RE: Illinois Crossbows?
I could also imagine the argument of a youth crossbow permit being more acceptable to some for the kids who can't draw the legal min as oppossed to just making crossbows legal for everyone....
As far as the checkstations. The ones for bow are pretty nicely spread out so you don't have to drive 30 miles to get to them. I think we have 3-4 within 10-15 minutes of here (All directions). Shotgun is a bit of a different story. I don't see the financial benifit to the state for eliminating archery checkstations. I can actually imagine it costing the state some revenue in sales Tax as the local shops say they sell a lot to people who are checking deer. They might not be able to get the impulse buy as easy without forcing people to come in... Just a thought.