ORIGINAL: sutton
alright so you guys know where im coming from let me explain what happened yesterday... so i get home from work and there is a message on the machine it is one of my cousins. he just got his hunting license and got an archery stamp he wants me to call him back and tell him what kind of crossbow to buy and how powerful a scope. my heart sank. my cousin is the kind of hunter who thinks hunting is a job and he has to get an animal or it was a waste. and he has no idea about archery hunting and has never wanted to go before but now since it is so easy he wants to do it he told me. this is what i fear will happen state wide people like him will crowd the woods. archery season was always my time to get away from people like him i deal with them rifle season. archery season used to be so relaxing but not now. i hope that he is the only one like that in PA but i doubt it. that is why i was so upset
today i thought about it all day and i came to the conclusion that i would be alright with the crossbow if they would only get ride of the scopes. but i doubt they will
Fingerz that is what it is like for my cousin man i hate that
Sutton,
I can see your point, but I would consider this a chance to talk with your cousin, help him, and educate him to the realities of hunting with a crossbow (or bow), and just learn what this sport is all about. Maybe with the proper attitude he just might be receptive and become a better hunter, in which case, he might pass this on to some others. Might work and might not, but at least you'd have the satisfaction that you tried.
I'm not that happy about the decision to allow crossbows either as I see it as mostly a ploy to bolster sales of these weapons where the state can get their tax money and the Game Commission can sell more archery tags, but for now it is a decision we have to live with.