In the evolution of "archery" hunting the crossbow should have been legal long before the compound bow became legal. The crossbow has been around for hundreds, if not thousands, of years before the invention of the compound bow.
If it uses a "bow" and a string to propel an arrow then it is archery equipment and should be legal during archery season.
The don't call it compound bow season or long bow season. They call it archery season and a crossbow is archery equipment.
So all the naysayers can get off their high horses and welcome the new hunters that crossbow hunting will bring to the sport and help keep the old hunters that are no longer archery hunting... God knows we need them.