Originally Posted by
DougE
I personally don't consider crossbows archery equiptment but at the same time,I don't rabidly oppose their use either.They were approved in Pa last year and we didn't see a huge increase in participation at this point.I imagine as time goes on,there will be more and more in use every year but that's yet to be seen.
douge,reason is MOST already had crossbow and were hunting on disabled permit.pa does not issue permit for crossbow or compound or recurve, its just a ARCHERY PERMIT.
so its hard to say how many NEW crossbow hunters has happened as most had crossbow permit yrs ago.
in-line season in archery put a decrease in crossbow thing.money went to in-lines.500 dollars for crossbow or 300 for in-line you can use in ARCHERY SEASON,they went with in-lines.......