In NJ since the woods aren't the biggest, I do NOT walk into gun/bow public land once the gun season starts. I hunt archery-only public lands because you would hope that the typical archer uses more discretion than most other hunters. I wouldn't have an issue with crossbows being classified as a firearm so that they wouldn't be allowed to hunt in archery only grounds. This is because I feel that taking the 'drawing' aspect out of archery also takes some critical 'thinking about the shot' time away from whomever will be using the crossbow. I'd still hunt if crossbows were allowed in my archery only public woods, but the walks in and out of the woods would be much more nerve wrecking.