I was at the new Gander Mountain store that opened up 45 miles from me today. While looking at bows there, I noticed a couple young men in their early twenties picking up and looking over what few crossbows they had. That reminded me of when I worked in Ohio one summer a few years ago. My boss(about the age of 32) was told by some of my co-workers that if he wanted to deer hunt he should buy a crossbow. He asked them why a crossbow and their answer was because its easy to shoot and hunt with a crossbow. Both of those co-workers were young and strong and admitted they neither had the patience nor desire to learn to shoot a recurve or compound.

That right there was enough to forever turn me against crossbows during archery season except for the physically unfit.

By the way........I locked the other thread started by Data as it was too similiar to this thread.