The deer he killed last year was 85 yards from MY STAND he was in.Put a scope on a crossbow and they are much longer ranged wepion than a bow. Yes my bow can kill at 85 yards but the bow in not made for most people to be that acrate.I have been setting beside him when he has made VERY long shots on yotes 100+ yards.
You can't blame crossbows becasue some people are uneducated and take unethical shots. A crossbow will probably drop in the neighborhood of 80 inches (maybe more) on an 85 yard shot. So anyone that takes a shot that far with one is either uneducated, unethical, or and extremely good shot. However, for every person that you can show me that is capable of making that shot with a crossbow, I can show you 5 that are capable of making it with a compound. However, at the end of the day, the guy behind the string is the one responsible for the killing, the wounding, or choosing when to shoot. Apples to apples your average compound shooter will shoot circles around your average crossbow shooter and an exceptional compound shooter will shoot circles around and exceptional crossbow shooter.
I did use a crossbow in city limets in rifle seasion the range on it is WAY better than a compound bow.
That's simply untrue. Crossbows won't shoot any faster than many of the modern compounds and they certainly won't produce the KE that modern compounds will. You have to remember that even if they reach the speeds of the compounds they aren't shooting as heavy an arrow. At IBO specs an 80lb allegiance is shooting 92 foot pounds of kinetic energy. How many crossbows can do that and which ones are they? Also, if they can't hit the specs and therefore range of the modern compounds (which they can't) do you also advocate that we get rid of compounds or make changes to the laws that would somehow limit thier range?