re: For the first time in my life, I'm tempted by a crossbow

I've been recurve only since 2008 and can't get over people seeking approval in using a crossbow. It's legal. If it gets you in the woods, do it! For God's sake, keep your thumb out of the string's path!!

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Same people who use rifles as well. Unless you are hunting with a bow all year long and not picking up anything else then there is no reason to look down on a crossbow.

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Typically, before crossbows became legal for anyone to use during archery season, the only people bow hunting were the people going out there putting in work, getting in the stand early being cautious of wind, scent, and walking to the stand. Deer weren't as wise to hunters being in the woods, bow hunters had an advantage, seeing the animals before crowds start walking the woods, especially for people hunting in large clubs or management areas.

My personal experience, once it became legal, 4-wheelers started cranking up 15 minutes before legal shooting time, driving right up to a box stand over a corn pile. Deer aren't stupid, they can tell when hunters get into the woods. That's when their patterns change. Unless you bow hunted before it became legal, it's hard to understand.

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For the record I don't have one, just think it gets out of hand with people calling out those who use one as pussies then hitting the stand with any fire arm for that matter. If you're using a recurve or long bow as your only means to hunt I feel as though you have a right to talk shite to everyone else, to each his own though.

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This isn't the case with all crossbow hunters, just as it isn't the same with all duck hunters that have surface drives, but those that do act like lazy rifle hunters affect the way the animals act for everyone else. It isn't all bad, it's good for those with shoulder injuries, young kids getting into hunting, and it also teaches discipline with insuring that you can actually watch an animal get into close range because it doesn't have the ability to shoot an unlimited distance, but with saying that it proves that it is indeed easier than a compound, which is easier than a recurve, which is easier than a long bow, which is easier than a sling shot, which is easier than a spear.

I don't personally have a fundamental issue with someone using a crossbow, if they do it the right way, but I sure as hell won't stop messing with able body people about choosing to do so, and I will let anyone who hunts with a recurve, longbow, sling shot, or spear say whatever they want to me without my feelings getting hurt.