Data I have a question for you. What makes the compound so much different than any other bow? I am talking the use of it in a hunting situation, that is what we are talking about here. All are used in the same manor when game is present. Unlike a shoulder fired weapon. When I was Based in England we shot allot of Tournaments, you can't kill the damn Queens deer with a bow. When I came back to America I had and shot a English long bow that a local bower made, My bear Kodiak Magnum recurve, and a localy made American flat bow, I also shot my Compounds. All these are considered bows because, when used to propel the projectile it was done useing the same required motion, pulling the string back and maintaining the required pressure to hold it back. The crossbow is considered a shouldered fired weapon, do you agree? That is why you are getting the responses against them. It's not because we hate them,I have shot crossbows as well, there just considered a shoulder fired weapon unlike a bow, which in the eyes of bowhunters, that is the next step that makes them to much like a gun to be in the woods during bowhunting. All your other fact or opinions I agree with.

Please don't think because the above states you listed welcomed crossbows that most hunters did, here in GA there is a board that makes up our rules and regulation. If any Joe blow out there has an Idea, the board will make the ultimate verdict on what will happen. The last meeting I whent to was in Jan 05 more than 60% of that commitee was Biolgist. When crossbows were put up for voting there biggest concern was deer population control not where the weapon belongs. They knew that if they put a crossbow in gun season it would not attract as many hunters as it would in Bowseason, so hear we are with crossbows. I can't speak for evey state out there, but I do sit in on the rule meetings here. There open to the public. I don't want a debate It just seems like you are adding GA to your equation when it does not benifit your argument. Have a good one