Disability & Crossbows
01-26-2009, 04:19 PM
#15
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 223
RE: Disability & Crossbows
guys, whats the big deal? My pse shoots faster and with more power than most of the crossbows out there, has a much farther accurate range, and I can nock a second arrow twice as fast as anyone using a crossbow. If they want to use an inferior product, I say let em.
01-26-2009, 06:34 PM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Kansas
Posts: 3,288
RE: Disability & Crossbows
ORIGINAL: MeanV2
Just because they both have a stock the 2 weapons are hardly comparable
Dan
I support them 100% to use durring the rifle season where they belong.
Dan
01-26-2009, 07:08 PM
#17
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Posts: 7,367
RE: Disability & Crossbows
ORIGINAL: Sliverflicker
What it is, is hardly comparable to shooting a bow, I know it, you know it, and my grandchildern even know it.
ORIGINAL: MeanV2
Just because they both have a stock the 2 weapons are hardly comparable
Dan
I support them 100% to use durring the rifle season where they belong.
Dan
Hardly a rifle
Dan
01-26-2009, 08:13 PM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Kansas
Posts: 3,288
RE: Disability & Crossbows
ORIGINAL: MeanV2
You're right! I'd choose a compound as long as I'm able, but a crossbow is still a deadly short range weapon as long as it is in someone's hands that knows how to shoot it.
Hardly a rifle
Dan
ORIGINAL: Sliverflicker
What it is, is hardly comparable to shooting a bow, I know it, you know it, and my grandchildern even know it.
ORIGINAL: MeanV2
Just because they both have a stock the 2 weapons are hardly comparable
Dan
I support them 100% to use durring the rifle season where they belong.
Dan
Hardly a rifle
Dan
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01-26-2009, 09:01 PM
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: SE Ohio
Posts: 2,531
RE: Disability & Crossbows
I think crossbows have a place, and I don't even mind them being used by a hunter as an introductory weapon, say a 2 yr. crossbow permit starting out, whatever. I think for handi-capped, elderly, and youth, they are a great weapon to get those out who might not otherwise have a viable opportunity to hunt. Beyond that, I believe an able-bodied person should be hunting with the weapon of an "able-bodied" person. If some of those cross-gunners would put the time into learning how to shoot a bow, and tune a bow, they'd probably very likely find that a compound bow in the hands of a trained users is a superior weapon for accuracy anyhow.
01-26-2009, 09:09 PM
#20
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jun 2007
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RE: Disability & Crossbows
ORIGINAL: OHbowhntr
I think crossbows have a place, and I don't even mind them being used by a hunter as an introductory weapon, say a 2 yr. crossbow permit starting out, whatever. I think for handi-capped, elderly, and youth, they are a great weapon to get those out who might not otherwise have a viable opportunity to hunt. Beyond that, I believe an able-bodied person should be hunting with the weapon of an "able-bodied" person. If some of those cross-gunners would put the time into learning how to shoot a bow, and tune a bow, they'd probably very likely find that a compound bow in the hands of a trained users is a superior weapon for accuracy anyhow.
I think crossbows have a place, and I don't even mind them being used by a hunter as an introductory weapon, say a 2 yr. crossbow permit starting out, whatever. I think for handi-capped, elderly, and youth, they are a great weapon to get those out who might not otherwise have a viable opportunity to hunt. Beyond that, I believe an able-bodied person should be hunting with the weapon of an "able-bodied" person. If some of those cross-gunners would put the time into learning how to shoot a bow, and tune a bow, they'd probably very likely find that a compound bow in the hands of a trained users is a superior weapon for accuracy anyhow.
Especially the last part! Most people don't realize that
Dan