Why when you write something is it gospel, but the rest of us post it is considered "silly little details" that don't matter?
hmmmmmmmm. Good question. A side by side comparison of "bows" will show you which details are big ones and which are little silly ones and those can be correlated to Con's and Pro's. That a crossbow is held differently isn't a huge deal because the way the bow works is essentially the same. Well, no, it isn't, but then neither are compounds and how they work, huh ?
MA Jay -
I think about a lot of things on the stand too - one of the greatest things about bowhunting IMO. I don't disagree that crossbows are different - they most certainly ARE different.
My point is, that as they are different (being the way they're held, the way they're drawn, the mechanics behind the energy in the bow itsself, the way they're sighted, the letoff, the release etc etc) so too are compounds. The analogy's hold true - you love the lion being lose but the tiger you confine because he has stripes that make him look a bit different. He's the same beast with cosmetic differences.
Compounds ARE everything that crossbows are. They bring more people into the archery season, they are easy to use, the have great letoffs, speed, they're quiet, high tech - everything that a crossbow is to a compound a compound is to recurve/longbows.
I'm not the only one seeing this - and oddly enough those who do understand are those who have firsthand knowledge of crossbows and what they bring to an archery season. The ones against crossbows ? They know of wives tales, they know what the PBS and the P&Y Clubs have said, but they have no firsthand knowledge of crossbows in legal archery season.
If they did, they'd realize that crossbows are NOT a negative to archery season in any way, shape or form.
adams - if you're related to Chuck PLEASE tell him thers a guy in Arkansas that has a shrine erected in his name
Oh, and if crossbows become legal in Maine in general archery season I can gaurantee it will have NO IMPACT at all on your archery season. There will be a few more hunters - but thats a good thing - we can use all the bowhunters we can add to our ranks.
So what did it look like? Big, tall, hairy, stinky breath.....
No, that would be Alice Joella Stanford ........... I date her in high school [:@]