RE: Why are crossbows illegal?
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The more we can get as hunters Like the ladies and young kids,and the guys that work 6&7 days a week and can't get out like you and me and use a Compound bow and be good at it. Thats just not Fair to those people, and for me when I feel like using mine. For a different archery bow to use sometimes or I should say style of bow.
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Frankly, I am tired of the "poor ladies and children who must be terribly malnourished and seriously misinformed if they think they can only hunt with a crossbow because a compound, recurve, or longbow is just too darn hard to pull back story line."
The crossbow manufacturers that went to the Game Commission meeting in PA pleading the need for crossbows used the same line. The game commission seemed seriously interested until a woman bowhunter stood up an offered a list of 45 different bows that are suitable for women and children. I wasn't really against crossbows until they said this.
So no excuses for the women and children, I am a woman, I can pull a bow set at 50lbs. just fine. I have a child too, a daughter in fact, age 11 she can pull her bow too, 25 lbs. worth. She will not hunt until she can pull at least 40 lbs.
As for the people who work six and seven days a week, if they have so little time that they can't shoot a few arrows into a target in the backyard every few days than I bet they don't have time to scout out their hunting areas, check there equipment for wear, or have time to practice shooting a couple of bolts to be sure of their shot.
Hunting is serious business that requires skill, knowledge, time and respect for the animal and the land. Regardless of your weapon, if you cannot devote the time required than you shouldn't be in the woods. I am not saying you have to spend as much time in the woods as I do, but I don't want the 7 day a week worker who never had time to practice that thought it would be cool to slam a deer with a crossbow bolt in a tree near me.