RE: Why are crossbows illegal?
Buck4me...
You do have to move to shoulder a crossbow. However:
1. You can take 15 minutes to shoulder that crossbow and once shouldered, you can hold it there as long as need be. Granted you can draw a bow slowly...but no comparison. Plus, even with 85% let off, you can't hold a compound all day.
2. From a seated position, you can have a crossbow shouldered with approximately 18" movement. Just raise crossbow. With a compound, you have to level the bow vertically, push with the right arm and pull with the left. (I'm a lefty) That's about 36" of total movement as I figure it.
Not to mention that leaning around a tree with a x-bow changes nothing. Shooting sitting with a x-bow changes nothing.
Once again, I don't think less of a crossbow hunter...they just don't belong in the same season as a guy using a stave of hickory backed with deer sinew...shooting cedar arrows. JMHO