The writer refers to them as the NON-BOW
http://www.realtree.com/hunting/realtree-hunting-blogs/meitins-bow-blog/crossbows-in-bow-season

Unless it is coming from someone that hunts with a homemade bow and stone arrowheads, I dont want to hear from these bowhunter elitest. Today's compounds are a far cry from a "primitive weapon".

Recon what they would say if I got a connected CAB member to pitch a proposal for shortened archery season for those with compounds and leave the rest of the season for recurves??

why do people care what other people hunt with. I would have to be injured and could not use a vertical bow to use a cross bow , but do not care if someone else uses one.

This is as stupid as the people that argue 9mm vs .45

Not a crossbow fan and I'd go with the 45.

i am a crossbow fan, and i would use 50 S&W

Really.... .. Think they are having enough trouble with what is going on now....

He lost me at "feign superiority"
Did should be writing in salon.com

When crossbows were first allowed to be used during the regular archery season, I wasn't too keen on it just because it meant having to deal with more folks in the woods (ditto for the week-long muzzleloader season in November). I got over all of that. Now, as long as a person follows the regs/laws, it doesn't bother me anymore what they kill, what weapon they use, or when in the season they kill them. Sure has made deer season a lot more fun.

What does the tool that is used have to do with this:

Section 9-2-2
Powers and duties generally.
The general functions and duties of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall be as follows:

(1) To protect, conserve, and increase the wildlife of the state and to administer all laws relating to wildlife and the protection, conservation, and increase thereof.


Seasons and bag limits should serve the sole purpose of protecting the species. Dead is dead whether I use a .45 Blackhawk or a Matthews compound bow, a black powder smoke pole or a spear or whatever else is allowed for hunting.

Does liberty and freedom mean anything at all to this generation of rule lovers and bureaucrat suck-ups?

I have a very bad shoulder that keeps me from using a compound.Me and my brother both hunt together and there is no difference on the range of deer we both kill.I would rather hunt with the compound because i enjoy shooting it.Either way both still put deer on the ground.that article is a joke.

49er:

Amen!

This is exactly why I was happy to see the prohibition lifted on buckshot use outside of dog hunting season and in stalk only areas.
I like to hunt thick cover as a storm front plays itself out. When the rain stops the deer move and few hunters are afield.
When hunting under these conditions I prefer an 870 synthetic stoked with Dixie Tri-Ball buckshot. I also apply waterproofing to the crimp and primer. These conditions make blood tracking virtually impossible and I hate fighting briars in the cutovers. Three 60 caliber 320 grain pellets to the shoulder virtually always result in a DRT, but if not, complete penetration leaves a heavy blood trail.

Yes, the hunter should be able to choose his hunting method and weapon.

From the article:



He doesn't have to worry ... he won't be sharing a lease with me anyhow, and it's none of his business what we use on our lease to hunt with.

Hunting is not a privilege to be earned. It is a God-given right that is recogized by the people of this state in our state's constitution.

People like him who can't be happy just going to the woods and minding their own busness while they enjoy their own liberty and freedom need to get a life and leave the rest of us alone to enjoy hunting. We don't need them any more than we need any other liberals who want to restrict our freedom in all sorts of ways they can dream up.

well said

And that's exactly why I'm an advocate of just having a "deer season," and letting hunters decide what weapon they want to hunt with. Get over all these "special weapons" seasons, the only purpose for which are to provide a few people with more exclusive hunting time.

I agree with both of y'all.

The *only* problem I have with crossbows is that we've probably had 5 times more deer injured and lost with them than with compounds on our club. I've talked to several people with similar stories. A lot less misses, but a lot more deer running away, never to be seen again with a bolt in them rather than an arrow. I don't know if it's because people are taking longer shots than the should with the crossbows, less concentration on making a good shot, older/younger (than the normal bowhunting crowd) people getting out there with crossbows, or what...but it's a fact on our club.

bite your tongue. lol

I love that exclusive hunting time!