This thread is a joke.

You ask for the "negatives" of introducing a crossbow, and then disallow or dismiss many of the comments made against them.

Not only that, but you went on to say; There are very few holes in the case to allow crossbows, and that you once opposed them being introduced into the archery season.

Knowing how opposed many are to them and having been opposed to them yourself! Why not tip your hand, and let the others know WHAT the few "holes" in the crossbow case are? Thereby allowing them to defend what they consider an archery season, sacred to those people only wanting to use tackle that is drawn and held in place by the user. Not by draw locs, cranks, or any other means of locking the bow at full or partial draw.

Though these reasons have been stated time and time again, I would like to express my concerns for allowing able bodied hunters to use a crossbow during archery seasons.

Allowing the use of crossbows will draw more hunters to the woods, whether they are multi-season hunters or not, they will cause over-crowding of woods that most deem to be crowded enough.

In turn, over-crowded woods, would increase the likelyhood of accidents.

Crossbows also offer the unfair advantage of having the bow drawn and ready to shoot when deer appear. Any traditional archery tackle requires you to draw in the presence of the animal, using your own strength to draw and remain drawn. This takes much more skill and woodsmanship, than the point and shoot process that crossbows allow! Though the range can not be compared to a gun, the skill necessary in loosing a shot is identical.

The attitude surrounding many (not all) of the would be users of crossbows is that of an extra tag, the majority of them would be gun-hunters looking to cross over for some more time in the woods. Many of the gun hunters I share the woods with are unethical slobs, these are not the folks I want carrying crossbows into the same woods as me. I prefer to keep them separate from us. Handing them a short-range weapon that fires arrows, is not going to change their attitude or their ethics. Especially when the method of which you shoot it, is identical to a firearm.

If they so badly want to join the ranks of archers, I suggest they purchase a bow...a long bow, a recurve or a compound. Practice with it until they are sufficient enough to take an animal at short range with it. Then they can get their extra tag, and will possibly learn some more respect for the animals they pursue. They will also gain respect from the other archers who know the difficulty in drawing on weary game animals.

We as string pulling, limb bending archers should not have to bend our rules to the likings of others. If they want to hunt during archery season, they need to learn to draw and release a bow.


Though you may not deem the reasons given "fit", I see no positive reasons given that would prove allowing them to be beneficial.

Keep the crossbows for the dedicated archers who are disabled, and no longer able to participate using traditional archery tackle.

By the way, after reading about 20 pages of this, its my belief that you are looking to denounce the compound bow, by comparing it to the crossbow.

I hold much respect for archers using the more primitive weapons, such as longbows, or recurves. A tad more respect than for archers using hightech compounds. But I lose respect for those same archers when they try to compare a mechaniclly drawn and held cross"bow" to a compound bow drawn and held by the archer.

While there are some advancements in modern compound bow technology that I disagree with, (such as super high let-offs) I think even the most uneducated or inexperienced person could see the difference between hunting with a compound bow, or with a crossbow.

Know why they call it a cross bow? because its a cross between a gun and a bow! HAHAHAHAA

You have to draw a line in the sand somewhere. Bows locked at full or partial draw, or bows that reduce the holding weight to merely pounds that can be held and shot accurately for several minutes, should never be allowed into the archery season. Whether they are hand held, use stocks, or incorporate high-% let-off. They take away the whole reason we hunt with bows. To get close to an animal, and using your woodsmanship skills, to draw the bow back without alerting the animal to your presence. Take that away, and you're simply "gun-hunting" with a bow.