customer of mine is over the age of 50, and quite often has a fair amount of archery experience in their history. But time and hard work have taken their toll. All of us know that the archery season in most places in the country is one of the prettiest times of year just to be outside, let alone hunt. They just want that opportunity back, but aren't bad off enough to be considered full on handicapped.
There again... I could care less if someone wants to hunt with a crossbow... have a good time.