This thread is a joke.
But you're responding, aren't you ?
You ask for the "negatives" of introducing a crossbow, and then disallow or dismiss many of the comments made against them.
Well, I asked for a VALID regative, not a wives tale or make believe one.
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.
Thats right. I too once believed crossbow were bad until I had to THINK about it and explain WHY I didn't approve of them and only then did I realize I didn't even know WHY I thought they were bad. I just regurgetated what the P&Y club and the PBS told me to think.
Why not tip your hand, and let the others know WHAT the few "holes" in the crossbow case are?
70 pages have discussed it - read it. But still, you can lead a horse to water .........
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.
You mean like the millions of guys hunting in archery season in Arkansas, Ohio, Georgia, Canada and other states ? Why, NO, you don't mean that, because those states allow crossbows and have never seen overcrowded archery season. Not to mention your precious compouds are what keep archery season "crowded"
Thats one I debunked
In turn, over-crowded woods, would increase the likelyhood of accidents.
Okay, whats THE #1 accident in the archery hunting woods ? Self wounding ? Shooting another ? Nope - I'm guessing falling out of the stand. But if you're trying to justify the use of a speecific weapon based on the the dangers invloved ? Thats crazy - simply crazy. nd more people get hurt with compounds, truth be known.
Thats two I debunked
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.
Did you get that right from the P&Y Website ?
#1 - what is unfair ? Your compound has more technology than a Stealth fighter and you want to talk advantage ? 330 fps, mechanical heads, machined aluminum risers, fiber sights that glow in the dark, triggered releases ......... and you want to talk advantage ? Crossbows are bulky, heavy, not easily used when stalking game, they lose a lot of their trajectory in a hurry ... all negatives you cannot say about the crossbow, can you ?
#2 - Drawing in the presence of game ? See a deer, watch it stop behind some trees, draw your compound, wait, wait, hold, hold, use your sights, triggered release and when you feel like it pull the trigger. Thats presence ? No - drawing a recurve is presence of game - a compound is anything but for the majority of shot.
Thats another I've debunked
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.
So ? Majority of compounders shoot 2 season too. And we all get the same ammount of tags anyway - whats it matter ? Deer herds are huge in numbers - you cannot deny that.
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.
I can say the same thing about compounders - can't I ?
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.
BWWAHHHHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAH !!! LOL - that was funny. Do you think compounds generate energy through the limbs bending ? Its all in the cams. You draw the bow with a release, not even with your FINGERS, you have a high letoff, you release with a trigger using sights .......... DUDE ! You are exactly what you HATE !
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.
Then you need to re-read it. I'm saying that a compound IS comparable to a crossbow and superior in MANY WAYS and therefore why allow the compound and not hte crossbow when in every state a crossbow HAS been allowed there have been no negative effects ?
Know why they call it a cross bow? because its a cross between a gun and a bow! HAHAHAHAA
Uh .... no, its a bow with cross limbs. Your version would be a cross-gun or a gun-bow or a gun-cross or something like that.
You have to draw a line in the sand somewhere
Where is that ? You can have all the technology YOU want to make your shooting better and easier ....... but you don't want anyone else to have better and easier too ?