For all the pro X bow people, How will you help bowhunting ? Will you bring in new people who will help fight the anti hunters or will you bring in people who rightly or wrongly see the crossbow as a way to get into bowhunting without having to put in the effort ? Will you add to the idea that archery as it has become (compound) is no longer a primitive sport due to the sights, letoff, releases, etc. Who will benifit, the people who make the X bows will. The industry as a whole has shown over and over that if they make it some idiot will buy it because it makes it easier to hunt with. They sure have done a great job of saying , hey this technology is as far as we had better go havent they. You seem to feel that anyone who opposes you does so on an emotional level, yet the statements such as , get a life, grow up, and well they are coming if you like it or not. are emotion based to get a reaction. Well I will not disapoint you. Xbows can hunt in gun season so nobody is xxxxx in your cornflakes. I am an elitest, I worked hard at the sport many years, yes I reject the crossbow and the compound as well so I am an elitest not just a traditional bowhunter. See the difference ? I am still a BOW hunter, I believe it should be difficult, I dont care that you choose a Xbow just dont try to force it into MY time as a bowhunter. Oh yes, I am by law a disabled bowhunter who hunts with a longbow when I could legaly use the Xbow, the day I can not hunt with it is probably the day I should not be in the woods by myself anyway and yes I would stop hunting because if I hunt it will be as a bowhunter and not a opportunist to make things easier.
Slobs come in all forms not related to the type of bow you shoot but I fear the X bow will bring in many more of them, just what we need. Yes you are really helping the sport with your greed to do things your way, thanks.