Nobody said there weren't similarities. It's the major differences between bows and crossbows I mentioned.
You said the ONE thing they all shared in common. I was merely pointing out there were things they all shared in common. You seemed to want to pick one issue to hang it all on but when I picked my issue you want to complete discount it[&:]
It's still "limbs" and a "string" being drawn and held there by a person. Can't say that about a crossbow though
A crossbow doesn't have limbs and a string???? Are you sure about that?
The term "Chicken Flippin" is one of the funniest things I have heard in a long time. Yes, I did speak with the old timers ... you do realize that the number of "archers" 25 years ago was a fraction of what we have today right? At least with the 30 or so pre-compound shooters I shoot with, the compound was looked at more as gimmick that wouldn't work than anything else. Many of those old timers tried them, some stayed and some went back to what they liked. The one thing you fail to mention though... not 1 state that allowed traditional archery excluded the compound.
Are you saying they all adopted the compound at the same time? If not then your point is irrelevant because if we have this conversation 10 years from now 100% of the states my adopted crossbows at which point I can say "not one single state failed to adopt them" at which time you will think that argument is pretty weak. Just like I do now
Have you not read a word "we" write? The choice we agree to is a seperate season.. hunt it if you want. Here the "choice" for crossbow hunters is a rifle, a shotgun or a crossbow. Archery season is not a choice becuase they aren't considered archery equipment.
They may be a choice in your state soon. Will you call them archery equipment then? But the real issue is whether they can use them during the archery season. Why are you trying so hard to keep archery season all to yourself? Do you think you are helping the sport? You say you agree to a seperate season? If so do you agree to taking the archery season splitting the time between archery and crossbow season? That would only be fair wouldn't it? Or deserve more rights because you shoot a "special" bow?
Dude, you are right ... they are coming all right.
i realize that and despite your best efforts to sabotage hunting as we know it, luckily the DNR's are realizing that we need additional hunters and they are taking the steps that need to be taken. It's one of the few things DNR's are actually getting right these days though they may be doing it for the wrong reasons. One thing you guys need to wrap your heads around is that in most states there is a whitetail poulation explosion. In those states the deer herd needs management and archery is a poor tool in the mangement arsenal. If there enough deer being taken out in archery season then archery season as a tool is useless and therefore expendable. Guess who is going to get the nod when more deer need to be taken out.
Yep the gun hunters. The DNR's may even come to the realization that there is no need for archery as a tool in the management arsenal and with so many groups leveling their sights on archery as inhumane etc. that they might just be better off getting rid of the archery season all together. But hey who cares, you kept those damn crossbowers out
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