Hunting seasons are by design used to (A) manage herds while at the same time (B) maximize the enjyment of the hunters. Longbows/recurves have minimal impacts - archery as a totoal combined have minimal impacts but much more so that before the compounds. Compounds have flooded archery season with undedicated hunters who do not want to spend the time to learn to shoot a real bow (thats what your argument is, isn't it ? I'm simply taking its application to compounds)

But regardless, your crazy suggestion would also result in the ban of hunting with handguns (few use them) and singel shot rifles (few people use them). In fact, unless you shot the most common weapon used to kill animals with, under your ridiculous reasoning you could wave them away - right ?

Of course not - thats not logical though. I don't think you even put much effort into dreaming that flimsy thing up


I've posted them already. First you're asking to create a new season, say 4-6 weeks when the weeks just are not there in most states. And crossbows are already legal for handicap hunters, and we know that they have no negative effects in AR, OH and GA and others. You're also sayin gin essence that bowhunting doesn't need new bowhunters, that theres not strength in numbers and that the addition of crossbow hunters wouldn't be a good thing. A seperate season is unneccessary - are you wanting a seperate compound season too ? A seperate handgun season ? Take ti down to the manufacturer ..... we could have a Mathews season, a Bowtech season (not many deer would be killed in this one ), a martin season .............

Theres a few points to ponder anyway.