I have answered the question aready but I will answer it again. I have no problem with a seperate season so long as they are given an oppurtunity to hunt. I would prefer a combined season but if other archers insist on a seperate season then I think the archery season should be split right down the middle and half of it given to crossbow hunters. That way it's seperate but equal. Should compound and trad hunters get more rights that crossbow hunters? It's obvious why archery season is so much longer than gun season because (in my state) gun hunters kill double the amount of deer opening day that bow hunters kill all year. In a roughly one month season gun hunters kill approximately 10 times the deer that bowhunters kill in a 4.5 month season. However, since there is no difference statistically in the number of deer killed by crossbows as their is by compound and trad equipment then they should be allowed as much time as other types of archery equipment. Personally I would prefer to just share but either way I think crossbows hunters have the right to every bit as much access as anyone else does during archery season.