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Bottom line is it still shoots an arrow from a string at little more than pellet gun speed... I'll take 2!!

I'm with you fantail!

why would I picture that?... it's made up and would probably happen one time in a million...I didn't get the point. But it was funny.. in a redneck sorta way

And so we see what we all have already stated... bowhunters think only about themselves... if hunters chose to leave traditional bowhunting for compounds or compounds for crossbows or crossbows for hammers.. what's the difference as long as they're hunting... I will still bowhunt with my recurve during the bow season with crossbow hunters out there or not.. the season doesn't belong to me.. the hunting experiences do.

Are you sure it was 30%?????? State of Virgina pre and post crossbow numbers. 2003-2004 Vertical Archery licenses sold = 62072 2004-2005 Vertical Archery licenses sold = 61610 The first year for full inclusion. 2005-2006 Vertical Archery licenses sold = 54306 2006-2007 Vertical Archery licenses sold = 51647 2007-2008 Vertical Archery licenses sold = 48122 First year for full inclusion. 2005-2006 Crossbow licenses sold = 15320 2006-2007 Crossbow licenses sold = 20840 2007-2008 Crossbow licenses sold = 22243 It is estimated that about 7000 vertical hunters decided to try them out in the first year. And it is estimated that there are still about 10,000 using them to this day. Total number of Archery licenses sold both groups included. 2003-2004 = 62072 2004-2005 = 61610 2005-2006 = 69626 2006-2007 = 72487 2007-2008 = 70365 Harvest numbers from both bow groups for the same years. ......../Vertical/Crossbow/Total Harvested 2003-2004 16538 596 17134 2004-2005 16055 802 16857 2005-2006 17368 5005 22373 2006-2007 17160 7069 24229 2007-2008 17335 8549 25904 The 2005-06 season is when the crossbow was fully included. The numbers prior are crossbow harvests by disabled permit holders only. The 8549 deer harvested in the 2007-2008 season with a crossbow account for 3% of the total deer harvested in the state of Virginia. Total number of deer harvested from all weapons and seasons statewide in Virginia. 2003-2004 = 237,035 2004-2005 = 221,492 2005-2006 = 215,082 2006-2007 = 223,775 2007-2008 = 241,576

what are you "12" Arrowflinger... give an adult response.

again because they would rather be crossbow hunters than compound bow hunters... and seeing how you wouldn't allow crossbows in YOUR season they had to make a choice...

The more the merrier!

Now that was clever!!

And you know what? ..... Steve is probably right. We already have one hate-thread that is approaching 100 pages. Now we have two more threads trying for the same distinction. It seems that some guys can't get enough of the name calling and such. Hate thread? Come on.. Anyone who actually can hate someone because of a forum discussion has a real problem. It's heated discussion and nothing more... if you don't enjoy it... start an "everyone hug each other" thread of your own. Nobody makes anyone post, read or respond to any thread here.. FREE SPEECH!! Who's with me???

Stiil the same amount of bowhunters.. they're just using crossBOWS now

Used some this morning so I'm Good!

the truth is bowhunting isn't going away.. just like trad bow hunting didn't go away with the intro of compounds

and that didn't affect my hunting with a flintlock muzzleloader one bit.. so where is the problem..guys chose to switch weapons.. I didn't... no problem Nobody told the bowhunters to switch.. they decided on their own.. they still could hunt with compound or trad equipment and chose not to... a better defence for you would have been if nobody switched .. meaning they still liked their old bowhunting.. but even at that... it would have been their choice and not affect anyone elses choice...

Too much like all the other reality shows for me... lots of whining and crying going on...

Snowing and blowing like crazy here today... >

that'll put a hitch in Arrows gitty-up

Rocket.. baiting is not considered fair chase.. as a matter of fact it isn't chase at all

Just goes to show it works when you have hunters that give it a chance.. great job guys!

So you're saying that bowhunters decided not to hunt because of the introduction of crossbows into the VA season? They loved bowhunting so much that they just decided to give it up because of crossbows? Are VA bowhunters that childish?... There isn't a single weapon that could be introduced into deerhunting that would make me give up any of my deerhunting... and certainly crossbow hunting during bow season will not affect me hunting with my recurve ever... the fact that the numbers decreased was because either bowhunters were too big a bunch of cry babies and quit because of the crossbow or they decided they liked the crossbow much better and switched. If they switched then I suppose they didn't like hunting with their compounds and trad bows as much as they thought.

Yeah I think I'd bail if I were you too Arrow... everything else is irrelevant :

OK fellas.. Steve said this is all a waste of breathe so I guess we have to stop..

First you have to prove that there is less bowhunters and not just more crossbow hunters

so more hunters like the crossbow than the bow.. what does that have to do with anything... the bowhunters still get to hunt with their bows in OHIO from Sept 25 - Feb 6.. so how is that hurting bowhunting?? Wow.. you really stepped in it that time!

[it has a detrimental impact on bowhunting because it grows the sport of crossbow hunting at the expense of bowhunting. And it diminishes bowhunting, allowing those who are too lazy to bowhunt a pathway to bowseason....an easy way out.] You're kidding right??.. growing crossbow hunting at the expense of bowhunting?.. Give me one good example of that... and show me where it is any more lazy to shoot that , than a compound bow or any other firearm for that matter... I can show you lazy individuals hunting with all types of weapons.. that doesn't mean the weapon should be necessarily banned from use during hunting season.. you are really strtching here buddy and losing credibility fast... you're gonna have to do better than that silly boy