Once you add a shoulder stock, telescopic or red dot sights and cocked-and-locked ready feature, no matter the power source for the projectile, no matter the effective range, you're not shooting a bow any more.
Your opinion - but actually yes, its still a bow in the way it works. When you add drop away rests, sights, stabilizers, one cam technology, cam and a half, carbon risers, mechanical releases, 85% and more letoff etc etc .......... theres a strong argument that you've breached what "is" a bow already, isn't there ?
Am I to understand then, that you are also saying that traditional shooters should not be allowed in the woods. I definitely want a clarification from you on that point.
Absolutely 100% the opposite Arthur. If its a short range pimitive weapon and its a bow then why NOT allow it in archery season ? As reylamb posted above, its not an easy weapon to use - a gimmee - to kill deer with. Its not advantageous any more than a compound is - so whats the big deal with allowing them ? YOUR made up definition of what a bow is and isn't ? LOL
You reckon a compound or crossbow can match the accuracy of a good .270 at 100 yards?
PETA doesn't scare me if they're peeping in here. We're discussing in our own ranks what is and isn't good for hunting and that is that. Actually, some bowhunters with compounds DO take 75-100 yard shots and they make them. You never here crossbows being shot that far because simply enough - they aren't designed for it.
In the near future, you might well be having to fight down your own stupid argument for the survival of bowhunting.
If its a stupid argument, why are more and more states allowing crossbows ? Isn't your argument the very one traditional bowhunters used against compounders 25 years ago ? Who has the weaker argument here, hmmmmmm ?
Hows this:
Compounds allowed in any firearms season to get residential area deer close to houses.
Compounds allowed by disabled hunters in any season.
Compounds allowed by any senior hunter in any season.
No compounds allowed in bow season by able bodied non-senior hunters.
Did I forget someone?
Oh, and I'm basing it on the EXACT same reasons your'e using. Prove me wrong ?
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