Quote from Arthur P:Again, my opinion is if it's held like a gun, aimed like a gun and discharged like a gun - regardless of it's effective range, what projectile it fires or whether it goes BANG or not - then it belongs in gun or general season.



That has got to be the most idiotic statement that I have ever heard. Yeah, crossbows and firearms should be grouped in the same weapons category for deer season purposes. I have taken several deer at 400+ yds. with a crossbow. Crossbows are every bit as challenging as compounds. For one, if you knew what you were talking about you would realize that for the most part, compound bows have a greater effective range than most crossbows. Secondly, crossbows are considerably louder than compound bows, thus creating another challenge. I am in no way knocking guys who use compound bows. If that is their weapon of choice, then good for them! Compound bows (for most people) do require more practice throughout the year to maintain your accuracy than what a crossbow does, which is exactly why I choose to use a crossbow. I do not have the time year-round to shoot a compound bow to stay in practice. I feel that we owe it to the game that we hunt to be able to make clean,killing shots when that moment arrives, and when I do practice and tune my crossbow I spend as long as it takes to get it to group shots like I want it to or else I don't go into the woods with it. So preach all you want, but I am going to stick to my crossbow, and if you don't like it then I can guarantee you that I will not lose one second of sleep, because frankly Arthur I don't give a damn!