Big Country;

you're not average. You've practiced a little bit. I know too many weekend warriors who won't practice. I believe it's better for the deer (and less ammunition for antihunters) to let them have a weapon that they can be accurate with, with little practice. When you're hunting deer in someone's backyard you want clean kills. Now if you could just get people to sight in their crossbows like they're supposed to sight in their rifles, half the battle would be won.

I like crossbow hunting. You have to match all the knowledge of site selection, odour, camoflage, wind, etc, to get your heart beating when get a glimse of a deer coming into range.

Dan O.

i must have missed something with my crossbow. i never knew it shot bullets and was a short range gun. i thought it shot bolt or arrows. i thought it used broadheads just like a bow. i thought it used aluminum arrows like a bow. i have not found any carbon arrows for it yet. where do i get the shells for this short range gun.your knowledge of crossbows is severly lacking. what about the new bow-tech compound bow that shoots almost 350fps. that is more than any crossbow i have seen.the compound has many more add ons to help it than the crossbow. the crossbow was here before the compound ever was. what was the purpose of the compound? same as the crossbow.

Sure, crossbows have been around longer than compound bows, but look at it this way, a compound bow is an upscale version of a recurve, the crossbow you have is an upscale version of the oldest crossbows. Which upscale version of bow has been around longer???? Yep, compound.

Good Luck This Season: Buck Magnet
P.S. Only Chuck Adams can sit at home and see deer so get into the woods. =;^)

i do not ever remember seeing a recurve with pulleys and site pins. which has changed the most and is not as near as the priginal. the compound is the answer.the compound has many more gadgets than the crossbow. the crossbow is more like the original than the compound. the compound should be stopped or put in a season of its own.the compound needs many more gadgets than the crossbow ever did.

Wow, I didn't realize I would begin such a tremendous reaction with this topic.I simply say this; The skill to hunting is getting the deer close enough for a shot and as long as that shot comes from a weapon that is legal, then the weapon of choice should not be an issue. I use my crossbow, downed three deer with it in five years without a miss, and I will continue to use it without shame. It is legal and that is all that should matter.
Bozman

a lot of the compound users sound like anti's. the antis use the phrase DIVIDE AND CONQUER. the compounds are wanting to split us up. we are all hunters and should be together, not divided as the compounders want

dep214, your last post was the MOST RIDICULOUS, IGNORANT, post that I have ever seen. That is all I am going to say.

Good Luck This Season: Buck Magnet
P.S. Only Chuck Adams can sit at home and see deer so get into the woods. =;^)

i never called anyone any names and will not stoop to that level. the only people wanting to split hunbters up is antis and compound users. why is that? we need to stick together instead od seperating. that is just what the antis want. it always seems that when someone can not deny something they resort to calling names.what are the compound users afraid of? why all the different seasons?i have never heard the same argument with rifles and scopes. must be saying a different season for different callibers.what is so different between the crossbow and compound? the compound has the let off and the crossbow does not.not all crossbows are cocked long before the deer or animal arrives.the compound draws back in anticipation of the deer or animal so what is the difference. it does not make any sense. we shoot the same arrows,or bolts, but some are just shorter. give me break.

No, your statement is ridiculous. The majority of archers are compound bow users. I don't know of A SINGLE COMPOUND BOW USER THAT WANTS TO SPLIT US UP. Why should a crossbow be allowed. Give me one good reason. Why can't a non disabled person shoot a compound?

Good Luck This Season: Buck Magnet
P.S. Only Chuck Adams can sit at home and see deer so get into the woods. =;^)

give me one good reason a crossbow should not be allowed. it is no different than a compound with all the bells and whistles. if you are not trying to split hunters up the why call for a different season?why should just a disabled hunter be allowed to hunt.that is like saying only a recurve can be used in bow season since compound is not same thing.