WYnott

when I began bowhunting there were no seasons for archery. we had to fight to get what was then called "primitive season" then in the 1970s these guys started showing up with mechanical bows, they had sights on them, the bows had pulleys on them that at full draw would allow the guy to hold back only a fraction of the weight of the limbs, they had rests, special arrows, these things were fast, had unfair mechanical advantages and had SIGHTS. they allowed a guy to pick a compound up and go hunt with very little practice, their arrows were all the same spine and weight, were not even wood! I and the rest of us True Archers fought to make sure these mechanical bows with their unfair advantages were NOT LEGAL but in the end we lost and compounds were allowed in the woods, the advantages of pulleys then cams made it possible for weaker people to hold back a 50 or 60 pound draw weight and the sights let them be accurate without the need to practice as much as we did with our longbows, they didn't need to invest tons of money and hundreds of hours making arrows, matching spine and POC, they just bought the package and screwed on a broadhead and done. they argued that it would increase the ranks...and it did...they argued it would mean cleaner kills and less deer lost to bad shots, and it did, but it was NOT the reason we fought to get primitive seasons to begin with, it was not in the SPIRIT of the thing, it was to them just another season and another tag they could go fill. then we had the same fight when these damn inlines showed up in the muzzleloader woods.....everyone trying to make it easier, instead of using iron sights and flintlocks or even better match or wheel locks. scopes, shotgun primers, pellets , sabots....its the same thing with X bows, this it the same exact unfair advantage as compounds , because Xbows shoot farther and more accurately than compounds the compound guys are now pissed just like us longbow hunters were 40 years ago! Now you know how we felt!! whats next?? special seasons for kids where they don't have to follow the adult rules? trophies for everyone even if you don't win? I lost my dominant eye and part of my dominant hand while in uniform, and now I cant' bow hunt can't even hold a bow lefty to try to witch from right to left, but I'm not whining about it. I'd go on but I want to go sight my new pse TAC Elite in, this thing is awesome.

have fun BZWorld, I just came the opposite way, already jumping out of my skin here, enjoy your trip