To my fellow Texas Archery Hunters
04-30-2009, 02:10 PM
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Fork Horn
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Location: The Lone Star State
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To my fellow Texas Archery Hunters
The state government is trying to pass a house bill 968 which would allow anyone to hunt with a crossbow during the archery season if they chose so. This is not right. That is like allowing rifle hunters shoot deer with guns during bow season. If they do this they should have a special crossbow season at the end of bow season. What is yall's opinion?
04-30-2009, 02:13 PM
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Fork Horn
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Join Date: Jul 2006
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RE: To my fellow Texas Archery Hunters
Here are the people that we must tell to keep bow season for the archers and for the handicap archers and not for the lazy.
State Senator Craig Estes (R-30) Chairman
(512) 463-0130
[email protected]
State Senator Carlos Uresti (D-19) Vice Chair
(512) 463-0119
[email protected]
State Senator Glenn Hegar (R-18)
(512) 463-0118
[email protected]
State Senator Juan Hinojosa (D-20)
(512) 463-0120
[email protected]
State Senator Mike Jackson (R-11)
(512) 463-0111
[email protected]
State Senator Craig Estes (R-30) Chairman
(512) 463-0130
[email protected]
State Senator Carlos Uresti (D-19) Vice Chair
(512) 463-0119
[email protected]
State Senator Glenn Hegar (R-18)
(512) 463-0118
[email protected]
State Senator Juan Hinojosa (D-20)
(512) 463-0120
[email protected]
State Senator Mike Jackson (R-11)
(512) 463-0111
[email protected]
05-01-2009, 11:36 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
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RE: To my fellow Texas Archery Hunters
When you think about it: archery is the art of shooting an arrow with a vertically hand held bow and crossbow is shooting a bolt (projectile) with a horizontal machine held bow. It seems to me that they are totally different and the crossbow acts and looks more like a rifle than a bow and arrow.
05-01-2009, 06:50 PM
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Typical Buck
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RE: To my fellow Texas Archery Hunters
I really don't see the big deal with it. I know people that shoot one due to shoulder injuries and I don't see that it increases their chances of shooting a deer. Also I haven't seen that they are more accurate than me at the range. If they are ethical hunters it really doesn't extend their range in which they can shoot, 40-45 yards should be the longest shot. I'm not saying I'm for it and hope it stays for people with disabilities here in Illinois but if it changes it's not a big deal. JMO
05-02-2009, 08:28 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: To my fellow Texas Archery Hunters
ORIGINAL: hammerman
I really don't see the big deal with it. I know people that shoot one due to shoulder injuries and I don't see that it increases their chances of shooting a deer. Also I haven't seen that they are more accurate than me at the range. If they are ethical hunters it really doesn't extend their range in which they can shoot, 40-45 yards should be the longest shot. I'm not saying I'm for it and hope it stays for people with disabilities here in Illinois but if it changes it's not a big deal. JMO
I really don't see the big deal with it. I know people that shoot one due to shoulder injuries and I don't see that it increases their chances of shooting a deer. Also I haven't seen that they are more accurate than me at the range. If they are ethical hunters it really doesn't extend their range in which they can shoot, 40-45 yards should be the longest shot. I'm not saying I'm for it and hope it stays for people with disabilities here in Illinois but if it changes it's not a big deal. JMO
I can also tell ya that crossbows have been around for a few thousand years also....well... I won't go any further on the subject, it's already been hashed out in many many threads and forums.
05-03-2009, 06:21 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: To my fellow Texas Archery Hunters
ORIGINAL: targethogs
I don't see any big deal with it either, there is no shot advantage with a crossbow concerning distance, there is no increase in FPS, and most croosbows create more noise which is a disadvantage. There is absolutly no advantages one way or the otherIMO, I have one myself and I use it just as I do all of my weapons.
I can also tell ya that crossbows have been around for a few thousand years also....well... I won't go any further on the subject, it's already been hashed out in many many threads and forums.
ORIGINAL: hammerman
I really don't see the big deal with it. I know people that shoot one due to shoulder injuries and I don't see that it increases their chances of shooting a deer. Also I haven't seen that they are more accurate than me at the range. If they are ethical hunters it really doesn't extend their range in which they can shoot, 40-45 yards should be the longest shot. I'm not saying I'm for it and hope it stays for people with disabilities here in Illinois but if it changes it's not a big deal. JMO
I really don't see the big deal with it. I know people that shoot one due to shoulder injuries and I don't see that it increases their chances of shooting a deer. Also I haven't seen that they are more accurate than me at the range. If they are ethical hunters it really doesn't extend their range in which they can shoot, 40-45 yards should be the longest shot. I'm not saying I'm for it and hope it stays for people with disabilities here in Illinois but if it changes it's not a big deal. JMO
I can also tell ya that crossbows have been around for a few thousand years also....well... I won't go any further on the subject, it's already been hashed out in many many threads and forums.
05-03-2009, 05:18 PM
#9
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: RAYVILLE,LA.
Posts: 818
RE: To my fellow Texas Archery Hunters
ORIGINAL: Geronimo
It's just not archery....and the association with archery devalues all the merits that an archer achieves!
ORIGINAL: targethogs
I don't see any big deal with it either, there is no shot advantage with a crossbow concerning distance, there is no increase in FPS, and most croosbows create more noise which is a disadvantage. There is absolutly no advantages one way or the otherIMO, I have one myself and I use it just as I do all of my weapons.
I can also tell ya that crossbows have been around for a few thousand years also....well... I won't go any further on the subject, it's already been hashed out in many many threads and forums.
ORIGINAL: hammerman
I really don't see the big deal with it. I know people that shoot one due to shoulder injuries and I don't see that it increases their chances of shooting a deer. Also I haven't seen that they are more accurate than me at the range. If they are ethical hunters it really doesn't extend their range in which they can shoot, 40-45 yards should be the longest shot. I'm not saying I'm for it and hope it stays for people with disabilities here in Illinois but if it changes it's not a big deal. JMO
I really don't see the big deal with it. I know people that shoot one due to shoulder injuries and I don't see that it increases their chances of shooting a deer. Also I haven't seen that they are more accurate than me at the range. If they are ethical hunters it really doesn't extend their range in which they can shoot, 40-45 yards should be the longest shot. I'm not saying I'm for it and hope it stays for people with disabilities here in Illinois but if it changes it's not a big deal. JMO
I can also tell ya that crossbows have been around for a few thousand years also....well... I won't go any further on the subject, it's already been hashed out in many many threads and forums.
05-03-2009, 10:01 PM
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2008
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RE: To my fellow Texas Archery Hunters
Hey Geronimo,
Don't you think we should value the merits of hunting in general...and just not archery...and anwser this, was there an issue between trad bows and compounds....the answer to that is NO because we hunt in the same season with both of them....and compounds have only been around for 30-35 years (aprox)....crossbows have been around for a couple of thousand years....maybe I am just taking this issue wrong (has already been hashed out in pages of past threads), you could be a archer and not a hunter...and that is OK, if that is the case.
I shoot better with my trad bows and compounds than I do my crossbow...what threat could my crossbow be to anyone in a archery season...there are just no advantages....
Here in California, they are not included in the archery season, and we hunt with them in the gun season...and I really don't have a problem with any of it...I just go where others are not, and then I don't have to worry about it; Rifles, Shotguns, Bows or anything else that may be legal...they are all weapons to me...
Don't you think we should value the merits of hunting in general...and just not archery...and anwser this, was there an issue between trad bows and compounds....the answer to that is NO because we hunt in the same season with both of them....and compounds have only been around for 30-35 years (aprox)....crossbows have been around for a couple of thousand years....maybe I am just taking this issue wrong (has already been hashed out in pages of past threads), you could be a archer and not a hunter...and that is OK, if that is the case.
I shoot better with my trad bows and compounds than I do my crossbow...what threat could my crossbow be to anyone in a archery season...there are just no advantages....
Here in California, they are not included in the archery season, and we hunt with them in the gun season...and I really don't have a problem with any of it...I just go where others are not, and then I don't have to worry about it; Rifles, Shotguns, Bows or anything else that may be legal...they are all weapons to me...
