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Old 01-10-2009 | 09:42 AM
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sproulman
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Default RE: crossbows in NY state
ORIGINAL: Bernie P.

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ORIGINAL: Bernie P.

Well for one thing if bow hunting wasn't more of a challenge there would be no need for a bows only season and we'd be lumped in to the regular season with all the gun hunters.As it is I'm surprised we still have an ML season.Years back you had to use patched balls and no scopes.With the scoped ML's we have today 200 yd shots are possible.Speed loaders allow for much faster loading/second shots.All things considered it's pretty difficult for us to claim we need a special ML season these days.Shooting a TC Omega with a Leupold scope I certainly cant make that claim.Least ways not with a straight face .A few years ago rifles weren't legal in Chenango Co where some friends built a camp.I used my TC there because it had it all over my 12gauge for accuracy and reach.Archery season is headed the same way.That aside how can you compare the fun factor shooting an Xbow to shooting trad or compounds.I sold my Oneida just because it wasn't any where near the fun of shooting my longbow or recurve.To me shooting an Xbow seems pretty dull.Why bother?
i dont get what your getting at, what on earth is wrong with a muzzle loader that can down a deer at 200 yds, or speedloaders or a scoped muzzleloader????? beats the pickles out of patching your balls!
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What I said in the first sentence above.Unless we're willing to accept some limitations on the gear we use we'll just screw ourselves out of the ML and bow seasons.A year or so back I read an article on bowhunting in a local paper.He talked about a new compound that someone was trying to market.The thing had a barrel on it and even a novice could shoot tight groups at 50 yds with it.Most deer shot in NY during the regular season are taken within 50yds.The animal rights groups can use all this to help them eliminate our special seasons.They already have us dead to rights as far as equiptment goes on our ML season.With sympathtic,rabid anti gun politicians controling both houses and soon the White House such legislation is well within their reach.Particularly so here in NY.Do we really want to put our bow seasons in jeopardy as well.


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