When my bow gets heavy I hang it or rest it on my knee if I am sitting. When in a tree I always put in a bow hang and position it so I can have the bow resting on it and my hand is on the grip ready to slowly raise it off and take the shot. I seldom take long shots and can't remember the last time a deer ducked my shot. Early compounds had slow flight and were noisy. Sure take a 45 yard shot with a slow bow and the deer will hear and react to the shot slightly b-4 the arrow gets there. Todays modern fast and quiet bows are much better and have pushed the effective range out further. Even so I still hunt with a single pin and used that up to 35 yds. I limit my yardage by the locations I choose. I prefer deep dark swamps on the edge of staging areas going to or from the feed areas.
I won't disagree with that. Like I said before the jump from trad to compounds to xbows are simply a line in the sand. Levels and thresholds that people or F&G commissions use to determine seasons or what is legal to hunt with. I said I consider a xbow a bow and would like to see their use reserved for people who want to hunt with a bow but are physically unable to draw them. That is my personal line in the sand. I can understand why people would like to see compounds considered illegal since that is their line in the sand. It changes dependent on your personal views and how the F&G decides to go.