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Ohio has had crossbows for a long time and are getting very popular. With that said, I will not let that change the way I hunt. I have the blessing to hunt private land that is traditional only to a large degree. I hope many hunters have this paradise too. I feel many who begin with the crossbow will need a greater challenge and switch to a different hunting tool of choice.
Posts: 57 | From: OHIO | Registered: Aug 2010
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The new Cabela's 2011 archery catalog has 26 pages devoted to crossbows. In fact,more crossbows listed than compounds.
These aren't going away, that's for sure.
Remember the argument for wheels that most hunters are too busy to practice, and that is why a wheel bow is more humane? Well, now you have that argument in spades for crossbows! Oh, and the weak and the elderly can hunt now, too.
One of the yucks on TV calls it "horizontal archery". Yeah, right. It's all about "the easy factor", make no bones about it. And "the easy factor" means money for the crossbow manufacturers.
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Ben, I can't imagine why you would consider the possibility of your post being pulled. You stated your salient points quite well.
Stumpkiller, dead on, again. The hem of the tent is the disabled hunter, and if there are a few camels that come in afterward, well, it was worth it. We make our own choices, and motivation matters.
Killdeer
-------------------- Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.
~Longfellow
TGMM Family Of The Bow Posts: 15034 | From: Fibber McGee's Closet, VA | Registered: Mar 2003
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FYI - go read the original post on the legislative forum. This AIN'T about handicapped permits - that's already here and nobody's griping about that - this is about full inclusion AND about more gun seasons in an already over gunned state to "control" an already overgunned deer herd. This is about MIS-use of the resource in the name of politics.
Of course the discussion about personal choice, one's philosophy on life, zen and the art of "getting what I want" etc etc etc....is A-OK, but the original point has been lost....
Ryan
Posts: 1000 | From: Indiana | Registered: Feb 2004
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quote:Originally posted by Ryan Rothhaar: FYI - go read the original post on the legislative forum. This AIN'T about handicapped permits - that's already here and nobody's griping about that - this is about full inclusion AND about more gun seasons in an already over gunned state to "control" an already overgunned deer herd. This is about MIS-use of the resource in the name of politics.
Of course the discussion about personal choice, one's philosophy on life, zen and the art of "getting what I want" etc etc etc....is A-OK, but the original point has been lost....
Ryan
I agree with all you said Sir. The only thing I'd like to hammer home is the "MIS-use of the resource in the name of politics." part.
Personally I believe it's in the name of money...or at least for those spending the money to buy...oops..I mean lobby the politicians.
-------------------- If some animals are good at hunting and others are suitable for hunting, then the Gods must clearly smile on hunting.~Aristotle
..there's more fun in hunting with the handicap of the bow than there is in hunting with the sureness of the gun.~ F.Bear Posts: 4059 | From: Shelby, Michigan | Registered: Oct 2008
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