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Originally posted by skeet
I have to disagree with ya on this one Rattus. The crossbow is exactly what Adam said. It is a bow. It shoots an arrow(bolt) and for deer it will have to use a broadhead point of some sort. The archery season is for a bow. A crossBOW will not really extend the range you are able to kill by any significant distance..and there are already bows with 90% letoff so when using a release it means you only have to hold an insignificant amount of pull. In fact some of these bows are not allowed if you want to register an animal in some of the record keeping organizations...or at least they weren't a few years ago. The archery season should be opened up for crossbows. In many states they are legal for people who are not able to pull a regular(or compound) bow.
Now as far as a muzzleloader...again.it isn't necessarily about what kind of muzzleloader you use. It is(and should be) about the extra hunting opportunities. When the muzzleloader seasons were established that is exactly all it was about...more hunting. The Pennsylvania season was set up to be for primitive(if I remember correctly) firearms. But still it was about more hunting...and most of the people who hunted with flinters were hunting just for that reason...more days afield. If they had allowed caplocks most would have used them...no matter what you feel is right. As stated before. What is the difference to you all? Just hunt your way and enjoy it! Nobody is "cheating" you...unless you cheat yourself by not enjoying the opportunity. Have fun whether it be with cossbow or inline, compound or flintlock
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Hi Skeet....
Now no one here asked me what I thought about crossbows and archery together, but the National Bowhunting Education Program and the NBEF both describe the crossbow as not being a bow for the reasons stated earlier. For the Crossbow to be sent to the muzzleloader season is the appropriate place for it according to the NBEF/NBEP.
Now in the argument of crossbow versus bow, it can be shot with one hand, drawn with just the twist of the wrist, and aimed like a rifle. Most feel its more powerful than a bow, shoots faster than a typical bow, and is released with a squeeze of a trigger. There is only one similarity of a crossbow to a regular bow, and that is that the bolt is powered by the power stroke of drawn limbs. This is the reason for the crossbow being relegated to the firearms season in some states. Folks with legitimate disabilities using a crossbow is a different discussion.
Do I CARE if a crossbow is in or out of an archery season is another question again, and one that no one has asked of me.
Aloha.... Tom
