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Crossbows as we age....
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H20fwler
5 year old buck +
I remember how trad bow hunters went spastic when compounds got popular.
Now the compound archers are spaz over crossbows.
Who cares.
Ohio legalized crossbows in the early 80’s, same arguments about them being rifles and you could shoot a deer at 100yds and they will ruin hunting.
It didn’t, and today Ohio is one of the top five trophy states in country with more deer killed during archery than gun season and more archery deer killed with crossbows than compounds.
What it comes down to is hunters thinking they own the deer in their areas and they are spiteful. I’m guilty of it myself.
Now the compound archers are spaz over crossbows.
Who cares.
Ohio legalized crossbows in the early 80’s, same arguments about them being rifles and you could shoot a deer at 100yds and they will ruin hunting.
It didn’t, and today Ohio is one of the top five trophy states in country with more deer killed during archery than gun season and more archery deer killed with crossbows than compounds.
What it comes down to is hunters thinking they own the deer in their areas and they are spiteful. I’m guilty of it myself.
In AR, the crossbow harvest still has not exceeded the vertical bow harvest. Crossbow harvest is basically insignificant - about 5% of total harvest. It seems the states with the longer gun seasons have a lower percentage of archery harvest - including crossbows. In the states with the shorter gun seasons, hunters find a way and will hunt much more with other methods.
