They might, I wont.
I already did what your planning to do. I got a crossbow just to get it. Its not fancy & the trigger sucks but it shoots groups just fine & that with several different spined arrows & different weight heads. Its just plain consistant in all the ways we as archers strive to be. I'm not argueing with you just trying to explain what I have found to be true. Its not a long distance weapon, I can shoot my bow further with confidence than I can the crossbow but that may well be because I shoot my bow alot more. Drop past 25 is faster than my bow.
I'm not in anyway knocking crossbows, just stating that theyre easier to use in a hunting situation. Slower to reload is the only point I can come up with where they lose & that almost a moot point as bowhunting is usually a one shot deal for me.