As if your opinion isn't.

I used to have the same prejudicial bias you and others do until I was forced to try a crossbow or give up ARCHERY altogether. I quickly learned I was sadly mistaken about a great many things.

I shoulder a stock and I look through a scope, but at that point all similarities between crossbows and firearms end. I still have to make accurate yardage readings in order to hit what I aim at. With my muzzleloader, I sight in at 75 yards and don't have to worry about whether the animal is at 20, 50 or 80 yards. With my crossbow, I still have to know whether that deer is at 20 yards or 25 yards in order to put the arrow where I want it.

Yes, I said arrow. It's 20" long and that meets the legal minimum length requirement for arrows in Texas. My midieval crossbows and that old Barnett I've got both shoot bolts, IMO, because they are shorter than 20".

As for accuracy, since when is making an accurate shot a bad thing?