NYBowhunters association hangs with the enemy?
07-17-2010, 06:54 AM
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Orange county, NY
Posts: 2,949
You wanna support the powers that be ,restricting perfectly efficient, or in your eyes, MORE efficient weapons, so be it ...not me!
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08-17-2010, 01:42 PM
#23
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NY
Posts: 2,820
With vastly growing deer herds, and deer/car collisions on the rise yearly I'm all for the crossbow use in the regular season by all means.
There was a huge debate between the ranks of the pope and young book too about the compound bow's 80% let off???
Keep two set's of books. One for the stick and string shooters, such as long bow and recurve bows, and the other for crossbow and compound bows. What's the big deal? It's your choice as which weapon fits your fancy!! Wow, enough of the in house bickering.
There was a huge debate between the ranks of the pope and young book too about the compound bow's 80% let off???
Keep two set's of books. One for the stick and string shooters, such as long bow and recurve bows, and the other for crossbow and compound bows. What's the big deal? It's your choice as which weapon fits your fancy!! Wow, enough of the in house bickering.
08-17-2010, 05:14 PM
#24
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Tug Hill NY
Posts: 420
"A handful of NYB members stood outside the conference room, as did several people who oppose hunting all together. And, had I not recognized some of the faces, or for the signs the NYB were holding, it would have been difficult to tell the two apart."
This quote from the article does NOT say the NYB members were with the others. It misleadingly says that both parties happened to be outside the conference room at the same time (possibly with totally different agendas...). I personally know and have known members including a former president. They are 100% hunting fanatics also. BUT...they rightfully so do NOT want to share the woods with crossbow hunters. Just as our "primitive NY muzzleloading season has become a non-primitive hunt, they are drawing a hard line in what they as a group want. Dont let the anti hunting groups feed you this malarky so easily.
This quote from the article does NOT say the NYB members were with the others. It misleadingly says that both parties happened to be outside the conference room at the same time (possibly with totally different agendas...). I personally know and have known members including a former president. They are 100% hunting fanatics also. BUT...they rightfully so do NOT want to share the woods with crossbow hunters. Just as our "primitive NY muzzleloading season has become a non-primitive hunt, they are drawing a hard line in what they as a group want. Dont let the anti hunting groups feed you this malarky so easily.
08-17-2010, 07:42 PM
#25
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Moravia NY USA
Posts: 2,164
Just as our "primitive NY muzzleloading season has become a non-primitive hunt, they are drawing a hard line in what they as a group want. Dont let the anti hunting groups feed you this malarky so easily.
08-18-2010, 02:25 PM
#26
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 186
"A handful of NYB members stood outside the conference room, as did several people who oppose hunting all together. And, had I not recognized some of the faces, or for the signs the NYB were holding, it would have been difficult to tell the two apart."
This quote from the article does NOT say the NYB members were with the others. It misleadingly says that both parties happened to be outside the conference room at the same time (possibly with totally different agendas...). I personally know and have known members including a former president. They are 100% hunting fanatics also. BUT...they rightfully so do NOT want to share the woods with crossbow hunters. Just as our "primitive NY muzzleloading season has become a non-primitive hunt, they are drawing a hard line in what they as a group want. Dont let the anti hunting groups feed you this malarky so easily.
This quote from the article does NOT say the NYB members were with the others. It misleadingly says that both parties happened to be outside the conference room at the same time (possibly with totally different agendas...). I personally know and have known members including a former president. They are 100% hunting fanatics also. BUT...they rightfully so do NOT want to share the woods with crossbow hunters. Just as our "primitive NY muzzleloading season has become a non-primitive hunt, they are drawing a hard line in what they as a group want. Dont let the anti hunting groups feed you this malarky so easily.
08-18-2010, 03:33 PM
#27
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Tug Hill NY
Posts: 420
"i know of several people who were there and witnessed the NYBowhunters having tea and crumpets with the anti hunting group!! "
So much of this discussion...and many other discussions...is given credit by people who "Know of people who were there..." but those who were actuallly there seem never to be heard from first hand.
So much of this discussion...and many other discussions...is given credit by people who "Know of people who were there..." but those who were actuallly there seem never to be heard from first hand.
08-22-2010, 02:51 AM
#28
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location:
Posts: 11,472
"If every anti crossbow hunter used traditional bows and wanted the compounds put in the gun season as well, I could see their point."
It refers to trying to keep other potential hunters out of the woods during archery season. My point is, if its not a greed thing, why do you care if certain weapon, that potentially brings more hunters into the season, becomes legal?
09-03-2010, 04:56 PM
#29
Spike
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 43
my biggest worry about crossbows is that many will not take the time to learn the weapon and its range of effectiveness ... i fear many will throw a scope on it shoot a target a few times and head for the woods and start launching arrows at animals just because they can see them in the scope which will equate to more wounded deer ..
there should be a class given on the weapons effectiveness at different ranges and its ineffectiveness beyond those ranges ... trad and compound bow hunters do take much more time when it comes to practicing for that one shot ...
there should be a class given on the weapons effectiveness at different ranges and its ineffectiveness beyond those ranges ... trad and compound bow hunters do take much more time when it comes to practicing for that one shot ...
09-04-2010, 06:16 AM
#30
Spike
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Long Island,NY
Posts: 37
my biggest worry about crossbows is that many will not take the time to learn the weapon and its range of effectiveness ... i fear many will throw a scope on it shoot a target a few times and head for the woods and start launching arrows at animals just because they can see them in the scope which will equate to more wounded deer ..
there should be a class given on the weapons effectiveness at different ranges and its ineffectiveness beyond those ranges ... trad and compound bow hunters do take much more time when it comes to practicing for that one shot ...
there should be a class given on the weapons effectiveness at different ranges and its ineffectiveness beyond those ranges ... trad and compound bow hunters do take much more time when it comes to practicing for that one shot ...
Sorry, but your argument does not hold water.
By the way have you picked out your crossbow yet?