I see your point clearly. I assumed he meant that trollers were fishermen as well, just a different type. Considering the level of writing that has occured over these pages, we all sometimes have to stretch a little to get the gist.

But back to my point about spin casting, fly fishing, trolling, long lining and netting all being fishing, while bow, muzzleloading, rifle & pistol, and crossbows all are types of hunting. Why do we NEED to make crossbow hunting the same as bow hunting? Making 2 different fishing styles be considered the same never comes up. I have yet to hear muzzleloaders fighting to be considered rifle hunting .. why crossbows trying to become bows? I just don't get it. Because there are not a lot of negatives? Seems weak to me.

I can understand the fight to get crossbows allowed in states they are forbidden, but trying to convince people they are just a reinvented bow seems ridiculous. Why? To get more hunting time? That seems to be a fight you could win much easier on the merits of the crossbow as its own weapon. Trying to call a crossbow a bow though .. that's where you lose 90% of hunters. People just don't think a crossbow is a bow. There a few ... a very few. Seems clear to me if you were fighting for the crossbow you'd have much better luck selling them to Fish and Game as a viable hunting weapon on its own .. instead of trying to sell it as something it so obviously is not.