I think the point on practicing is being missed here. Sit in tree's whole youth concept for the X-bow is becasue it takes less practice, and time to master it. As Bowtech 360 was making a point would anyone expect hunters to head to the field with a bow, and not practice? Of course not, nor would we any weapon.We all realize it takes longer to master a bow over a X-bow. For some its easier to master based on ones own skills, and type of bow.Regardless of how easy it is to master any weapon, the point is we all still need to take time to practice. We should all take the time, and to be responsible in that regards. But thats just one of the reasons why I'm not for the X-bow during archery season.Its that whole mindset being easier to shoot, its the same mind set many have in gun hunting. Sight it in the day before and call it good. That in my opinion is not what archerys about. Thats exactly the mindset I don't want in the archery woods. I'm not saying if the X-bow was ever legalized thats how all using it would be. But I fear it would be the norm. The last thingwe need as hunters is to give archery a bad name. We'veworked too hard to have what we do. I don't want to see it taintedby a weapon seen to take less time, and practice to shoot. Shoot the darn thing a couple times, yup its on, I'm good lets go shoot a deer, yee haa. Leave that mindset for the gun seasons!
So far as I'm concerned if a hunter doesn't have the time to practice with their weapons, they don't have time to hunt either. We owe the respect to every game animal we hunt to be totally proficent to the best of our abilities before we take to the field.