That makes the crossbow harvest 58% of the total in 2000.
For 2002-2003 (
www.dnr.ohio.gov/wildlife/PDF/pub304.pdf ) total archery season harvest was 48,904, of which 28,352 were taken with crossbow and 20,552 were taken with conventional bow. Again, crossbows accounted for 58% of the total archery season harvest.
I'll let you argue with Ohio over their official numbers.
No arguement wanted here! I'm just looking for facts on the x-bows impact on general archery seasons.
I'd also like to know how many archers Ohio had before allowing x-bows in the archery season.