So little to do to become hunting proficient with one that a good number using them practise no more then the average gun hunter.
Compounds are still far harder to master and much closer to a recurve than a crossbow. Crossbows are ****ed all the time while hunting, can be fired from a rested position and are aimed like a gun. There is absolutely nothing about the skill needed to use or hit something with a crossbow that is even remotely similar to shooting a bow of any kind, be it recurve, longbow or compound.
And ask yourself this, if compounds are so easy then why would gun hunters need crossbows?
Fred Bear promoted their sale as the way for a gun hunter to easily become a 2 season hunter.
Did he mention crossbows? No! Wonder why? They existed in his time as well. Why didn't he promote them as a way to be a two season hunter?
That season was fought for by those shooting recurves and longbows that required a lot of work to become and stay proficient with.
The people in those traditional archery clubs and organizations that fought for and got bow seasons agree with me.
A modern compound 90% plus let off, steady rest, drop away, scpe sight, shot with a trigger at 350fps plus is hardly a primitive weapon
Same argument could be used to allow unscoped handguns into bow season. Hey, they have a similar effective range right? That's all that matters right?