Alright stealthy, where were all these new bowhunters prior to the legalization of crossbows, talking specifically in my home state of Georgia?
Where were all the compounders prior to them being legal ?
If compounds are as easy as you say, why didn't they just jump right into archery season?
I dunno - ask them. But it got more hunters into the woods - does it matter that its a crossbow that did it ? Can you show me how this is a bad thing ?
On another note, when crossbows were legalized the state of Georgia reduced the archery season by one week.
Show me that legalizatio nof crossbows was the direct reason for this. Arkansas lost 2 weeks of archery season this year - but crossbows didnt do it.
PS, go back to stealthy, you are flat out confusing everyone but VC.
Want me to create a reylamb jr. ? LOL
I have nothing against guys shooting whatever BOWS they choose in Achery season. But crossbows ain't bows, I don't care who's dictionary you whip out.
You say crossbows use a bow to power it's projectile, therefore they are bows. That's like saying since a bicycle has a frame and two wheels, and since a Harley also has a frame and two wheels, then a Harley is a bicycle and should be allowed to run in the Tour de France.
No, actually, it would be like comparing an old 1950's stlye bicycle and the one Lance won the Tour with this year - radically different bikes - but both bicycles. With your example, the Harley added a gasoline engine - completely changing how the bicylce is propelled.
So, the whole crux of your argument is that a crossbow isn't a crossbow - right ? Even though I proved that it is, right ? Seems more and more guys are starting to realize that if guys want to use crossbows - big deal. Look how this thread has went Arthur P - remember 3-4 years ago a thread like this would be full of rabid anti-crossbowers. Today ? Many more guys stepping up saying hey, my state legalized crossbows, they didn't destroy anything, or hey, shoot what you want to as long as its a bow - it doesn't affect me and hey, we NEED more hunters, more bowhunter - allow them.
Tides are changing. If a specialized mtn rifle with a big ole Swarovski laser range finding scope capable of shooting 1000 yards is allowed in rifle season and considered a rifle, if a stainles steel, synthetic stocked gun loaded with 150 grains of pellets, shooting a sabot with rifle type velocity and accuracy out to 300 yards (topped with scope of course) is a muzzleloader and allowed in muzzleloader season, then surly its not difficult to see that a crossbow is a bow, its not advantageous really in a hunting situation and should be allowed in archery season if someone wants to use one ?
kodiak41226 - Almost every compounder I know wouldn't archery hunt if they had to learn to shoot a recurve/longbow. Your point was ??????
This 'trads can't hit anything at the 3D shoots so they shouldn't be allowed in the woods' line is one of the main things the anti-trad crossbow faction I was monitoring on the net are putting high priority on getting out on the forums.
Straight up - I can go to a 3D shoot and probably finish in the top 10% of trad shooters. I aint a bad shot with my longbows/recurves (struggled lately though). I shot a few 3D shoots this summer - I shoot with my buddies, talk with a lot of guys, read a lot of trad thread, on trad sites .......... I know just how inaccurate trad shooting can be from my shooting to others. There is NO comparison - none at all, to the accuracy of a modern compound and crossbows to recures/longbows. If ya'll want to talk ethics then yeah, lets first talk about recurves/longbows then we'll go right into all the threads on this site "lost another one" or "drew blood". The crossbow debate has NOTHING to do with archery ethics.