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Originally posted by tomslayer:
I see no difference in hunting with a crossbow or a shotgun with buckshot. Range is the same if not longer for a crossbow and all either takes is the pull of a trigger. Ever since the dang things have been legalized it seems like every old retired man who hunted everyday of gun season anyways got thier chance to spend $400 and extend their season by another month every year. People who hunt with the Xbows will not agree with you or me because they were never in the October woods before the legalization. This also takes the sport away from bowhunting in a way, I wish everyone would refer to it as crossbow hunting if that is thier weapon of choice. I started bowhunting when I was 12 yrs old with an old bear bow that my dad had for 20 years prior. I spent countless days in the woods. After three years of misses and a couple of unrecovered bad shots, I finally scored on a doe that just barley lost her spots. Most gun and crossbow hunters would bash me for it but that was the most appreciated accomplishment of my hunting career. Since that day over 10 years ago, I have become extremely deadly in the woods compared to the people I grew up hunting with that never took into the sport of bowhunting. And the reason I see it this way is because I have seen too many people in the last few years go out and buy a Xbow and kill a deer on thier first outing with it. Those individuals dont even realize they are missing out on a passion that is uncurable. It's kinda like calling a gobbler into range vs. abushing one in a food plot. I was never for the legalization of them and will always hope that it will go back to the way it was. I can't compete with lobbyist in montgomery so I'll just keep my opinion and refuse to take anyone that hunts with a Xbow, to my bowhunting only lease. I just hope all the marketing era hunters dont end up treating bowhunting like doghunting, another sport which they will never appreciate the love for. laughup laughup laughup