RE: Why are crossbows illegal?
 

Stealthy,

I could really screw this up for you and say that it isn't about distance but rather the trajectory....but we won't go there....<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>....

I tend to agree with this paragraph of yours...

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote<font size=1 face='Verdana, Arial, Helvetica' id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>I say crossbows for handi-cap persons in archery season, legal for gun season ( why not ?) and let it be at that. Why do I draw those lines ? Because of the skill and practice factor. Sure, you aint going to get all compound shooters to do it right, but crossbows make it darn easy to do it wrong - often.
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Well said.

Edited by - PABowhntr on 01/28/2002 13:21:57

RE: Why are crossbows illegal?
 

PABowhntr

We could even talk about the constantly expanding drift between compounds and longbows/recurves ! Talk about 140 FPS self bow, 170 FPS longbow/recurve, as opposed to a compound of 280 FPS and crossbow at the same.

RE: Why are crossbows illegal?
 

I have 2 questions..... KEEP IN MIND I SHOOT BOTH A COMPOUND AND A CROSSBOW:

What is the time it takes to draw a compound and what is the time to shoulder a crossbow?

What exact upper body movement is required for both?



The outdoors is yours, treat it with RESPECT!!!

RE: Why are crossbows illegal?
 

Yeah, but Stealthy, the longbow/recurves are so much quieter...<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

RE: Why are crossbows illegal?
 

Buck4me...
You do have to move to shoulder a crossbow. However:

1. You can take 15 minutes to shoulder that crossbow and once shouldered, you can hold it there as long as need be. Granted you can draw a bow slowly...but no comparison. Plus, even with 85% let off, you can't hold a compound all day.

2. From a seated position, you can have a crossbow shouldered with approximately 18&quot; movement. Just raise crossbow. With a compound, you have to level the bow vertically, push with the right arm and pull with the left. (I'm a lefty) That's about 36&quot; of total movement as I figure it.

Not to mention that leaning around a tree with a x-bow changes nothing. Shooting sitting with a x-bow changes nothing.

Once again, I don't think less of a crossbow hunter...they just don't belong in the same season as a guy using a stave of hickory backed with deer sinew...shooting cedar arrows. JMHO

RE: Why are crossbows illegal?
 

A jokester on another site says handgrenades should be legal for bow season because they are hand held, hand drawn and hand released. <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

RE: Why are crossbows illegal?
 

Hey, they don`t have alot of bells and whistles, either! But, I don`t think that simms limb savers will quite them down, much.<img src=icon_smile_approve.gif border=0 align=middle>

RE: Why are crossbows illegal?
 

I just heard a rumor that someone is coming out with lazer sights and vibration shocks for hand grenades next month. Here we go......<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

RE: Why are crossbows illegal?
 

Buckforme

Ok we both have hunted with both so lets imagine for a minute .... I'm right handed but a lefty can do this in reverse. A deer sneaks in from my right shoulder and has stopped at close range with me still sitting in my tree. I raise my right arm, rest the xbow on a limb (dont have to trim nearly as many off the tree) and without even shouldering it I can aim and shoot. The only part of me that moved is my right arm. Now same situation but I have a compound with every imaginable gadget. I have to stand, turn my whole body around, draw, aim and shoot..... except I get busted doin all that movin! Real life situation. Any bowhunter who hasn't been there hasn't hunted much.

RE: Why are crossbows illegal?
 

Pretty much ignorance

brian