ORIGINAL: livbucks
The potential problem I see is the increased harvests resulting in shortened archery seasons due to outcry from exclusive gun hunters. The same hunters that will be flooding the archery woods with their new crossbow. The GC will simply take back the hunting of deer during the rut. In SRA's the harvest increased by something like 40% when crossbows were allowed. This is not archers switching tools, this is a whole new class of hunters entering the season and a factor that cannot be diminished or ignored for long.
GO TO FRONT OF CLASS.
many dont like my comments on the crossbow forums.
my comment is why the crossbow is not liked in the early archery.
it is because woods will be full with hunters that normally would not be out in archery,this does not sit well with hunters that had place somewhat to themselves in archery.
i too share this concern ,its not crossbow, its all new hunters that will be out and a lot that think they can shoot 50 yds with crossbow BECAUSE IT HAS SCOPE AND IS 175 PDS.vrs a compound bow at 55 pds.
i agree on the ed classes .
to many think these crossbows are gun,just hold over back of deer at 50 yds or MORE AND SHOOT, IF YOU MISS WITH FIRST, WHAT THE HECK, THROW ANOTHER ONE AT DEER.[:@]
crossbows will leave fewer deer for gun hunters, its happening now,look at how many are getting their deer in early archery season that never did, they waited until gun season.
even ole sproule is going to spend more time next year in early archery,i see writing on wall that gun season is going to be a STINKER in future.
with more hunters coming in archery, archery could get to be a STINKER TOO.
too much STINK in woods is not a good thing in ARCHERY season.
