I can't speak for other states, but right now PA bowhunters are fighting to keep the crossbow out of our archery season. One of the biggest concerns here is the shear number of hunters we have....over 1 million. Currently about 300K of those hunters are bowhunters. If the crossbow is legalized for archery season there will be a huge influx of rifle only hunters that think a crossbow is the ticket....the uninformed and lazy will be storming the woods just like they do in rifle season. Taking shots at rediculous distances, putting on drives, and screwing up the dedicated hunters that have actually scouted and carefully placed stands. They'll sight in with field point then screw on broadheads with no knowledge of planing and wonder why they corkscrew to the deer that's too far away. Now, maybe I'm exaggerating, but it's a fear in many of us in this state. If you live in a state that has far fewer hunters it probably isn't that big of a deal. I don't see a problem with disabled folks using crossbows in archery.

Now, I pose this question to those of you that say it's no easier than hunting with a compound: Why is Ohio's crossbow harvest higher than it's vertical bow harvest?