In some states they may not affect anything, like AR, and GA .. some states they could so they are only allowed in firearm season like NH, others can support their own season like Maryland.
I don't think crossbows will attract many new people, they have been around forever and are legal already in many states ... because it's not the crossbow that introduces people to hunting its other hunters.
You're right it may be difficult for me to get on the same page with you guys on this of these issues but with logic like this it should be understandable. In one sentence you say that your state couldn't handle all of the additional deer killed and in the next sentence you say it wouldn't add any new hunters? No which one is it? Just pick one and go with it and maybe I'll come a little closer to understanding. However, I doubt it because you guys are just talking in circles trying to justify your greed in your own mind.