Wow, this and the crossbow thread sure has been interesting!

At first blush i thought no way to crossbow in archery season. However, after reading more and understanding things better...i see the crossbow is just another tool.

I see it more as a bow than a gun however. We've made a bow function like a gun. We've taken the unpredictable nature out of it. We've made a consistant anchor and it's pre-drawn. Yes it would seem we made a bow that could more reliably and humanely take game within normal bow ranges. It makes life more convenient. Less practice required etc. means more time for other things.

I think i would adapt. You still have to respect anyone who does it with a compound bow, just like those guys respect anyone who does it with a traditional bow(i do anyhow). It all comes down to what personally satisfies you for a tool. One year it might be a compound bow, the next it might be a crossbow, heck ya might wanna try a recurve after that? Maybe a gun after that?

I still think a shaft with a sharp broadhead on it propelled by springy limbs and a string still has pretty much the same limitations on game between a crossbow bolt or a regular arrow in terms of killing effectiveness and penetration etc. If it takes the bow to the next level, like compounds did to the recurve sort of thing, then by all means...allow it in the archery season. There are still cons to the crossbow imo. It is a bit unwieldy to move around and i imagine a second shot would be far harder, slower and noisier to come by than with a compound bow?

Anyhow, i've read and took it all in. I support it. To me its just a bow...not a gun. Its not a projectile propelled by gunpowder at thousands of fps. Its a compound bow made to shoot like a gun, not a gun made to shoot like a bow. Heck, if they legalized it up here in our archery season i might be able to get my old man back into it?

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