Rachunter said"
A crossbow is not a bow and has no place in archery! "
i say a 300 win mag, 270, or tarhunt 12 gauge is not a gun and has no place in firearms hunting!
why is it ok for other methods to evolve but not archery?
if , God forbid, one of us was hurt and couldnt pull back a bow anymore, how would it feel to watch the precious autumn days slip by .............
I don't own one, wouldnt want one(they are not as effective as my bow, but why not give them a special season? just a week or so? why alienate folks that are disabled?
here in NY the rules for a crossbow permit are so stringent it's ridiculous. If you have ONE ARM you can't use one!! you need to be so disabled that the only way you can pull a trigger is with a "sip and puff" breather unit!.
Meanwhile, you can put a 3-9 scope on an Omega BP rifle and wail on deer at 200 yds in the shotgun only zones.
Do you think we'd be living in teepees if Matthews was invented by the Sioux? Evolution, man . and the only guys I'll listen to bit*h about crossbows are the traditional archers. thier arguments hold water, not the ones from us compound shooters....
Speaking of compounds, i'm going back out in the woods!
just my .02
moose