Yawn...
Besides the fact you shoulder it like a rifle , rest it on a steady rest during the shot , aim through the scope , turn safety off and fire your shot? Oh and all of the above can be done just by picking up the weapon when game is approaching because it's already cocked and loaded just like what? Yeah a gun!
It’s unintelligent to call a crossbow a gun. It demonstrates an entire lack of understanding pooled with a rabble-rousing statement intended to put down that part of archery equipment and while I didn't offend you, your opinion is stupid and that is without doubt demonstrated. Every archery organization in the US includes crossbows such as IBO, ATA, and so forth. None of the firearms associations include crossbows such NRA, USPSA, etc. Every mail order retailer lists crossbows in their archery section. Retailers sell crossbows in the archery department, not the gun department. There are no federal firearms ramifications to selling crossbows. Each and every one of these specialized organizations rejects your belief and your view is not supported by either common sense or facts.
Hey Bucky , nobody is trying to make crossbows illegal here!
You want them illegal for bow season.
#1) Yes
#2) Doesn't make a difference to me what weapon anybody shoots during the respective season!
I'm not an advocate of "BANNING" crossbows! I'd just like to have a seperate season for them or keep them in gun season.
Why not in bow season? Why would anyone use a crossbow during gun season? Countless traditionalists consider that this "primitive season" should only consist of a bow that offers the hunter his utmost challenge. Most do not use sights or other accessories on their bows. They don’t want to use any unnecessary technology to pursue game. They like to shoot at game using their gut feeling. Many traditionalists believe other archery equipment; particularly compound and crossbow are too mechanically sophisticated to offer much of a challenge. They feel that these bows, when in the hands of skillful shooters, will launch an arrow with unquestionable accuracy and consistency, and at greater distances than their primitive weapons. Where is the challenge here?
Moreover, an inline muzzleloader is tolerable, but a crossbow is too modern?!
Umm no! We have a seperate blackpowder season and a seperate shotgun/rifle season.
I knew you would have said that. Why shouldn’t recurves and longbows be separate from compounds? If compounds are not separated then why should crossbows be?
No problem! They could hunt during the seperate crossbow season.
That isn't good enough.
I WANT IT DURING BOW SEASON!
Really? "participation is extremely high"? "success rate is similar with verticle bows"?
Does that mean that if Wi bowhunters harvested 70,000 deer last year without crossbows that allowing crossbows would bring the harvest up to 140,000? If participation is extremely high?
Why don’t you want to bring in new hunters?