RE: PA archery season now a joke
I can understand your frustrations but I don't think it will be that big of a deal in the long run. Crossbows do certainly have their advantages, but I don't think the bow woods are suddenly going to be overrun by people with crossbows. I bet a lot of the people who will be out there with crossbows are going to be people who would normally be bow hunting anyway. It isn't like PA is the first state to do this either, I'm quite sure there are like ten states where crossbows have been legal and it hasn't seemed to ruin their bow season. This is all easy for me to say as someone who doesn't hunt PA, and you are certainly entitled to your opinion, but its not like this is unprecedented. Like GMMAT said back in the day the traditional bow guys belly ached about compounds and more recently traditional muzzleloader hunters complained about inlines but now most people don't think twice about it.