To demand that I or anyone else embrace a weapon we may not even want simply because that's your opinion is selfish and childish of you . You're not my Daddy , nor do you make the regs for my state .
kevin, next time you ask, "Spare me the emotional outbursts...", please be kind enough to reciprocate. I gave you clear and concise reasons for my opinion. I don't expect you to agree with it, but I DO expect at least a mimimal level of respect.
Frankly, if someone doesn't want to use a bow and arrow for hunting, that's their call and it's fine with me. BOWhunting is not for everybody. On the other hand, they have no business wanting to hunt in archery season if they don't want to hunt with a bow. If crossbows are allowed, what's next? Spear guns? That special barrel for shooting arrows made to fit the Ruger 10/22? Shotguns? Muzzleloaders? If bowhunters won't defend their own season, nobody else will.
Our forebears worked hard to get bow seasons established, so people could hunt strictly with the bow and arrow. It would be the ultimate insult to their memory to allow the season to become a free-for-all. No matter how politically correct and tolerant the outsiders want us to be, we simply must not just cave in and let them have their way without putting up one heckuva fight.
I'm just one guy with my own opinion and I hope to goodness I'm not alone.