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About the same here. Colorado Archery hunters seem to think no one should be in the woods except them for all of September and that includes all grazing permits.

I have a life time crossbow permit to use one in archery season due to a replaced right shoulder. I was all set to go in 2021. I had bought all I needed in terms of equipment . After all the whining I heard about it, I said the heck with it and sold the whole thing. I'd rather go out with my muzzle loader and pi$$ them off.

Which surprised me when they changed the law. Georgia was the LAST state to allow compound bows and I didn't expect them to make crossbows legal. When I 1st started hunting longbows and recurves were the only option here. Compound bows weren't legal here until the early or mid 1980's. But they did allow handicapped hunters to use crossbows for several years before making them legal for everyone.

glad Montana finally did turn Red again ! they did in the past have a Liberal Governor.. so when is Montana going to overrule these Montana Archery Association selfish bowhunters so handi-cap bowhunters can hunt in Montana during all of the archery season ? still seems shameful that the handi-cap and disabled can still pay taxes but have no rights to hunt when its warm during the entire archery season ? maybe the political correct people can show a little effort and help us crippled young and old regular people , Montana show a little unselfish pride !

Have to agree, bow hunters are evil and should have seasons removed. lol

yes some are just very selfish some feel very elite above the rest of us peons

Boy you sure do want to hunt Montana really bad your way even though they have no deer or elk. I'm confused.

at my age and health i don`t want to start learning a new state for elk and deer ,i know why , when ,what and where in Montana for deer and elk and don`t need to pay a outfitter / guide and i have some great friends in Montana.

Michigan does!!! I think that it should be deer season. Hunt with what you want. Done deal.

Makes sense. But we all have to give things up at some point too. Maybe its getting to be that time. Forcing folks to adapt to one persons desire isn't always smart.

Of course since they are so horrible at management there likely isn't anything left to shoot Grins.

Then again you never can rely on hunting the same place for life. You have to learn new areas as animals change, habitat changes etc... so thats no different than a new state. FWIW.

Flexible is a big thing in successful hunting.

As was said above cross bows are legal in PA during any Deer season BUT this is for any hunter not just handicapped. I have an acquaintance who is a former compound hunter who was drawn to the cross bow who regularly works out with 100 pound dumbbells and says he can't pull a compound

In my opinion , given the technological advances in cross bow tech and the use of optics, etc., there should be a limit to the season just like Flintlock season in PA. Flintlock is about 3 weeks long beginning the day after Christmas and optics, cap locks, inlines, etc. are not allowed .

My reasoning is the killing of big bucks. A lot of the best trophy sized bucks are taken by cross bow hunters during the peak of the rut. I'm not saying that big bucks are ever "easy" as we all know this is not the case but given the short ranges that most whitetail are taken in PA, the somewhat increased vulnerability and visibility of the bigger bucks at this time and the effectiveness of the modern cross bow, it just doesn't seem right.....

I'm not sure if this is fair to regular archery hunters or especially rifle hunters during the subsequent buck season.I'm not against cross bows but I think it should be regulated like flintlock.In PA, cross bows are allowed during the entire archery season which lasted from Oct 2 to Nov 19 and IMO, the technologically advanced cross bow can hardly be labled as archery.

How many times have you been bow hunting and on seeing a wall hanger just out of range, said to yourself "if it was only rifle season" or if a cross bow it would be an easy shot?

By the way Pope and Young does not recognize cross bow kills for their Archery record books.

By the way Pope and Young does not recognize cross bow kills for their Archery record books.


Nope and there's a reason for it.......

i could care less about P & Y or B. C.

There are 22 states that do not allow crossbows during regular archery season. I cannot imagine lugging a crossbow around on a mountain archery hunt.

You have been watching or reading too many Ravin commercials or ads. If you are a proficient compound or recurve archer you can shoot at longer ranges then most people consider ethical, I have a self imposed 40 yard limit on my crossbows. I can hit a target every time at 80 yards but shooting at a target out in a backyard is a lot different then shooting in the woodlands and things like wind, unseen branches can result in a bad scenario.

Pete thanks for the heads up. I joined the Montana Bowhunters Association. I had been a member in the past but let it expire. That won’t happen again.

no if your handi cap as i am if you do the right paper work for each state ,you can get a handi -cap permit for 46 states in America and it should be for all 50 states a federal law for handi-cap, this is free nation in America . look how a Federal judge in America could rule on timber wolves in 3 states 1,000 miles away from California is that right ?

I seem to recall, that a couple of years ago, you were fully supportive, of the fat bastard poacher (Ron Kluless - shartstains), rabid push to have crossbows banned, during archery season, in WI ??????????

Hypocrite much !!

i have no problem with Ron but no i was not against x-bows myself > YOUR WRONG >> A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE A X- BOW IN THE ENTIRE ARCHERY SEASON IS MY ANSWER in all 50 states