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I absolutely love bow hunting but If I can't do it the way I see fit for me as a bow hunter I'll have to try something else. That would be a ML for me.

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Better make that a flintlock ML. Percussion isn'tsporting[8D]

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ORIGINAL: Schultzy

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ORIGINAL: HuntinGUS

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Some of you guys need to stop being so selfish. It's a weapon, nothing more.We are all just one shredded shoulder away from hunting with a crossbow.

Exactly. Wonder how some of the opinions would change after surgery?[&:]

ML or a much lighter bow.

In some cases the lighter bow is not an option. The ML limits the time one could spend in the woods as the season is shorter........

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Wow, PA folks must have lots of time on their hands if "everyone" would be crowding the woods every day of the hunting season. I would think that folks would hunt according to their particular circumstances (day shift vs. night shift, morning hunters vs. evening hunters, working vs, non-working, weekend vs. holiday hunters,etc.).

Until you come over here and experience first hand how crowded things can get in some places, your opinions are not valid.

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Your right Gus. I don't disagree one bit.

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In NJ since the woods aren't the biggest, I do NOT walk into gun/bow public land once the gun season starts. I hunt archery-only public lands because you would hope that the typical archer uses more discretion than most other hunters. I wouldn't have an issue with crossbows being classified as a firearm so that they wouldn't be allowed to hunt in archery only grounds. This is because I feel that taking the 'drawing' aspect out of archery also takes some critical 'thinking about the shot' time away from whomever will be using the crossbow. I'd still hunt if crossbows were allowed in my archery only public woods, but the walks in and out of the woods would be much more nerve wrecking.

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ORIGINAL: brucelanthier

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ORIGINAL: rybohunter

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I like your idea Bruce. One nice long hunting season for all weapons. If folks can't play nice, then they can go play golf. [&:]

That’s about the dumbest thing that could happen here, and probably in most places.
Yea I could see it now. PA institutes one season any weapon for 4 months. You would have a 4 month long rifle season, with everyone crowding the woods from the first week of October thru January. Yea that’d be a real smart way to run the hunting seasons.

Suppose the rifletag allowed for just one, maybe 2 deer. You would think some of them might fill their tags and not keep crowding things ;).

Some of them might fill their tags and go home, but there would be a lot of guys that become Mrs. Poacher, and Jr. Poacher and fill some more tags. That is, if they bother buying more tags at all.[&:]

It's funny how many guys you catch talking about all the bucks they got last year in a 1 buck state and when you ask what other states they hunted to get other bucks they just trip all over themselves.

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Rybo,

Unless you have experiencedall or most of Pennsylvania's hunting spots, I doubt that you are exactly an expert on what should or shouldn't be done at the state level either.

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Rybo,

Unless you have experiencedall or most of Pennsylvania's hunting spots, I doubt that you are exactly an expert on what should or shouldn't be done at the state level either.

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[/align][align=right][/align][align=left]Actually, I have experienced many parts of the state, from suburban style hunting to farmlands to the big woods of PA. I've also gained a good idea of how hunters in PA think and act from following the years of debates over the current management plans. There is less than amillion to one chance thata one season all weapons scenerio would EVER be implented here in PA. It's just that far fetched and dumb of an idea for this state. [/align]