When archery seasons came out, it was about tradition. Tradition of archery. It wasn't only about herd managment. It was acceptable and noble to hunt deer. Manly even. It was harder, more challenging, but had soul. Slowly over time, things changed. I remember my first wheel bow I shot was a whitetail hunter in 1983 or so. They were actually slower than a recurve of compariable wieght. Then i got browning excellerator. These were faster than trad bows. On and on, dozens of bows later, we are at a place where tradition has faded away. Archery now is just big business that spends most of its budget telling hunters they can't kill a deer with anything less. And I am shocked how effective thier marketing is. How gulible new shooters are.

Its kinda like muzzleloaders being legal for the soul reason of limited range. Companies took this to levels now, where come communities are considering dropping ML season because they can reach out to 200 yards, and can travel over 500 yards and still cause damage.

So by your logic, just because sportsman has taken compound to levels of x-bows, you ought to let them in???? I mean where's the limit?

Isn't this the simular arguement that homosexuals make for acceptance. Started off, just wanted to be private and live life like they wanted, and now, demanding marriage rights and in our face on every facet of tv.