Crossbows will bring New Blood! [/align][hr]
despite what the anti x-bow guy's say i truly believe x-bows will bring new blood to the sport of hunting.
here is my theory, we wanna get young people into our sport of hunting, and i say many simply can't do it do to the demands on young people today. Example, my son who is 19 years old goes to college and works a part time job just like most of the younger folks out there today, he rarely has a day off between jod, studies, and of course girls? this leaves him little time to do anything more than grab a rifle and head into the woods for a few golden moments during gun hunting season!
he and most other young people his age could never find the time to become deadly with a compound bow, never mind the expense of buying a bow and all the goodies that go with it. he has recently remarked to me that if x-bows are legalized i would be able to hunt during bow season!
now answer me this, isnt this the very group of people we wanna get into our sport to help it grow and continue for future generations!! young people with EDUCATIONS?????
most college bound people graduate from high school and spend 4 or 6 or even more years of their lives so busy between school and studies and trying to build a life they just don't have the time, then what comes next! yea relationships with the opposite sex and career. this stage of life leaves most young people little chance to get into bow hunting. my very own situation exactly!!! i didnt really get into bowhunting until my late 20s
...and i'm sure if many of you look back it was probably the same thing with most of you..
do we really want to let this percentage of our population never to have the opportunity to get hooked into our sport??
the funny thing is many of us sit around and ponder why so many people just dont hunt anymore? and if you take notice most well educated career people (doctors, lawyers, cpa's etc) don't hunt. hunting is and has always been a blue collar working mans tradition and sport, which could be a the reason we are becoming extinct. its as plain as the nose on your face.
if there is a viable weapon out there that will get maybe even a small percentage of todays young people out into the woods shouldnt we do it!
"just my opinion", "my 2 cents", "IMO", "not trying to offend anyone", "not trying stir the pot here but" lets see did i cover all of them? [/align]