Legal definiton of crossbows and bows according to Maryland DNR
Maryland DNR is defining what is legal, not what the WORD is. Arkansas defines are crossbow as a bow - there, I'm right
You almost had me, but your persistance, and lack of tact in trying to "sway" our opinions leads me further and further away.
If I almost had you reasoning will eventually set in
Perhaps if you had approached this with a totally different attitude I would have changed my mind and welcomed crossbows into the season.
I doubt my tactics really affected your opinion one way or the other. The facts that I am typing are undeniable - you choose which to believe one way or the other regardless of presentation
But this constant comparison to the compound bow, and the way in which you have repeatedly slandered compound users, simply discourages me from listening to any of what you have to say. As if Im to feel guilty for using an "easy" weapon.
Why don't you feel guilty ? You ARE using an easier weapon, aren't you ? i used on last fall. Crossbow hunters in AR,OH and GA used easier weapons last fall too - and you're awfully quick to jump on them, aren't you ?
Doesn't feel good, does it ?
I use the most challenging weapon that I can. One that I know I can still competently harvest game with, with little or no fear of wounding an animal.
Funny - crossbow hunters do the same thing for the same reasons.
Infact, perhaps its time to introduce crossbows, and rid the world of traditional equipment. Im willing to bet the wounding rate with a recurve or longbow is higher than that of a compound, if the number of users was equal. So lets get rid of these simplistic sticks and strings. Thank them for paving the way for ARCHERY, and then shoo them on their way to the archery grave. After all, by continuing to use them, we increase the opportunity to wound animals. You said it yourself, they are the most challenging weapon to hunt with. We did away with spears, perhaps its time to step away from the stick and string. I mean, there is nothing stopping a hunter who passes the test with a compound to go out and buy a longbow afterwards.
Well actually rifle hunters wound the most game every year - we'd have to start by banning them, wouldn't we ? You can figure out how it goes from there that silly argument
Only he himself has to deem himself fit to loose arrows at game. Infact, how do we know you are proficient enough with your weapon of choice to loose arrows at deer, elk, and pronghorn? You say it takes tremendous amounts of practice to be proficient, yet you spend more time on the computer typing about it, than you could possibly spend honing your shooting skills with it.
My boss would schit if I were shooting a bow at work - it'd be quite obvious. You DON'T know I'm proficient enough to hunt with my recurve - I don't know your skills either. I trust you'l take good shots and I'll expect the same.
See its not so nice when someone picks on your weapon of choice! Is it?
Actually, you have valid concerns on trad shooters that i'd be glad to explore. Now - lets talk about those stinking compound, shall we ?
If you really wanted to change our minds you would have went about all of this in a different manner.
No - actually I wouldn't have
This post was started with two things in mind, instigating an argument, and to show how high and mighty traditional hunters are. You may have wanted to push for crossbows as well, but that was really just the opportune topic for your belittling of the compound and its users.
Actually, you're wrong, yet again, which isn't surprisng. What I've shown - over and over, is that crossbows as easy and thats why compounders hate them, but compunds are easy too yet compounders WANT that easy without allowing anyone else easy.
Does that REALLY make any sense at all ? From a recurve shooters perspective compounds and crossbows are both ridiculously easy.
Please dont explain to me as if Im a child either, or by ripping my post down to sentences, trying to convince me that isnt true.
Its very easy to do though and it best makes my point.
"Guys and gals, they have allowed crossbows into my states archery season for X amount of years. We havent had any negative effects since the introduction, and I just thought that I would share that with you in hopes that you can give them a fair chance. Perhaps its time all states give crossbow users a chance to hunt in the archery season. If its anything like here, it wont effect you at all.
Hey, thats actually pretty good.
Hey everyone, my name is Brad, I live in a crossbow state and they've never been a negative. Please allow them in your state - thank you - you'll be glad you did