If the compound is so easy(in your own words), then those women and kids should have no problem.
Draw weight is what limits women and children Cougar, thats obvious. But taking your rational - why don't compound shooters use recurves/longbows ? Equipment choice ? Ahhhhhhhhh, but you don't want others to choose equipment other than what YOU justify. Irony at its best.
Remember - I am NOT against compounds. They have tuned archery into what it is today. I simply see them for what they are - an easy to use wannabe bow that technically IS a bow in the way it performs by definition - and used by people who don't want to take the time to learn to shoot a longbow/recurve. COmpounders want easier, faster, more accurate, better - dude I know, I've been there ! If I were to go back to compounds I'd want the latest and greatest that would allow me to get as good as I could, as fast as I could get there with as little practice as possible,
All compounders want that - its a tech thing.
Crossbows are simply another way to quick and easy. No different than compound except they're a bit more easy in many ways though they lack the accuracy downrage, they're heavy, loud etc.
Theres truth in what I say - like it or not. Look where compounds have come in 10 years and imagine where they'll be in 10 years. People still wanting faster, quieter, shorter, lighters, better, more accurate, easier. Thats the way of it
The benefits of allowing x-bows during archery season? If those bowhunters (<used lightly) that show up at the range a week before season turn to x-bows then maybe there will be alot less wounded deer.
Oh Dude, do you know how many compounders fall into that category ? Even some recurve/longbow shooters aren't fit to be hunting is accuracy is a requirement !
Archery hunting itself is already to the point of not being considered a challenge anymore by many. Allowing x-bows into archery season will just be the final nail in the coffin.
So you admit compounds have already come too far ? Are you lobbying to ban them ? Are you speaking out saying that compounds have come too far ? Have you bought any techy stuff for your bows lately ?
Like the analogy earlier - the lion is out, you know this, and the tiger is saying " why not let me out ? the lion is doing a lot of damage already. And you're saying well, the lion is a good thing but even though you're very close to a lion, you have those cosmetic stripes and well, the stripes make you different, so no, can't let you out even though you're bascially the same kind of large, carnivorous feline."
How crazy is that ? Cage them both, or let them both go. Anything less is hypocritcal
Now , whats with the sig pics? Are you going through a mid life crisis?
Want me to change it to this ??
Keith Roets
11 years old
This was his first deer and was taken with a crossbow.