It most certainly IS. Why ? You see crossbows as easier, as not-bows .......... why ? Because you shoot, in your opinion, a bow that is tough to master, challenging, fun to shoot ........... and a crossbow isn't anything like what you shoot. So you snub your nose at "different" because hey, its easier to shoot in your opinion and why should other guys be able to enjoy YOUR archery season without putting in the time and effort to master the same bow you use.

Thats VERY on the nose to how compounders feel about crossbows. Yet not for one moment do they think about how a recurve/longbow shooter views THEM.

I look at your fancy high teck, 30" ATA bow, drop away rest, fiber sights that glow at night, carbons tipped with mechanical heads, drawn, not with your fingers, but with your arms/shoulders, holding a mere 15% of the total weight for a very long time, shooting 300 fps, flat and quiet, using a triggered release , cams and pulleys, sights ........... are you frickin serious ? I can pick that bow up and shoot it incrediibly well within 10 mintues. I did it last fall as a matter of fact.

So I can easily look at you and say hey, you know what ? Drop the training wheels, leave the triggers and sights and letoff behind and if you want to be a real archer, learn to dedicate enough time to mastering the recurve/longbow. Go with cedars and broadheads you have to file sharpen yourself - EARN the right to call yourself a bowhunter.

See how easy that is ? I can do to you - what you do to crossbow bowhunters.

But other than making a point, I don't. I DO NOT CARE what kind of bow you shoot. I DO think that archery has lost something, however archery season is still 4 1/2 months with liberal bag limits ........ i can't bitch one bit about whats legal in the state of Arkansas, and thats crossbows, compounds, longbows and recurves.

Can I ?