I looked all over for an update of yesterday's meeting and haven't found anything as of yet. I assume the Xbows are being limited to a shorter season than the "long" bow hunters.

My take on it is this.... you x bow guys get to use them now without being disabled, be happy for that. For the rest of us who enjoy archery the way it has been -we still get to have that with this new season limitation. I guess I am selfish but I wish the xbows would not be allowed until after regular archery has already opened even if it is just one week later. I am more supportive of xbows than I used to be but I still prefer to have archery the way it has been at least in the beginning of the season then allowing xbows to be used later thus lengthening the xbow season accordingly to what time length it has now become. I enjoy our early and late archery season with little pressure. The archery hunters already share their hunting season with small game and fall turkey hunters, let us have some time for those of us using bow and arrow only.

I love sitting in my treestand for 5 or 6 hours waiting for that perfect last hour of light when the deer start moving and then have some guy who decided he couldn't hunt squirrels at the bottom of the mountain (where they are as abundant as anywhere) come crashing through the laurels and thickets in prime deer habitat and spook everything in the area ruining all the hours of my efforts that day in just mere minutes. Very few times have I had another archer screw me as bad as gun hunters have. And I know this is just something that will increase as gun hunters pick up an Xbow and begin the learning process of archery hunting.

I support your right to hunt with whatever weapon you choose, but in return support our desire to have a season of our own as we have always enjoyed. Don't tread on us to get what you want. Too often in today's world we are forced to give up our ways, liberties or our ideals to cater to someone else who wants what we have but doesn't want to work for it or do it the way we do in order to attain it. You have had the option to archery hunt all along and most chose not to. Now there is a new weapon and people are lining up in droves to buy them so they can gain something at the cost of those whose season they are infringing upon. And now... it is not enough to be able to hunt with an xbow, now you want to have equal benefits of bow and arrow hunters while sacrificing nothing in order to get it. Your own little "Distribution Of Wealth" program.