Originally Posted by
blkpowder
I can't see how anybody can make the claim that crossbow's aren't going to have a impact on the buck harvest. Believe me,I don't care what you use to kill your deer and this is not me versus you,as to with more hunters in archery season competing for the deer. It's strictly about the harvest numbers that I believe, that are going to happen and what it is going to do to archery season down the road.You can bet,the gun hunters who do not want to participate in archery season. Are the next group who are going to cry wolf about "ALL" bowhunters. And if they don't get changes in the archery season,then what? More hunters quitting? What the he!! did the PGC gain then?
So now your saying it is easier to get a deer during archery season than it is gun season? Archery hunters are not talented to hunt bucks with a gun cause it's much harder than during the rut? Sounds like that is what you are saying there. Your saying a no talented gun hunter can come in the rut season sit up by a scrape and shoot the buck much easier than rifle season? Your argument makes no sence at all. How is the numbers of bucks being harvested by new Xbows hunters going to change the yearly over all buck harvest? Unless your saying any idiot can kill a buck during archery season during the rut, then I will agree with you. You going to see alot of gun hunters enjoying the warmer weather easier kill bucks with the Xbows this season for sure. I will be one on them gun hunters with an Xbow in my hands.