ORIGINAL: BigEarl
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.
Sproulman, am I missing something ?? When did crossbows become legal to use in archery season in 2G ?? I agree that people are not sending in report cards if they are not tagging them, but I think there are people out there doing this with rifles, crossbows, bows etc during the middle of the day all year round. It has nothing to do with a weapon, but with the individual himself. There are just people obsessed with deer meat and they illegaly slaughter deer every year. There is noway to account for or "manage" deer populations because of the idiotsout there doing this.
I am curious for the places that went to cross bows that had instant success rates of 70%, how many of those people would have gotten a deer in rifle season ?? Surley a good portion of them ?? Just curious.
BIGEARL,welcome.
crossbow have been legal in wmu2g for while.
you have to be DISABLED.
you can go to millers gun shop in mill hall,pa. and see lots of big bucks shot by old farts like me.
what you wont see is they used a CROSSBOW.
i gave warning before and i will again,DONT get a disabled permit unless you dont expect to get hurt at work or want to file a lawsuit at work or in car wreck etc.
insurance agents and company lawyers are checking this out after a injury and i know of 3 cases that were thrown out because employee had a DISABLED PERMIT to use a crossbow and DID NOT REPORT that they had a disabled health problem to their employeer.