RE: please tell me just one negative to crossbows
 

BigJ12, I'm sure I read it, but the brain gets weak after 89 pages!!!:D

BTW, just how big of a feller are ya?;)

RE: please tell me just one negative to crossbows
 

Because little Johnny doesn't deserve to be out in the woods unless he has proved his manhood by shooting a compound or trad bow and he doesn't deserve to have the advatage of not having to draw over the seasoned bowhunters with 10+ years experience. If little Johnny were to be able to shoot a crossbow he would be magically transformed and be able to kill more and bigger deer than the seasoned bowhunters would and that just wouldn't be fair to them[:-]:eek::([:'(][&:][8D];)

RE: please tell me just one negative to crossbows
 

I feel if one of them comes across my property I'll shoot the SOB :D

BigJ12 - thats cool, being in the NFL. Do you keep up with the NFL still ? Do you think Matt Jones will go in the 1st round of the Draft ?

RE: please tell me just one negative to crossbows
 

I guess I lost my mojo.:( I killed a pretty decent one in the 03-04 season but I went buckless this year waiting on daddy rabbit. I will probably do the same next year unless I get a shot at something 140 or above.

RE: please tell me just one negative to crossbows
 

You 3 are something... you have won 1 person over, and strengthened the anti-crossbow resolve of dozens.

I guess you all have explained why you "feel" they should be allowed. Of course that and 89 pages of posts still gets a big fat fine for using one.

Guys, the argument is fundamentally flawed. You can't fight (and win) the trend of tightening restrictions on compounds AND get crossbows into archery season. They are not allowed now, for lots of very good reasons, and while you have filled many pages with why crossbows are like compounds, you haven't yet magicly transformed it into one.. so it leaves you where you started basicly.


Not snub our nose at them, or think they are bad or evil .. just laugh at them for trying to pretend to be something they are not. At best they are bow-like, but they aren't the same .. so they get lumped outside with the rest of the non-archery gear.

RE: please tell me just one negative to crossbows
 

Big,

To answer your question I am not a big fan of dog hunting but it's kind of like the crossbow hunting issue. While I have my own personal reservations about it, I am not going to go trying to force my personal views on others and I am certainly not going to lobby against other hunters. Just because my view of what hunting is and what their view of what hunting is doesn't make me right and them wrong. So in essence I support their right to dog hunt though I do find it to be a pain in the @SS.

RE: please tell me just one negative to crossbows
 

Silent, I actually had a tear well up on that one..........:(;)

RE: please tell me just one negative to crossbows
 

I knew you would appreciate that one. I almost laughed out loud while I was typing it thinking what your reaction would be:D

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I heard that brother!!

RE: please tell me just one negative to crossbows
 

Silent.. you are just a bitter man. LITTLE JOHNNY DESERVES TO BE IN THE WOODS, just not during archery season shooting that crossbow! Because Little Johnny should learn that there are rules and laws that govern hunting .. and he must wait till the proper season to use a specific weapon. So when Little Johhnny sees that big buck at 100 yards opening morning, and asks his Dad can he bring the rifle tomorrow to get him.. .Dad needs to sit little Johnny down and explain how it works.

Oh yeah... BigJ, what team did you play for?