If you hunt with a crossbow, don't call yourself a bowhunter. I can pick up a crossbow and be in the woods tomorrow hunting deer after one day of shooting tight groups. Little bit more skill involved in a recurve/compound. Same as a gun to me, after a few shots the weekend warrior can be in the woods tomorrow. If a person is handicapped, than thats a different story. Bobby
I don't know where to even start with this one.
That is just the elitist attitude I was talking about. So let me get this straight........your NOT a bow hunter if you use a crossbow, but you ARE a bow hunter if you use a crossbow as long as you are handicapped? So the crossbow somehow CHANGES when the person behind the trigger is handicapped.
So the only criteria to be a BOW hunter is that it must be hard to do and take a long time to master because as you stated anyone can pick up a crossbow and be in the woods tomorrow hunting. Huh? What if a person bought a crossbow but ACTUALLY practiced with it to the point that he/she was very proficiant with it and this person also knew how to read deer sign and watch the wind etc.... Only then did this person go hunting.....Still not a bow hunter?
My point is (if you could not understand it) Anyone can buy a weapon and go hunting the next day. It doesn't matter if it's a crossbow, rifle, compound bow, long bow, etc... The people who do that will allways do that. Very weak argument and it only shows your elitist attitude. Just say what you really mean.....you don't want anyone else to play in your sandbox.