You CANNOT in my opinion, make the argument that we must support crossbows because they make it easier to attract new hunters; that the loss of a hunters should be offset by simply making available a variety of devices that will ensure higher success rates and therefore higher numbers being attracted to the sport. If you're going to make that argument then just pass out the grenades.
Sure you can. Allowing crossbow will pro0bably not offset the declining numbers but I can guarantee you that it won't if you don't try. With the numbers that we are lossing we should be making every REASONABLE effort to bring as many into the sport as possible. That being said you can always make an outrageous comparison like hand grenades to make the argument sound unreasonalbe but in actuality there much less difference and in many other places the cross is accepted as archery tackle. Which makes your grenade argument moot. The fact is that intolerance and greed are hurting our sport and driving people out and it's going to continue to do so. Why do you guys begrude a 10 year old kid the oppurtunity to get in the woods? For the life or me I will never understand that. It would hurt you in the least. It wouldn't even effect you yet you feel the right to define how eveyone else should be allowed to hunt.[:'(]
Also, I have no problem with a crossbow only season but I think that time should come directly from the time that is currently alloted to the archery season. Would you guys agree?