btbowhunter,i just don't understand your logic. do you think a hunter using a crossbow is going to kill more deer than a person using a bow.i personaly killed three buck with a compound bow @ 40yds.i could put arrows into a target the size of soup [email protected] that is water over the bridge,now comes the crossbow,it is heavy,awkward to hold,you have to make sure there is not a tree in front of the limbs or anything else it may come in contact of.they are noisy,theyjump when they go off.i practice with this as much as i did with the compound and you cannot plug arrow after arrow at the accuracy of the compound,and as far as shooting at long distance as some think it don,t happen.you are shooting a bolt much shooter than a compound,it drops alot faster than the compound.so as far as not including this into the regular season is bullcrap.they have done studies in other states on the impact and it didn't effect there season. if they did set aside a special season where do you think it would come from.