MA Jay - crossbows don't effect harvest much in the great scheme of things .......... G&F commissions I believe would gladly allow them except that compounders are rabidly against them. You don't here many people asking for them because they're not allowed - in AR they ARE allowed and funny thing ....... the majority of people still hunt with compounds. Why is that do you reckon ?
If they were allowed there WOULD be new hunters, there would be more revenue, there would be more intrest etc etc - ALL of that being good things for archery and there has never been a negative come from crossbows in legal archery season.
Almost sounds like win/win doesn't it ?
But they are also set up as a mangement tool and while your argument is correct in part there is also an inverse correlation.
In most states archery is NOT a big management tool Still 80-90% of the deer kill is rifle kills. Archery is somewhat management but mroe about maximizing recreational opportunities for hunters.
I'm just tossing around ideas. I think archery season is for bows and crossbows, compounds, recurves and longbows should be in there.
The deer he killed last year was 85 yards from MY STAND he was in
many compunders kill at distances like that. Your point was ???
I think if they make it ok to use them we will loose bow hunting as it is.
So Arkansas, Ohio and Georgia have lost bowhunting ? Ohio is one of THE premier states to kill monster bucks - how can you think they're hurting with crossbows legal ?
I did use a crossbow in city limets in rifle seasion the range on it is WAY better than a compound bow.
I used a compound during my hunt in Kansas and it was WAY better than a recurve.
What was your point again ?