I don't care if they (Illinois) instates it or not. I will NEVER use one! Since I started seriously bow hunting I've come really really close to giving up shotgun season. The only major reason I've not given up shotgunning yet is the fact that there is quite a few of us that share the meat and if I don't have one or two by bow before shotgun season, then it is an almost gaurantee to get some meat (I still don't shoot small bucks however! ). From what I've experienced with bow hunting, shotguns or crossbows won't touch the feeling. With bow hunting I've gotten SO close (ground and tree stand) to the deer and have been able to learn/study them so intesely that it's just surreal. Come time for shotgun season, the deer don't act "natural" (IMO) and to me it's just not much fun anymore (For me anyways). And to me, crossbows would be just about like shotgun season and ruin it. Bow hunting (Compound and traditional) is just so much more intense, fun, and it gets your adrenaline rushing so much harder. Just my thoughts however, so take it as you will!