Sorry to join the issue here so late I just joined, but the big issue that some of us bow only hunters have is. That if it is not reconized by the trophy archery hunting system that is already in place Pope and Young. Then it should not be in the same season. If it's already loaded (cocked) like a gun, and you shoulder it like a gun, and look through a scope like a gun, then it should be in the same season as a gun. That is why most of the bow only hunters don't want them in the same season. I agree that the compound is easier than my recurves and long bows, but atleast they operate on the same princiaple. There are some simularties between a crossbow and a compound, but anyone can see that the crossbow is more simular to a gun, than a bow. Heck man I think we should call them crossguns instead of crossbows.