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Xbows in Petersen's Hunting

Old 07-05-2007, 02:05 PM
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In the May/June 2007 issue of Petersen's Hunting Magazine was published an article promoting xbows, and the author Dick Metcalf even suggested that xbows be allowed in conventional archery season!

shiver my timbers!

In the latest issue, August 2007, there is an editorialin a section called the BASE CAMP defending xbows...page 12....and in LETTERS...page 14-15..are two published letters...and responses defending xbows in archery season.





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Old 07-05-2007, 10:19 PM
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at least one letter writer admitted that he had no first hand experience with a crossbow, the others just made it painfully obvious!!!!

The one that said he had no experience was back to the draw/aim/fire controversy. I know I for one am a new xbow person by necessity not choice. I find it much harder to hide the motion of rising the bow with horizontal limbs in a vertical world without being caught much harder than hiding a drawing motion behind the vertical compound....not to mention the awkwardness of those horizontal things while in a tree stand. Man, limbs appear you had no idea would be a problem....even entire trees become an issue!

That said, I find it much harder to raise/aim/fire the heavier, more awkward xbow than any compound I have ever taken to the woods. But then again, I am new to the sport.

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