a crossbow is not like a bow when used in a hunting situation,
except in the projectile it uses, the range, the KE, the trajectory, the limbs, the cams, the cables, the broadheads. If we were making a checklist it would be leaning pretty heavily toward the bow wouldn't it
On archerytalk.com there is an article on a gun that with the aid of a blank, and an arrow in the Barrel when fired shoots the arrow. Does that mean its a Bow as well?
If it's a gun that fires it's arrow through the use of stored energy via limbs, string and cables it does[:-]