detrimental??

If it were not for modern bows and the hunters they brought into the sport you would have NO bow season. 90% of the states can't kill enough deer to keep populations down with rifle,compound, x-bow, and shotgun.

Are you trad guys gonna take a big enough bite out of the population to keep the season going?????

In the last 10 yrs my season has doubled into three months. It when from one buck to unlimited bucks and does. And now crossbows are in the picture. And I know of many, many areas that are the same.

You should be thanking us - we will keep bow season a viable tool for DEC. Believe me - if we did not put down the deer we did you would be totting a rifle afield, or should I say muzzle loader

But it seems the smoke screen of family values, tradition, the "essence" and sanctity of the sport has lifted. And the true unjustified selfish fears of loosing hunting time come to the forefront.