That view is a bit over simplistic. Hunting is about sportsmanship to those who hunt. To the rest of the world, hunting is about game management. Don't think for a minute that the non hunting public would give a rats butt about our sport if we weren't an important game management tool. Never forget that.

The PGC is still struggling for ways to reduce the herd in 2B. Liberal doe permits, lengthy seasons and even crossbows have helped butthey're still not quite there. Property acces is the problem so the PGC makes it possible for those with access to kill as many as they want in as many ways as possible.

If the crossbow comes to pass, it will be motivated primarily by money.
First and foremost that influence is from the manufacturers and the distributors. Unfortunately, we cant ignore that the PGC is in dire finacial straights due, in part at least, to political pressure from deaddeer and his USP buddies. We can only hope that the BOC won't sell out to the crossbow industry looking for a cash cow from increased archery permit sales.