DIY, I like your work on some of your stuff and you seem like a nice enough guy, but you were coming off a good bit arrogant. I've seen your argument time and time again about crossbows. Even saw it with another argument. COMPOUNDS. All kinds of traditionalists trying to call me a traitor for going over to the "dark side" and using compounds. "Too easy to hold back". "Too fast". "May as well use a rifle since that arrow is moving so quick".

As into archery as you are I am sure you have at least shot a crossbow, but have you ever hunted with one? They can be as big, if not a bigger, pain in the rear than any compound. Bulky and hard to get through heavy cover (remind you of anything?) You ever heard a quiet crossbow? I've heard many of them and have yet to hear a quiet one. Ever try to reload one in a tree stand? That's a disaster waiting to happen there! Your draw and let down argument is valid as there is little to no movement other than bringing the crossbow to bear. But the rest of the stuff more than evens that crap out. Your range on a crossbow is pretty much the same as your faster compounds. There are scopes and magnified lenses for compounds nowadays, I know because I use one. Have to since my eyes just aint that grand anymore.

In ending of this long drawn out post from me, how's about us archers welcome the crossbow community as we all SHOULD have welcomed the compound shooters back in the past.