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<blockquote data-quote="Grill-n-man" data-source="post: 5024280" data-attributes="member: 12966"><p>Yes a crossbow is archery equipment. They have been around for thousands of years just like bows have. Modern technology has advanced them just like technology has advanced the bow. I'm glad they are around and legal because they have opened up hunting to many such as children and adult new hunters who otherwise could not or would not hunt. They are also helping to secure the future of hunting for generations to come. Another great bonus to them is it allows hunters who either by age or health can't use a bow. Should there be speed limits on them as some have suggested who's to say. If so should compounds also fall under the same type restrictions? I don't think we should open that Pandora's box. The crossbow has an still receives the same criticism from compound shooter as compounds receive from traditional shooters. As long as as this stuff has been around I'm still puzzled how many argue a point based upon myths. Such as a crossbow is like a gun. No it's not. A rifle bullets drop can be measured by fractions of an inch where a bolt from a crossbow drops feet in the same distance. A crossbow requires little practice, also wrong. Maybe not as much as a compound and definitely not as much as a traditional bow but putting in the range time is still there. I get tickled at how many say a compound that's comes out a C&C machine with $500+ of adjustable doohickeys attached to it is not much different than a traditional bow that's built out of hand selected wood, shaped by the hands of a human being, and really not made for nor can have all these adjustable machine manufactured doohickeys added and both are archery but a crossbow is totally different and not archery. I do and have shot longbows, recurves, compounds, and crossbows including crossbows from medieval players and I can tell you this - although all are archery they are not the same. They may share similar characteristics but are different. None are simple and easy to master. Each have their ups and downs. Crossbows have been and are going through the same stuff compounds went through 30-40 years or so ago and are looked upon as non archery by compound shooters just like traditional shooters look at compounds. In short they all are some sort of stick and string so therefore are archery</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grill-n-man, post: 5024280, member: 12966"] Yes a crossbow is archery equipment. They have been around for thousands of years just like bows have. Modern technology has advanced them just like technology has advanced the bow. I’m glad they are around and legal because they have opened up hunting to many such as children and adult new hunters who otherwise could not or would not hunt. They are also helping to secure the future of hunting for generations to come. Another great bonus to them is it allows hunters who either by age or health can’t use a bow. Should there be speed limits on them as some have suggested who’s to say. If so should compounds also fall under the same type restrictions? I don’t think we should open that Pandora’s box. The crossbow has an still receives the same criticism from compound shooter as compounds receive from traditional shooters. As long as as this stuff has been around I’m still puzzled how many argue a point based upon myths. Such as a crossbow is like a gun. No it’s not. A rifle bullets drop can be measured by fractions of an inch where a bolt from a crossbow drops feet in the same distance. A crossbow requires little practice, also wrong. Maybe not as much as a compound and definitely not as much as a traditional bow but putting in the range time is still there. I get tickled at how many say a compound that’s comes out a C&C machine with $500+ of adjustable doohickeys attached to it is not much different than a traditional bow that’s built out of hand selected wood, shaped by the hands of a human being, and really not made for nor can have all these adjustable machine manufactured doohickeys added and both are archery but a crossbow is totally different and not archery. I do and have shot longbows, recurves, compounds, and crossbows including crossbows from medieval players and I can tell you this - although all are archery they are not the same. They may share similar characteristics but are different. None are simple and easy to master. Each have their ups and downs. Crossbows have been and are going through the same stuff compounds went through 30-40 years or so ago and are looked upon as non archery by compound shooters just like traditional shooters look at compounds. In short they all are some sort of stick and string so therefore are archery [/QUOTE]
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