ORIGINAL: Bernie P.
sit in trees it seems your just not getting all of what we're saying.With xbows success rates will go much higher as they have with modern ML gear.When that happens we run the risk of losing these special seasons.It may take a few years but that's the reality we face.Today's compounds really don't require much practice time to become proficient with them but success rates haven't gone through the roof as they will with Xbows.All I'm saying is I'll gladly take lower success over losing my bow season.If it comes down to it I'll gladly go back to patched balls and open sights in ML for the same reason.I don't deny part of the reason I hunt with trad bows is because I like the added challenge they bring to it.There is no better feeling than seeing my arrow fly to the mark.I get so much more out of taking a deer or any critter for that matter with my bow I cant comprehend why anyone would give that up by using an Xbow just to fill another tag.Nothing worthwhile is easy.
OK it's the increased success rate that you say we should fear, it's not that the crossbow hunter wont practice 20 hours a week thing.
but wouldnt the increase in deer kill during bow season if crossbows were allowed just reduce the number of doe permits issued? and how much do you really think the addition of the x-bow will really effect deer numbers. the advances in ML technology over the last 15 yrs really hasnt, still plenty of DEER.
you see what i'm getting at is there are so many reasons compound bow hunters have for not wantingcrossbowsduring archery season but most of them are not the real reasons.
i truly believe there is some unfounded fear that there will be "LESS DEER FOR ME" thing going on here that is making compound bow hunters fight the crossbow the way they do. just my opinion.