If the deer seasons are not about tradition, and only about pulling in hunters, and deer management, then they should make MD deer season, weapon of choise. Shotgun, bow, arrow-gun.
Exactly. The pro crossbow guys always try to dump that "you're selfish and don't want children to be able to hunt" or "you don't want to share the woods" nonsense on you which is ridiculous and not true. I welcome all to bow season. Just bring a bow.
If the point was really to get more people out there in the woods then hell lets just cut loose with whatever you got from day one. Gun, crossbow, compound, recurve, handgun, etc, etc. Wouldn't that get more people out there than just crossbows? Of course it would. So if you are taking the let's get more people out there line then at least advocate that and don't look like a hypocrite.
But of course they don't want that. First, because they don't really give a rats @$$ about how many people hunt. And secondly, because people already have guns and if you let them use them in archery season then they wouldn't have to "BUY" anything. LOL! And that brings us back to the real reason for the massive crossbow push across America. Back room bribes to game commisions to open the pathway to sell crossbows to gun hunters. That is all this was about. End of list.
The particularly nauseating line is that this was done for and will be of great benefit for "The Children." That is such a vile and slimey lie that it really should be criminal to spew it onto a public forum where someone might step in it. Crossbow hunting or bow hunting here in Alabama has to be done from treestands for the most part. And not some 12 foot buddy ladder stand either. About 25 feet off the ground is the minimum. I know of no parent that lets their 8 year old kid go 25 feet up a tree with a lethal weapon. Especially one like a crossbow that could literally take their finger off if they got it in front of the string. Any kid old enough to go solo 25 to 30 foot up a tree with a crossbow is old enough to shoot a bow. So lets put that canard to rest right here. That this was in any way done for children is utter bull####!!
If it was done for children then why didn't they just legalize crossbows for children then. LOL!!! I'll tell you why. Cause they wouldn't have sold any, that's why. LOL!!!