Howler, so many off the wall comments. Where to start...

We' ll start here. Who says I' m in the minority? Besides that, if I in any way felt insecure, I wouldn' t be on this forum stating my views.

If you really don' t give a hoot what P&Y does on this issue, then why did you even open this thread and get involved in it???

P&Y hasn' t made killing big heads a money making business. That' s the work of bozos that are in the business of making money and know full well how human greed works to put dollars in their pockets. They don' t give a hoot about the future of bowhunting. As long as they can line their wallets, they' re going to do it. If it kills off bowhunting, they' ll just go looking for the next victim. But if that' s all you think you know of P&Y, then I have to repeat that you don' t know the first thing about what they' ve done for bowhunting.

I agree, lets look at who is in favor of changing the rule. Chuck Adams and M.R. James. Chuck and M.R. both make their living directly from the industry. Remember me saying something about profit motive?

There are just as many that thrive on human laziness and the current obsession with instant gratification as there are that thrive on greed. They know that if they can make a product to take some challenge out of a challenging pastime, they' ll sell a buttload of that product. How many products have come out in the past 10 years that fit that description and have really become popular? How about scentlock suits, high letoff bows, carbon arrows, mechanical broadheads, designer camoflage, fiber optic sights, lazer sights, holographic sights, heat seeking game finders.... Need I continue or do you get the idea?

P&Y is a small private, not for profit club. What the heck do you want them to do? Become a major corporation with stock traded on NYSE?? We' ve already got enough of these profit oriented ' clubs' that bilk hunters out of millions of dollars a year don' t we? Before you go saying that P&Y could do some good if they had more members, I suggest you educate yourself about the club and find out what they really do.

Here' s a good place to start:

www.pope-young.org

I' m not arguing traditional vs modern. That argument was lost 30 some years ago when the compound got legalized. But I AM arguing that totally discarding all of bowhunting' s challenges and traditions in the interest of buying a better chance to shoot a deer with a bow is WRONG.