Originally Posted by
Ranger77
Crossbows have never resulted in a negative when added to archery season. They've never been the cause of herd decline, over crowding in the woods, shorter seasons or bag limit changes. In fact, their impact to bowhunting is far less normally than the impacts compounds have had.
There is no real reason to not add them, they're as easy to a compound hunter as a compound is easy to a traditional bowhunter aren't they?
Pope and Young is the root cause of the anti-crossbow hatred, and its unfounded and especially silly since P&Y sold their soul on the >65% letoff rule and all the other technological advances bowhunting has seen.
sorry guys, I don't hunt crossbow, in fact I have been hunting recurve for a few years and will be going back to a compound this year, but living in a crossbow states, I'm speaking from facts and experience, not from fear of old wives tales.
Total BS.
I mean this line of reason you have, you would believe abortions partial birth or not should be legal because well, they are going to do it anyhow. And it doesn't affect you.
Just because it has gotten away from the true tradition of archery that pioneers like Roy Case started doesn't mean throw the baby out with the bath water.
I understand where you are going, if its not about tradition anymore let crossbows in. I get that. As I believe if your going to let in crossbows, might as well let in the orange army with thier guns. But nobody wants that. I want it be recongized as tradition or let it be hunting with whatever weapon.