ORIGINAL: rem700man
Sproulman:
1) What exactly do you find so interesting about that post? I find the whole article to be quite disgusting considering that the New Yuk conservation officers assoc is calling the hunting public a bunch of poaching sneaks,that are out of control and given another form of weaponry will just make them have to work all the more diligently at capturing them. That article is what gives organizations like PETA fuel for their fire
2) Where in that article did you read anything that gives you the idea that poaching is happening in areas that allow the use of crossbows?
rem, only place i heard that POACHING was happening with crossbows , was at RAYSTOWN LAKE IN RESTRICTED AREAS.
the ranger said they found 41 bolts from crossbow.
now, if you read my post, i said the thompson contender 222/223 was latest weapon being used by the hard core poachers.
if you read what i said , i dont hate crossbow ,i hate all new crossbow hunters that will be in early archery season and many that think they can shoot 60 yds.
i was at wal-mart yesterday.
i heard a hunter who says he kills a lot of deer each year.
he goes from county to county.
he said,HEY THOSE CROSSBOWS CAN SHOOT 60 YDS, JUST AIM OVER DEERS BACK AND SHOOT.[:@]
that is awful to think that there are going to be people doing that.[:@]
now, in my area, only place i think a crossbow will be used is near a home or PARK.
shoot the deer with crossbow, let your buddy out of truck, you disappear for 1 hr, come back and load deer up.
now, crossbows dont have to be legal to do this.anyone can get crossbow and letting them legal MAY increase the number of this type of person but i still think the rifle and now the best one PISTOL
making it LEGAL to carry PISTOL in archery season and while SPOTLIGHTING is one big mistake, for sure.
AGAIN, I WAS COMMENTING TO THAT ARTICLE BECAUSE IT WAS CONSERVATION OFFICERS THAT SAID CROSSBOW WILL BE THE WEAPON OF CHOICE.
i dont 100% agree with that because if that was true, thats what they would be using MOST now, its not ,the THOMPSON CONTENDER
PISTOLin 223/222 is weapon of choice now out the window of truck for poaching and road hunting. [:@]