RE: Crossbows introduced for regular archery season in PA
 

You just said it was 24% of the FAWN harvest in a previous post.

Which are you now claiming to be true?

RE: Crossbows introduced for regular archery season in PA
 

My apologies to Deaddeer, for hijacking his hijacking of this thread, but here is a link to the war strategy of the people pushing for full inclusion:
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=2929407

RE: Crossbows introduced for regular archery season in PA
 

I like this one:
Sounds like the myth is so VERY true, from his own mouth. But he says it in a way that makes it sound like a positive.
How Clinton-esque!

RE: Crossbows introduced for regular archery season in PA
 

They try to diminish the relevance of a crossgun to a gun, but he equates the shooting of one to that of a rifle, in method and ease.

RE: Crossbows introduced for regular archery season in PA
 

Even calls the bolts "arrows".
This is slick!

RE: Crossbows introduced for regular archery season in PA
 

It's also disturbing that half the posts in that thread are from a crossbow rep.

Trying once again to be fair and open minded, I really would like to see any data collected by the PGC regarding crossbow numbers and success rates in 2B. I think I'llemail a friend that I met from here that is inside the PGC if any such data has been compiled and reviewed

RE: Crossbows introduced for regular archery season in PA
 

I really think I stumbled onto something here. Look at some of the crossgun proponents' profiles here, and then see where one of the the leading manufacturers of crossbows is from. Ohio keeps popping up. I wonder why??

RE: Crossbows introduced for regular archery season in PA
 

So, do we want an out of state company manipulating our traditions and game management for their own profit motives??

RE: Crossbows introduced for regular archery season in PA
 

And because I too am open minded, I took your queue and softened my stance to where I would accept the inclusion with some sort of certification. I start to feel bad, because I think of all hunters as one group, and want to welcome all to the sport. Then I see things that look dirty, and I feel like I'm being fooled. I just want the decisions to be based on diligent forthought as to our sport and the animal, not the hidden agenda and profit motives of marketing executives. You hit the nail on the head with that, way back in the beginning of this thread.

RE: Crossbows introduced for regular archery season in PA
 

In 2007 the PGC said that BB were 24% of the antlerless harvest, not that 24% of the fawns harvested were BB.