<font color=red>&quot;I've heard this before. My father is a disabled hunter. In WI that is the ONLY hunters that can use the crossbow.&quot;</font id=red>

Not true. The law changed, effective this season, that any person 65 years or older may use a crossgun in WI's archery season.

SC, you caught that tail yet?

JRW

OOPS, Sorry JRW, I forgot about the 65 and over. Thanks for the correction

I'd agree about the form problem, a good proshop should be able to straighten out your friend, the quicker the better.
Who cares wha others use, why ban anything? Very stupid idea, trying to &quot;ban&quot; something. Deer are so thick in most areas you're tripping over them, they have special rifle and blackpowder seasons in early fall, if you think crossbows are going to &quot;hurt&quot; &quot;your&quot; season, you're a little dense. Bag limits will only get more liberal as more land is off limits, and populations increase. Who cares about the equipment used?
That being said, I've killed a dozen deer in the past few years with a compound, I could have killed 5 or 6 more with a recurve where I didn't have to worry about enough light to see the pins on overcast mornings and evenings.
As the average deer is shot at about 15yds, a chip shot with ANY equipment, a recurve or longbow is much deadlier in the thick woods the vast majority of hunters encounter, and makes it a lot easier to put meat on the table. Perhaps they should be outlawed?
I can pick up a recurve or longbow I've never shot and kill a deer every time at 15 yards after a couple practice sessions, are THEY too easy?

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Just exploring the insides of the minds of anti-crossbowers.

Anyone else read the latest Traditional Bowhunter Magazine ? Very good argument presents FOR crossbows, and a very poor one submitted in response by the PBA.

Try this - write down all the similarities between compounds, crossbows, recurves and longbows. Then compare. About the ONLY similarity between a compound and a longbow/recurve is drawing the bow and having an arrow. Everything else is radically different. mechnical release, fiber optic sights, machined aluminum risers, carbon risers, high letoffs, low mass weight, cables, pulleys, wheels .... the list goes on and on. Or did I just describe a crossbow ??
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i live here in wyoming and there is very little restriction on archery hunting
i dont beleive that the crossbow hunters have any less rights than the compound or traditional hunters
as long as you know the limitations of your skills and the weapon i don't see where they (lawmakers and anyone that disagrees with me) get off discriminating against crossbow hunters.
they all have strings they all propell arrows and they all with practice can be shot very well.

just my $.02

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I own both. Never shot a deer with the crossbow but bought it to do just that. At a mear 39 years old my shoulder is just about done. I had been in several shooting situations where I was at a full draw when something happened and I needed to hold for an extended time, only to have to make a painful letdown. Usually because I didn't think I could make an ethical shot any longer. This thread of comments is the reason I haven't killed with it. I get to thinking about its use and quit bringing it along.

About the speed thing, yes its fast. Mine shoots 340 fps according to the manufacture. It's loud also, another reason I don't use it. Accurate? Dead nuts! Conbersom to handle in a tree.

I've shot plenty deer with highpower and black powder and so did my hunters 50 years ago...Don't be a snot just because we now hunt with fancy sticks and strings.

<font color=red>&quot;Anyone else read the latest Traditional Bowhunter Magazine ? Very good argument presents FOR crossbows, and a very poor one submitted in response by the PBA.&quot;</font id=red>

1. That's a matter of opinion, and I'm guessing one that we don't share.

2. It's PBS, as in Professional Bowhunters Society.

Thank you.

JRW

Edited by - jrw on 11/21/2002 20:31:52

This is an age-old argument among those who love to toot their own horn. Why would anyone (especially us hunters) want to divide the troops when we're under fire from all the anti's? We really need to support each other instead of &quot;choosing sides&quot;. There are so many deer out there that it shouldn't matter to any one of us what the other guy uses.

Gee, I shoot a longbow so I'm better than my fellow hunter.
Gee, I shoot a compound so I'm better than my fellow hunter.
Gee, I shoot a crossbow so I'm better than my fellow hunter.

What a pile of crap!

Elsie
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