ORIGINAL: pats102862
I am afraid the ony thing a crossbow archery season will do is Put hunters in the woods that don't posessthe skills to take a deer with a bow. Iwould bet the farmthere will be guys runing around with scoped bows thinking they can take the same shots they do with a rifle.
those idiots or maybe they are just MEAT NUTS are why most i talk too dont want too see it.
SCOPE is one reason these ding a lings think they can shoot like that.
scope shows up to 60 yds or some and 50 yds on most.
so, they see doe on pipeline,its at 100 yards, they figure, oh heck, just aim over the doe back.
fling , there it goes.
if this type of hunter could not get a crossbow to hunt and we had lots of deer, i would approve it with no problem.
but, that is what you are seeing,anything to get freezer full.
some might say,SPROUL WHY CANT THEY JUST DO IT WITH A COMPOUND BOW.
because crossbow is thought of as GUN, most of these ding a lings think because its built like rifle with scope, they can hunt this way.
i tell them too i am blue in faceyou cant hunt this way without wounding a deer,they just tell you off and keep mouthing off.
sadly, the good hunters like over on crossbow forum are not in group of these a holes but they are minority,for sure from what i am seeing.