I'm pretty opinionated when it comes to the crossbow topic. I won't get into my opinion now but here in Ohio AKA land of the crossbow more than 60% of all deer taken during Ohios archery season are taken with crossbows. That % grows each and every year. Ohio considers crossbows archery equipment like any other type of bow. If I was to switch to something I'd switch to a long bow just for the fun of it. Jim