Brad, its amazing that you of all people are trying to defend allowing crossbows in regular archery seasons by ridiculing and attacking compounds. You try to preach its easy for all to shoot compound bows, yet you are trying to say by not allowing crossbows into regular archery seasons, that its denying a few women and kids the chance to hunt. If the compound is so easy(in your own words), then those women and kids should have no problem. Why then do you want to make it easier for them by using crossbows? A responsible and ethical hunter knows his limits. A hunter in the making will realize their goals and appreciate reaching their goal with practice and perseverance. Picking up something that takes little to no practice will not teach anyone the appreciation and dedication that archery/bowhunting was and still is.

Adapting and maturing is part of the process of hunting, no matter what weapon is used. Its too bad that you have to resort to attacking something in order to defend something.