Disability & Crossbows
#1
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I'm all for crossbows if a person really can't pull the legal weight in there state, but I do believe some people get them when they really don't
need them. A guy I work with has had shoulder surgery and his doctor is giving him a permit or slip for a cross bow.My problem is he works right
along with the rest of us all day 12 hr shifts, granted we do not do alot of heavy lifting 50# max 4-10 times a shift but we do alot of repetative
movement.Ihave worked with him for about 2 yrs and would of never guessed he had surgery on his shoulder. Iknow he can pull 35# legal weight in
Wisconsin.I even offered to go to the shop with him a help get him set up. No I'm just gonna get a crossbow because I have a disability he told me
and by god he got one.
need them. A guy I work with has had shoulder surgery and his doctor is giving him a permit or slip for a cross bow.My problem is he works right
along with the rest of us all day 12 hr shifts, granted we do not do alot of heavy lifting 50# max 4-10 times a shift but we do alot of repetative
movement.Ihave worked with him for about 2 yrs and would of never guessed he had surgery on his shoulder. Iknow he can pull 35# legal weight in
Wisconsin.I even offered to go to the shop with him a help get him set up. No I'm just gonna get a crossbow because I have a disability he told me
and by god he got one.
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Here in Illinois anyone 62 and over can get a crossbow permit now. I do think its a good idea if someone cannot pull enough weight on a compound or traditional and they are disabled in that way or older age, but as you said and depending upon the doctor there are some who gets a disability permit too easily. I know of one personally.
On another note I know of a guy who gets full disability from Illinois but is still able to bowhunt and uses a compound bow! I mean comon, how can a guy hang treestands, bowhunt, and drag a deer out yet is unable to work?[&:]
On another note I know of a guy who gets full disability from Illinois but is still able to bowhunt and uses a compound bow! I mean comon, how can a guy hang treestands, bowhunt, and drag a deer out yet is unable to work?[&:]
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There are people who will take advantage of any situation. I have a crossbow permit but still shoot a compound instead. For me personally, the one I took with a crossbow the first fall after the surgery left a bad taste in my mouth. To me it was like shoot a scoped rifle with a silencer on it. If my shoulder ever got to the point where I can't pull it back anymore, I will probably just shotgun and muzzle load. But until that time comes, the crossbow hangs in the garage until I'm ready to shoot lil furry critters.
#5
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: NorthEast Arkansas river bottoms
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Crossbows are legal for everyone in my state. It gets a lot of folks in the woods that otherwise wouldn't put in the time and dedication with a compound or traditional bow. But, it is how I got my start in archery as a kid and I probably would have never started without using a X-bow first.
I have mixed feelings about them honestly.
I have mixed feelings about them honestly.
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I'm with MeanV2 on this one. There is no substitution for time in the woods and if a crossbow allows someone to be in the woods who would not normally be there, who are we to judge and say its not right disability or not.