ORIGINAL: arrowsmit
Try comparing a crossbow to archery tackle & make a list of the exact similarities.
Now make a list comparing a crossbow to a muzzel-loading rifle.
Any honest person will have a much larger list when comparing it to the mzzldr & any weapon that is more comparable to a gun than a bow doesn't belong in any archery-only hunting seasons. Ego has nothing to do with this issue.
Ok bows and crossbows both have limbs,cams,string is used to launch the projectile,they both can use pins for sights ,they both have to be drawn to use,they both use a shaft (bolt and arrow) as a projectile, both use broadheads and fieldpoints.
muzzleloaders and crossbows both have stocks and triggers!
Oh and i guess if you look at releases for bows then bows ,crossbows and muzzleloaders share .
And one can put a scope on a crossbow as a muzzleloader but i do believe i have seen them for bows also.
Let's hear your list. and please don't try and compare crossbows and muzzleloader as having like ranges!