MA Jay,

Thanks, for the clarification I was not sure about the rest of the country. I know the here in Illinois it is during the archery season and the kills count towards the archery totals.

To me the crossbow is a form of a BOW and not a form of a firearm and belongs in the archery classification, that's just me. I still see no harm if someone wants to use a crossbow or long bow or recurve or compound. It's still shooting some form of an arrow by the use of energy stored in the limbs and propelled by a string. It's pretty simple, the basics never change and that makes it more "bow like" than anything else.