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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. . Sounds like the same argument used against Buckshot, Slug, round ball muzzleloader and Hangun hunting.
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I love that exclusive hunting time! Then lease you some land and don't allow gun hunting on it.
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I do not hunt with a crossbow and do not plan on it, but I could care less if someone else does during bow season! I personally took up bow hunting for the extra challenge so hunting with a crossbow makes no sense for me.
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I do not hunt with a crossbow and do not plan on it, but I could care less if someone else does during bow season! I personally took up bow hunting for the extra challenge so hunting with a crossbow makes no sense for me. just curious how its any less of a challenge?Doesnt your compound have a release trigger?Dont you still have to draw?Most of my shots are within 30 yards.A crossbow is still not a rifle.You still have to see tons of deer you cant shoot due to range.I have hunted them both and i cannot see any advantage of the cross bow.With todays technology anyone with half a brain can be a pretty good shot in a days worth of practice with a compound.Im not saying splitting arrows but one can put an arrow in the boiler area.I really dont see why people argue that x bows are some magical weapon.It is still very limited in range and accuracy.
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Tatsoul if you want to think that hunting with an crossbow is the same more power to you, but like you I have shot both and I know it is not. I also know way too many people that have given up their bows for crossbows to believe they are the same. That being said have fun with yours and one day if I have to use one for medical reasons I will too.
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Tatsoul if you want to think that hunting with an crossbow is the same more power to you, but like you I have shot both and I know it is not. I also know way too many people that have given up their bows for crossbows to believe they are the same. That being said have fun with yours and one day if I have to use one for medical reasons I will too. my experience is just the opposite . I do not know anyone that has given up their vertical bow for a x bow without a injury. I own both and have not shot the x bow in years . I also agree I would use the x bow if I could not shoot my vertical bow.
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I've talked with several blustery "I'll quit hunting before I pick up one of them x-bows!" hunters who said after an injury or age or whatever, they missed hunting and upon shedding their prideful ignorance to learn something new they realized a crossbow was just a tool to kill a deer and continue the hunting experience.
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I've talked with several blustery "I'll quit hunting before I pick up one of them x-bows!" hunters who said after an injury or age or whatever, they missed hunting and upon shedding their prideful ignorance to learn something new they realized a crossbow was just a tool to kill a deer and continue the hunting experience.
X2..i was really bummed out not being able to shoot my compound anymore.Could not hold the bow up in front of me without my shoulder hurting like hell.The crossbow is what others have said.nothing more than a tool to kill deer like everything else.Being an ethical hunter has NOTHING to do with the choice of weapon you use.
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I do have land. Thanks for the advice though. My post was in reference to bsk's post about exclusive hunting time. I love bow season for that reason. I have the woods to myself. Don't like it, buy a bow.
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I do not hunt with a crossbow and do not plan on it, but I could care less if someone else does during bow season! I personally took up bow hunting for the extra challenge so hunting with a crossbow makes no sense for me. just curious how its any less of a challenge?Doesnt your compound have a release trigger?Dont you still have to draw?Most of my shots are within 30 yards.A crossbow is still not a rifle.You still have to see tons of deer you cant shoot due to range.I have hunted them both and i cannot see any advantage of the cross bow.With todays technology anyone with half a brain can be a pretty good shot in a days worth of practice with a compound.Im not saying splitting arrows but one can put an arrow in the boiler area.I really dont see why people argue that x bows are some magical weapon.It is still very limited in range and accuracy. Seriously I couldn't care less, but there is a big difference in terms of movement in the stand and difficulty of the shot.
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... I love bow season for that reason. I have the woods to myself. Don't like it, buy a bow. Why should I have to buy a bow (of any kind) in order to exercise my right to hunt just to satisfy selfish people like you? Can you cite any lawful authority for this kind of liberal crap?
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This thread has gotten ridiculous.
83% of all statistics are made up.
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This thread has gotten ridiculous. Ridiculous rules are born from ridiculous notions of the legitimate purpose of government.
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This thread has gotten ridiculous. Ridiculous rules are born from ridiculous notions of the legitimate purpose of government. That is the most susinct statement of the value of thinking outside of the box! Words frame our thoughts. Continued acceptance of each new, (unauthorized), regulation breeds unquestioning acceptance of the next regulatory restriction on our liberty.
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If somebody doesn't hunt the same way you do, who cares. I don't hunt with a crossbow, but i don't care if someone else does. A traditional bow hunter might think the same thing about me hunting with a compound bow, be deal. To each his own is all i'm saying.
83% of all statistics are made up.
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... I love bow season for that reason. I have the woods to myself. Don't like it, buy a bow. Why should I have to buy a bow (of any kind) in order to exercise my right to hunt just to satisfy selfish people like you? Can you cite any lawful authority for this kind of liberal crap? Lol. Because it is law. If you don't like it, dont hunt. Simple as that. Quote all the garbage you like, it is what it is. Buy a bow or leave the woods to me.
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I like bow hunting the last 10 days of January.
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... I love bow season for that reason. I have the woods to myself. Don't like it, buy a bow. Why should I have to buy a bow (of any kind) in order to exercise my right to hunt just to satisfy selfish people like you? Can you cite any lawful authority for this kind of liberal crap? Lol. Because it is law. If you don't like it, dont hunt. Simple as that. Quote all the garbage you like, it is what it is. Buy a bow or leave the woods to me. The archery snobs in Mississippi had the same mentality and it almost backfired on them. The MDWFP had to jump through some legal contortions to allow anything but firearms to be used after the archery only deer season. The bow-only hunters didn't think it was so funny when the firearms hunters didn't have to or want to share the woods with them. Just remember a "law" or regulation made can always be changed. Ask the dog hunters about that one.
"Any way you look at it, most of the problems facing baboons can be expressed in two words: other baboons" -
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Lol. Because it is law. If you don't like it, dont hunt. Simple as that. Quote all the garbage you like, it is what it is. Buy a bow or leave the woods to me.
Actually, it's not a law.
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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obviously this person that calls himself a bow hunter has NOT DONE ANY RESEARCH AT ALL BEFORE HE OPENED HIS IGnorANT MOUTH there is a crossbow magazine called horizontal bow hunters magazine.in his one sided rant he does not have a clue.as to how much more accurate you can be with an crossbow, and also how much more powerful they are compared to what most bow hunters use.he is a spoiled wimp that needs to get a life get out of the shell he lives under hiding from the real world. archery is archery no matter if the bow is vertical or horizontal
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