Matt / PA - I just reread that twice and do you know what you're arguing for, don't you ? Compound and crossbows do not fit your post - recurves and longbows do.

I can take your compound and shoot 3" groups with it at 30 yards. Give me 5 mintues to get the feel. Can you take my recurve and do the same ? That should tell you volumes on easier/better.

BOWFANATIC - you ever hunted with a crossbow ? A recurve or longbow ? A compound ? When its all said and done, regardless of which of those you use, you STILL have to get within 20 yards. I'd hazard to say longer shots are almost always the product of compound shooter - see some ofthe western threads on other sites where 50-60 yard shots are common.

The mentality HAS changed - with the compound bow in hand. Don't forget about Chuck Adams shooting a beeded Coues deer at 63 yards. A 100 pound buck, bedded down - AT 63 YARDS.


Go to Bowsite and read Ricardo's polar bear hunt. In retrospect he says now all his big game hunting is done with a compound - NOT a longbow. Why ? Its easy to figure out - its EASIER and gives him a GREATER chance of killing animals.

Yessir - the mentality you fear is already here, isn't it ?