I see two sides to the Xbow debate. One side of me sees the obvious, the PGC doing whatever they can to get more hunters in the woods and buying a license. This means introducing new weapons, seasons, bag limits, etc. Face it, they know they're losing hunters by the truck loads.

The thing that bothers me most about the xbow is that many, many guys believe they can shoot further and more accurately with one. Which, if anyone has ever shot one or tried to sight one in knows, is simply not true. They're no more effective than a compound.I fear that this mentallity will lead to more marginal shots taken and ultimately more wounded deer.

On the other hand there might be less wounded deer because the average joe who picks his bow up a week before season and heads to the woods will tote a crossbow, which you really don't have to "practice" with in the sense that its more of a gun rather than a bow.

I don't know, I am leaning more toward no crossbows because it just doesn't operate like a bow, compound or traditional. I'm a compound guy but I don't hold myself on a pedestal. I have no qualms with the use of crossbows, just the mentality that usually comes with them.