ORIGINAL: sproulman
i cant speak for 2b but i can for 2g.
crossbows are killing a LOT of deer in archery, not in rifle or late season.
best week is last week of season, i see more bucks killed with crossbow that week.
just about every hunter i see with crossbow are hunters that never hunted archery or were not very good at it or would not take time to learn, now they are getting deer.
hope my comments dont offend crossbow users ,only what i see and i am seeing a LOT of deer killed with crossbow and 3 times the hunters in archery here in 2g than i saw in 2004.
heck, they are driving deer with crossbows,thats something you never saw before in archery.
drivers are not carrying crossbow but all watchers are.
a lot of hunters dont send in report card if they are not TAGGING the deer and archery is when a lot of that is done.
With todays cross bows sproul, They are more accurate than smooth bore shotguns with slugs at 50 yrds.... Just like shooting a gun with a scope and not much practice needed to go from gun to crossbow to become deadly with one. Just have to know your yardage......