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I fear that they will attract hunters who do not take the time to get to know their weapons limitations. A lot of gun hunters who only pick up their rifle or shotgun during hunting season will see crossbows as a way around all of the practice that goes into hunting with a compund.
A valid concern however its never happened before in AR, OH and GA, has it ? No more so than slob compound shooters, slob recurve shooters and slob gun hunters. Its a wives tale fear - its not reality.
Data,
How do you know it hasn't happened in those states. I'd like to see your statistics on the percentage of "slob" hunters in each weapon category. You can't show me these stats because they don't exist. However, I guarantee that there is a greater number of lost deer per hunter for those using crossbows than those using compounds.
Nor compounds. Geeez man, just go back to October and November right here on this forum and read all the "I missed" threads and " I bloodied one" threads.
All compounder shooters buddy
I'm not arguing that deer are not lost by those using compounds - I do however believe that a higher ratio of deer lost per hunter exists among crossbow users. Of course, I am basing this on info that you yourself provided about the effectiveness of the crossbow versus compounds.
I think making another season for crossbows is yet another bad idea. Maybe, I should invent another weapon and we can make a season for that. It's just more stress on our Conservation officers who are already spread too thin.