Originally Posted by
Ranger77
Alex G.
If in Maryland, the number of bowhunters grow by 500% as the result of crossbows being added, and if that increase results in them harvesting not X % of the deer but 300% more than in years without crossbows ...... if that happened, and the G&F of Maryland decides to shorten the season and or baglimts as a direct results of the crossbow being allowed
would you then agree they need to be removed from general archery season?
If the number of kills
don't go up 300%
will you admit you were wrong ?
You must also take into account this....Many of the "new" xbow hunters will come from the ranks of gun hunters as well as some regular bow hunters. So many of these kills will be deducted from those totals. That means that they will simply be getting their deer with a xbow rather than a gun or bow. Sure the xbow may bring in some "virgin" hunters but it will not be an overwhelming number.