ORIGINAL: cardeer
OK ,I will tell the story again. First the x-bow issue in Pa. gets real heated. Nice people can loose there temper about this issue. I am disabled.Need canes to get around especially terrain off the road. I arrived real early went along a well maintained trail and set my chair down next to a briar patch.Hoping that when the crowd of hunters go in and out they will chase a deer to me. I was just sitting in the chair when hours after light 2 hunters walk up tp me.They seemed friendly were smiling. I thought they just wanted to talk and be nice. I totally did not expect what happened next.They caught me off guard and sucker punched me ,knocked me off my chair. Kicked me when I was down.They smashed my x-bow and threw it and my canes in the briars.They said there you lazy x-bow hunter ,from all true bow hunters,or something like that. By the time I got up and retrieved my canes they were out and in the parking lot and left. On there way out they cut my tires on my truck. This was public land. I will never hunt on public again.
Reading that got my blood boiling ! I can' t believe people could be that ignorant. I only hope you were able to get a backtag number or some other info to hopefully hold them accountable for their actions. [:@]
As far as crossbows are concerned I fully support them. Here in PA they are only legal during bow season if the user has a disability. Other than that the only other time they are allowed is during gun season. I really like this law. I think it' s fair and honest.
The day I am no longer able to shoot a compound bow will be the day I switch to a crossbow.