Originally Posted by
Ranger77
What's that mean? No, guns are NOT allowed in archery seasons, anywhere. Crossbows are allowed in almost all of them. You now know this because you looked it up, even though I told you as much.
I can tell you AK isn't Arkansas, but you need to look it up to see for yourself, ok?
Yes, your correct about AK. It was early. Sorry about that. Guns are allowed in archery season, even in no season under special restrictions of crop damage. FACT.
What does "equal to" have anything to do with it? Its allowed in archery season, guns isn't. Handicap people in many states gets special access etc, however nowhere is guns allowed in archery season.
Nowhere - look it up
Right now this second, I have a permit to use guns in archery season for 2 deer.
You really want to use that as a basis for your argument? Really?
Absolutely. Meaning an arrowgun is ok under special considerations for the elderly or diabled. As a gun is ok under special considerations of damage to crops.
ban compounds then, you know they got there by the same method right?
Not my issue right now. The post is about arrowguns in MD. You want to ban compounds, start your own thread.
n fact, the Fathers of archery lobbied to get an archery only season. Look it up. I can't remember the last time the general archery public demanded the industry do something, can you?
I do, you should have been down to annapolis when it was up for debate. Yes, I already told you Roy Case in WI started it and was opposed to arrowguns. His arguement was clear that we needed the longer seasons due to the difficulty of harvest with bow. Arrowguns were too easy.
do you know what year your state started allowing mechnical head? release aids? >65% letoff? look it up ......... all of that was very likley illegal at one time
Not my issue right now. The post is about arrowguns in MD being treated as no different than archery equp.
now, is that good, or bad? You can SAY its bad, but there are really no negatives from it as far as bowhunting seasons and bag limits, our herds flourish for the most part, archery seasons and bowhunting numbers stronger than ever.
argue against that, go ahead try it
Total lie. I have witnessed the negatives myself. You havn't, your issue, your perogative
crossbows aren't your thing, I get that
crossbows you are incapable of seeing as a bow, I get that
crossbows seem ridiculously easy to you I guess
That's you, there are tens of thousands of hunters that crossbows ARE their thing, they DO see them as bows and there is a challenge there that want to take on.
Good, make it weapon of choice, manage herds, no one is left out.
In the end bigcountry, I know you'll always in your heart believe a heat gun should be allowed in rifle season and you'll probably always carry a concealed nail gun for protection, and you'll always see a crossbow as a gun too and your state's G&F and all of the others will (read that again) WILL change the rules to recognize crossbows as legal archery equipment for everyone.
No, total lie, and shows your integrity. I never said heat guns should be allowed. I clearly brought them up to show how other products being toys or tools have the name gun attached and why they are.