I didn't mean to imply that crossbow hunters are unethical. The choice of weapon does not make someone unethical, it is other choices.

I don't think that allowing crossbows will increase the amount of hunters very much.
I do think that most people that go out and get one will already be gun hunters, and I do think that alot of them will try flinging arrows at deer the way that they shoot at deer when they are gun hunting.
If they allow it, I hope that they try a small season at first.
They will probably go all out like they did when they banned mineral licks and feeding deer because of the CWD threat. I think that they should have started that with the northern counties.
I have never tried gun hunting because I don't like the idea of so many people in the woods at once. I only have public land to hunt. My favorite spot is bow only, I even get to hunt it during gun season, but I do have to wear blaze orange during the gun seasons.

I am not saying that gun hunters are unethical either, but I do know guys (not ethical hunters) that shoot at everything that runs past them.