Originally Posted by
LittleChief
Using your logic, traditional bowhunting should be "bowhunting", using compound bows should be called "compound bowhunting" and then, as you say, we would have "crossbow hunting".
Almost. recurves, longbows and compounds are all human powered and drawn and held at the time of the attempt on game and as such are bowhunting. Crossbows, not so much. I cock the crossbow for my 80 year old father. My Brother cocks the crossbow for my 12 year old niece. Parcker has a cO2 powered cocking device that allows push-button mechanized cocking eliminating even the human involved cocking that would have taken place before hunting takes place.
Originally Posted by
LittleChief
It seems that your sole argument against a crossbow being considered a bow is that it's locked in the drawn position until ready to fire. I get that. So, if I install a "draw lock" on my compound bow, does it then cease to be a "bow"? What would it be called then?
It becomes a crossbow. Thats how my state correctly defines it by statute. Locked, cocked and preloaded in advance of the attempt on game (regardless if the limbs are vert or horizontal) makes it a crossbow.