I know that I don't hunt or live in PA. I live in Arkansas, we have had crossbows legal here for many many years. Crossbow hunters have not impacted our deer herd here one bit. You can look on the Arkansas game and fish web site to see for yourself. They break down the kill between bows and crossbows. Our longbow kills far exceeds the crossbow kills here. Our bow season runs from oct. 1 to feb 28, the season has been that way for years and legalizing crossbows didnt change our season 1 day. I don't have a problem here with people hunting with the crossbow and neither does any other Arkansans to my knowledge. I wont be as bad as some folks on here think. The only way this sport can stay alive is for hunters to band together and not fight among ourselfs. The more hunters they are the bigger the voice is. If a hunter hunts on private property, I cant see where crossbows would increase the number of hunters on the place where you hunt. If its public land, every person that wants to hunt it should have the right to. For the record I hunt with a compound. I really think some of ya'll are getting work up over nothing.