Mummumum, mama said xbows are the devil.
mama needs to read a little history. The crossbow is a noble weapon with an impressive history, that has been melined and decried though out history.
It has been called "The Devil's weapon" , it was claimed it would destroy civilization, and was a bandit's weapon. it has been used to guard castles, fortifications, and was even used in combat against American troops just a few wars ago. there was even a repeating crossbow that would fire semiauto as quickly as you could raise and lower a lever.
a great deal of what is known of long gun design, was worked out in crossbow design, and it is as old as 400BC (Belly-Bow). It deserves more respect than is commonly given. a crossbow is not an imitation long gun, but the long gun could be called an imitation crossbow, as it's roots clearly grow from it's stock.
Just cause you don't wanta invest practice time with a bow as much as before
And got an xbow now which ya can zero in a hour or less
And be out hunting that same day. Doesn't mean your great
Historical snapshot means much.
It was a line from the waterboy movie
Used in jest...
And you got upset........
It's boils down to the discipline of the bow
Versus the easy convienance of the xbow......
X bows need their own limited season
And not share the woods with archers who put time into practice to aquire
the skill......
Guaranteed if xbow had it own limited season outside of archery
Sales of them would plummet and sales of archery permits would drop also back to pre xbow levels
And xbow permit sales would not even come close to making up the current combined season number
if they had their own season.
Some states have the sense to not allow em
Some states have the sense for their own season for em
Some states have archery and xbow combined
Some states have any weapon all season
All driven in ways by license and permit sales and ease of use wpns
for harvest.
90% of bow hunters I talk too around here despise xbow hunters
and that is a fact......
areas include
Fort campbell Kentucky
Numerous Twra wma,s
State Forrest tracts
Army corps of engineer tracts
And private land owners
Next!!!!!!
) we can discuss skill levels. 