re: Are Crowsbows legal during bow season ?

That's a huge wall of bad analogies.

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So let's just open up rifle season October 1. If you don't want to use a rifle that's your choice. 

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I think that archery is a different animal than gun season. The difference between cross bows and compound bows is negligible.

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Let's open up hunting at night too. It's cooler and more people would do it if they could go at night. We don't want to inconvenience the working folk with having to take vacation to hunt. Let them hunt at night. 

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Wanting more people to take up the sport and get into the woods does not equate to poaching advocacy. That's an absurd stretch.

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Also, to get more people in the woods we need to do away with trespassing laws. God created these forests for man, not for THE MAN. I should be able to hunt wherever I want. More people would hunt if they didn't have the hardship of a lease payment or traveling to public land. 

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Again, suggesting that me wanting more people to hunt is the same as me wanting people to break any laws is absurd.

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And on those public lands, lets allow people to set up their box stands and padlock them so nobody else will hunt them. More people would hunt if they didn't have to pack a climber back in the woods.

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One more time...breaking the law is not the same as using a crossbow...which is legal. The leaps you are making are ridiculous.

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And lets allow ATVs all through the woods during deer season on WMAs. More people would go hunting if we all had equal access to the place. You can still walk if you want to, but let's not inconvenience the neck beard mouth breathers with that walking stuff.

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Riding ATVs all over the forest has an impact on the herd, it puts more pressure on them. I don't know if anyone would argue that. The difference between a bow and a crossbow is nil in regards to pressuring the herd. The difference is in when you pull it back. Range, repot, and impact are all basically the same. Of course a crossbow is easier to master, no denying that. But the difference in mastering them is probably closer than a compound bow and traditional archer.

Anyone can walk into Bowles and within a few hours have a bow rigged out, ready to shoot a deer. It really doesn't take that much practice to be deadly with a compound bow. The cost of entry isn't that great, time wise. Similar to a crossbow.

It takes sooo many hours for a traditional archer to become proficient, they aren't even in the same class.