How about this radical idea. Ban all technology from primitive hunts. I mean take muzzleloaders back to cap and ball, loose powder and bullets. Recurves and longbows only. That would really change archery, you could have your solitude, your challenge, you'd REALLY get to know what archery really is, wouldn't you ?
I'd be the very first guy in line getting fitted for my brand new Longbow. (And my gun of choice for all other seasons already is a .50 cal Flintlock muzzleloader with loose powder
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I'm being honest.......I would rather see NOBODY legally be allowed to use a compound and force us to use recurves or longbows VS. allowing crossbows into archery season.
I like crossbows, they are a fun to shoot weapon but they are not archery equipment.
This is a debate which i feel like we could go back and forth on forever and ever and ever.....you feel your way, I feel mine. Sort of like a hunter trying to convince a firm anti-hunter the merits of the others views.........it isn't going to happen.