ORIGINAL: bluebird2
Once again, you dodged the real response and got off topic. an increase of almost 70% in the kill after the xbow was legalized for the regular archery season in 2B pretty much closes the deal for me till documentation from a CREDIBLE SOURCE proves otherwise
Are you saying the PGC annual harvest reports aren't good enough for you or are you saying you don't know how to find them? if you got the number of deer harvested by x-bow hunters, would it tell you how many compound bow users switched to x-bows? I am sure you wouldn't have a problem if the harvest increased because highly skilled compound bow users switched to x-bows.
FACT: The crossbow was made legal in 2004 in 2B in regular archery season
FACT: The archery kill increased almost 70% since in 2B
Since you couldn't grasp my message, I'll put it another way. The facts above make a very compelling case for the idea that general use of crossbows in the archery will skew the archery harvest and possibly jeopadize the length of the seasons that seasons we now enjoy.
That being said, I was attempting to be fair and say lets look at the actual crossbow component in that dramatic increase in the harvest. The report cards include both types of weapon so the mechanism is in place to verify or refute the above conclusion.
I realize that it may be a hard concept for you to grasp, but good decisions come from having as much information as possible before drawing a conclusion