I'll be the odd one out. I would most likely stop bowhunting deer if they did that. I love shooting my bow, and I own three compounds and know how to shoot them. I don't feel like learning a new discipline just to hunt with.

I also don't think I am confident enough that I want to shoot at a deer with a traditional set up with my size. I don't think I would get enough energy or be accurate enough to humanely kill one. I think it would be cruel to the animal for me to try something under powered and harder to shoot well.

More power to the guys that can do it and do it well, I just don't think I am one of them. I thought about getting a recurve just to play with, but I still don't think I would want to hunt with it.

It really wouldn't bother me that much either, since I have said before my passion is archery, not hunting. While I like hunting, I love archery.

It would probably just about kill the sport though in the US. Most of archery now is geared towards hunting, not target shooting. There would be alot of shops and companies going under if that happened. I hope it never does. And if they outlawed compounds they would most likely outlaw recurves as well since they are even harder to shoot well.

Paul