What does it matter what somebody uses to shoot a deer with????? Crossbow, compound, shotgun, rifle, bazooka... Who cares! As long as this person is having fun enjoying the outdoors legallyis fine by me. Why are x-bows so bad??? I started out with one and I turned out ok. Compound is my cup of tea now and will probably never set it down. My dad still hunts witha x-bowplus many others that I personally know. I don't frown at them. We still have plenty of big bucks running around. I don't own those deer, the state of Ohio does, so I can't tell them what to shoot them with.