If xbows were legalized in some states and gun hunters turned out in droves to use the xbow during archery season, deer numbers would decline, therefore resulting in either restrictive limitations, shortened seasons, or banning of archery season all together. Xbows could potentially be the downfall of archery season as we know it.
How many states allow crossbows ? Has what you fear EVER happened in those states ? Ever ? If not, then you have no factual data to back your fear up and in fact, you'll have proven its an unfounded fear. Crossbow legalization WILL result in more hunters ....... and thats a good thing. But so many more that archery season is reduced ?
Let me ask you this. Next year in your state for some reason theres tens of thousands more compound shooters. And the next year your G&F shortens arhcery season because of the impact of all those extra compound shooters. Will you lobby for taking compounds out of archery season ?
What's next, muzzleloaders during bow season?
A silly assumption. A muzzleloader is a weapon that uses loose powder and ignition to propel a bullet. thats not archery, is it ?
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2 : a weapon that is made of a strip of flexible material (as wood) with a cord connecting the two ends and holding the strip bent and that is used to propel an arrow
That is what a bow is.
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Still waiting for one little Fact that says crossbows in reg archery season = bad things. Its hard, isn't it ?