The problem with most crossbows is not the bow it's the operators. I think it is unethical to shoot an animal at 40 yards with one, without rangefinding that animal. The arrows just drop off to much to be accurate at that range. If you guess an animal to be at 40 yards and its at 43 with a crossbow you most likely have a wounded animal. They shoot to light of arrows, they don't retain enough MOMENTUM (talk energy all you want). Most crossbows are not tuned the way compounds are (do you bareshaft yours?). 90% of those that use crossbow are capable of using a compound, but they are lazy. This tends to spill over into other things, such as tracking. I have hunted with 2 guys that use crossbows, I see it all of the time. They have wounded 3 deer in 2 years because they are lazy, too lazy to practice, or track the animals to the extent they should be tracked.

If you are one of the ones that tune, and shoot your crossbow alot don't pay attention to this. Most of the time a crossbow hunter gets his bow out the weekend of and shoots it and is ready to go. This leads to many animals lost. As for the ederly, or the disabled people of the world, more power to them. Same way with kids. I'm glad to have these people in our sport. I'm not against crossbows, I'm against the idea that the crossbow breeds. I can go out, not practice and shot animals. I do think they are inferior to the compound, but this means nothing, because the compound is inferior to a rifle. The big difference is the type of people that shoot them. (Disclaimer: this doesn't mean everyone that shoots them, I'm not attacking anyone that uses one, this includeds the disabled, elderly, kids, people new to the sport, and those that are responsible and practice as much as possible and take ethical shots and track their animals to their full potential.)