Dude, you just want to argue.
If all you could do was 3" at 30 yards with a rifle thats not too good IMO.
A crossbows easier period. That doesnt make it bad, just easier. I can see why people might be inclined to think it doesn't belong in the archery season. As I said earlier (or maybe a different thread) I'd like to see them legal during firearms season in bow only areas but the more I ponder this (mostly because of this thread) the more I get to thinking it shouldnt be in the regular archery season. Give them a season of theyre own.
A person who never shot a bow before can't just pick one up & shoot it well. You said you just started AGAIN after a few years. Thats because your muscles already knew what to do. Kinda like riding a bike.
A crossbow can be picked up & a 3 year old could shoot it. My 8 year old shoots my crossbow darn near as well as I do but cant hit a barn with his little bow & arrow. Well maybe a barn but not the door
I should say tho that he shot guns, which operate & are sighted just like a crossbow since he was 4.
A bow needs to be tuned to you, a perticular person & you have to be tuned to it as well in order to shoot regular good groups.
A crossbow just needs to be sighted in & shot. Dont matter if your 5' tall with a 24"draw or 7'6" with a 40 inch draw, once sighted in you just pick it up & shoot.
I'v yet to find someone who's bow I can shoot to the same point of impact with regularity I can get close but were I to hunt with it I'd a had to sight in every one.
Another thing your mistaken on is that no ones trying to ban them, people are trying to get them accepted.
No one should have to prove that theyre not acceptable, rather the burden should be on those who want them accepted. Prove to me that a crossbow isn't alot easier to shoot well.
Thats gonna be hard to do because I know that if I put down my bow for a month even. When next I shoot it takes a few arrows before I'm where I am right now.
I also know I can pick up that xbow after a year, cock it, nock a bolt & get a good rest (another thing you cant do with a bow) & drill a matchbook 20 yards away 9 times outta ten. Cant do that regular with my compound right now & I'v been shooting it at least 6 shots at least every
other day since Sept when the season opened. Can hit a playing card every time but the matchbooks just too small for my form I guess.
All thats been said already, if you still think its harder to shoot a crossbow than a compound then its obvious that thats what you believe.
No big deal really, you asked & I tried to explain.
