datamax:
Bottom line - and notice no compounders will touch it - is that compounds want their easy and don't want anyone else to have it. Compounders want to skirt the vast ammount of time and dedication needed to master a recurve or longbow by using a tricked out compound. But they don't want anyone skirting the little time it takes learning a compound by using a crossbows. Compounders want their 300 fps, their easy draw, their high letoff .......... but dammit they don't want anyone else to have any MORE speed, any MORE letoff or easier draw.
Compounders want every easy they can afford - but only their easy. They blow up and fart fire when anyone mentions a crossbow in archery season. Why ? Because it sickens them to know someone is using an "easy" bow in "their" season when they themselves use ridiculously easy to shoot bows !
LOL .... the Irony
Why are you so anti compound?? Without us you would not have an archery season. The point that most ppl are making here is that a crossbow does not have to be drawn undetected. That you do not have to hold on a deer. All you do is point and shoot. Yes a compound is easier than so called traditional. But I want to ask some questions:
1. Do you use modern arrows?
2. Do you use modern broadheads?
3. Do you buy feathers for the arrows that are precut to be the exact same size?
4. Do you use modern string on your bow?
5 Does your bow have some type of modern sealer on it?
I would say that the answer is most likely YES to all. You are lying to yourself if you think you are really traditional. You are also a hypocrite. It’s ok for you to use a modernized recurve or longbow and arrows. But let someone hunt with a compound and they are taking the easy way out. Personally want to be able to shoot a 1-inch group after holing in a deer for 2-5 mins. Like I said a few posts ago go out and make your own arrows with some bone knife like the Indians did. go find your own feathers and trim them yourself. Make your own broadheads out of some flint rock. Until then your aren’t traditional. You are just using a modern version of a traditional weapon.