[quote]ORIGINAL: silentassassin



Go to Hortons site and it says almost a half a century ago Bernard Horton began working on crossbows so about the time it was legalized there would make alot of sense.

With all due respect, your OPINION on my guess is about as intelligent as most of your inane arguing about crossbows. You think businesses don't influence our government and policies? Wow. How old are you?

Sorry for the typo. I meant crossbows. But hey, its legal for handicapped people to shoot compounds too.

[quote]ORIGINAL: silentassassin

Go to Hortons site. It talks about Horton beginning almost a half century ago. Or maybe you KNOW different.

Your OPINION of my guess is worth about as much as your inane arguing about crossbows.

Sorry for the typo. I meant crossbows.

I totally believe they would. When push comes to shove mose people like to kill animals. Create a poll on guys who ONLY use bows - not a great many are archery only - and how many actually hunt during rifle season with them - lots less. Challenge them to SHARE seasons ? They'd drop the compond and pick up the rifle slicker than snot

Well - I sucked with my recurve and picked up the compound and shot it one evening, maybe 20-30 shot and hunted 3 days with it no practice before killing my nice non-typical buck. Thats the truth, like it or not.

BINGO ! I agree


Absolutely frickin GREAT anaology ! Everyone of those guys buy the same fishing license, all are considered fisherman, they just have a bit different approach with different rods and reels and techniques. Theres VERY few places where its flyfishing only, and they are that way because the resource gets hammered if they allow spin casting/trolling/live bait etc. And we see in AR,OH and GA and Canada that the fear of a resource being negatively effected (deer) is not a reality in any way, shape or form. IN Fact, like I showed, the compound has attributed to a 10X increase in bowhunters just in the past 10 years alone - no negative effects.

Excellent analogy !

And you danced too - you don't like my idea because it would give archery season back to those who most need the extra days and have the greatest challenge

aeroslinger - Ben Pearson made recurve/longbow and later compoud for decades in crossbow legal AR - FYI

1st. Please post the quote you are referring to so I can fully understand just what the hell you are talking about.

2nd. I have never shot a crossbow in my life. (if you would have actually READ all of my posts you would know that)

3rd. By the way I shoot a Browning Boss Tracker (again, if you would have actually READ all of my posts you would know that too)

4th. I highly doubt you would say that to MY face, Bobby Good day to you too.

And your point is....?

Yes. Pearson is one of the oldest bow companies around. Great company and great bows!

You know, all the things that are added to a compound bow that make it as far from an actual BOW as you can make one, like.....

front sights
peep sights
drop away rests
over draws
cams
cables
string loops
"D" loops
trigger releases
32in and smaller A to A
wrist slings
Stabilizers
kisser buttons
parallel limbs
split limbs
machined aluminum and magnesium risers
50% 65% 70% 80% and even up to 99% let offs
attached quivers
etc....
I don't know about you but I don't recall long bows having any of those "bells & whistles" do you?

No I don't "just like to argue" I am trying to get some of you to understand that the differences between a crossbow and a compound bow while different are by no means worse than the differences between a compound bow and a long bow, yet it was ok to let the compound bows into the fold, why not the crossbows?

On the one hand you have two bows (compound and cross) that share almost all of the same hightech gizmos but are shot differently. And on the other you have two bows (compound and long) that are shot the same yet share absolutely none of the same hightech gizmos.

In both examples the two bows compared are complete opposites from each other but two of them can share a season and the other two cannot?

It comes down to this: I feel just because a crossbow is shot differently does not mean it's not a bow, just another FORM of a bow. And I am not alone because the Websters Dictionary thinks the same way I do.

This thread is still acting up.....I still can't see the last post posted.

Even the states that let xbows in DO NOT CALL THEM BOWS. The are in a drifrant class just the same season. mmmmmmmmm I gess thouse states are allso roung.

In Montana any thing that locks your string is no leagal. And as I see it in most states they are not leagal. So I gess all you xbow guys will just have to STAY IN YOUR OWN STATE to hunt with a xbow.