It's funny, I've been following this thread for more then a week and yesterday I got an email from a hunter activist who also frequents this site with a heads up that the State of Maine has approved the use of crossbows and are pushing regulations through to have them added to the archery season.

http://www.scruggsreport.com/in_augusta.htm

I'll fight like hell when it comes to the antis but I can't in good conscious fight against fellow hunters. The arguement is that with increased hunters killing more deer the expanded archery season that are in place to control population will no longer be needed. I guess if this passes we will see. I may have to dust this post off after the upcoming season to report back the effects of crossbows in our archery season. I'm very curious to see if this is a big hype about nothing.