According to LDWF Hunter Orange is not necessary with bow hunting. I'm in Baton Rouge, LA and when I attended the Archery Safety Course so that I could get a permit to hunt Cat Island we had 3 or 4 people there that were crossbow hunting. We went off into this debate and I think it will be a fad this year because people who have never bow hunted before or shot a crossbow before may pick it up thinking it's a rifle. with 100+ pounds of draw weight and needing slings or other "tools" to draw it back I think you'll see a lot of Cross Bow for sale adds after this season.
In addition, crossbows are only as accurate as the shooter is but I don't think you'll see or hear of any 100 yard Cross Bow shots. It's not a rifle and still shoots between 300 and 400 fps which is the same as most high end Compound Bows.
That's my two cents in the matter.
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Louisiana has allowed the use of crossbows this year for everybody during the Oct1-Jan31 archery season. I dont want this to turn into a debate on bows vs crossbows, but what i want to know is has crossbow legalization in any other state affected your season.
There will be more people in the woods, probably more deer killed. Will they shorten the season because of the annual deer harvest? More deer crippled?
Will it be a fad?, most guys I know who dont bowhunt dont because its hot and the skeeters are too bad. Should I wear orange with em in the woods? Mabey Im parinoid but I have seen a crazy influx of people buying crossbows. Our rack at BassPro is almost empty. Good for sales
So tell me what has the legalization in your state has done?
****Remember this is not intended to be a crossbow bashing post, even though I cant stand to see a healthy 30 year-old with a crossbow talkin bout shootin 100 yards*******