Originally Posted by
buckstop515
I think what may happen is that the marginal hunter or wantabe will think that the crossbow will make deer hunting easier and jump for the short cut. Most of these folks will soon find there is more to it than the weapon and give up. Resulting in not much of a change at all.
I think a lot of the gun-only hunters will stay gun-only. And as you say, many that go out with the crossbow hunting deer like they would hunt grouse will find that at best they will see some white flags waving at them.