I use one occasionally if the situation calls for it. Sometimes, if I have seena big mature buck moving through only in thick areas with lots of cover and no trees, I will set up on the ground in that area with my crossbow. It doesn't bother me at all to use a crossbow, even though most of my deer hunting is donewith my compound. There are times, when hunting for big bucks, that a crossbow is my weapon of choice, it just depends on the terrain and the situation. My objective is to get a big buck on the ground, Period!