I agree with you on the range 100%. The issue is this, it is easy to push the limits of your weapon when you are looking through a scope while rested on a shooting rail... Especially if you are use to shotgun or ML and shooting 150+ yards. The jump from 30-50 doesn't seem like much when you are use to firing a slug vs. and arrow or bolt
I agree with you on the range 100%. The issue is this, it is easy to push the limits of your weapon when you are looking through a scope while rested on a shooting rail... Especially if you are use to shotgun or ML and shooting 150+ yards. The jump from 30-50 doesn't seem like much when you are use to firing a slug vs. and arrow or bolt
loneranger
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If anyone practices at all,,with a crossbow, they will quickly realize their limitations.
CurtisWalker
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I guess I'm okay with them as long as they stay in the gun seasons and out of archery season
teeroy
Life Member
on the surface, i would agree with youth BUT once you get a kid hooked on crossbow hunting, you are just planting the seeds for a whole new generation of kids growing up, and wanting to add them to the archery season.
if this really needs to happen (and i say, lets keep them out altogether, for as long as possible) put them in the late muzzle season, and lock them away there
if this really needs to happen (and i say, lets keep them out altogether, for as long as possible) put them in the late muzzle season, and lock them away there
loneranger
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Wait until you all get older!
HorseDoctor
PMA Member
There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment.
IMHO: A lotta hoopla over such a clumsy, noisy, short range weapon! We got bigger fish to fry than to get all stewed up over what crossbows will do to Iowa deer seasons.
Sheesh!
Fishbonker
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loneranger
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CrossBow, A Bow an Arrow a Trigger release. Compound Bow, A Bow an Arrow a Trigger release. Vertical Bow-an Ancient weapon. CrosssBow-an Ancient Weapon. CrossBow today-Somewhat Modernized. Vertical Bow Today-Somewhat Modernized,,actually, a lot Modernized. I think hatred will fade
Fishbonker
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CrossBow, A Bow an Arrow a Trigger release. Compound Bow, A Bow an Arrow a Trigger release. Vertical Bow-an Ancient weapon. CrosssBow-an Ancient Weapon. CrossBow today-Somewhat Modernized. Vertical Bow Today-Somewhat Modernized,,actually, a lot Modernized. I think hatred will fade
Think about how you hold a bow. Think about how you draw a bow. Doesn't matter if the bow is a stick and a string or the fastest compound. You have three points of stabilization. Bow hand, string hand and anchor point. The bow is drawn by the archer, under their own power at the time the quarry is in sight, or perhaps when the quarry is in range.
Think about how you hold a crossbow. Think about how (and when) you cock a crossbow. The crossbow is held like gun, hand on the front stock, hand around the butt stock, butt stock against the shoulder plus you can rest the crossbow on a fence post or shooting rail. You can also rest your elbows on your knees or the ground. The crossbow can be stabilized in any number of ways. The crossbow is, the same as a gun, pre-drawn (loaded) prior to the quarry being in sight or in range.
The only similarities between archery equipment and crossbows are the string and sharp pointy projectile.
gundog870
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Liv4Rut
Active Member
Sometimes you just got to delete the long reply you have to a post because it is not worth it. You are either for them or against them.
I am against them in the regular archery season. I think back to all the deer I have messed up on with a bow and think what if I would have had my scoped 12 gauge. I would have had a lot of big deer on the wall. Stupid mistakes happen with a bow that does not happen with a gun at short ranges of 30 yards or less. A crossbow at 30 yards or less really is no different than a gun in my mind and those deer would be dead. Very little movement while aquiring target, crosshair behind shoulder, pull trigger and minimal buck fever.
If the state had a one buck rule, one tag good for all seasons, I could care less if crossbows were allowed during bow season. With a crap deer herd, 2 buck a year rule, a highly efficient weapon at typical bow ranges that takes little to no practice to be good with I do not support them at this time. I also heard they cause EHD, CWD and no rain in SE Iowa.
I am against them in the regular archery season. I think back to all the deer I have messed up on with a bow and think what if I would have had my scoped 12 gauge. I would have had a lot of big deer on the wall. Stupid mistakes happen with a bow that does not happen with a gun at short ranges of 30 yards or less. A crossbow at 30 yards or less really is no different than a gun in my mind and those deer would be dead. Very little movement while aquiring target, crosshair behind shoulder, pull trigger and minimal buck fever.
If the state had a one buck rule, one tag good for all seasons, I could care less if crossbows were allowed during bow season. With a crap deer herd, 2 buck a year rule, a highly efficient weapon at typical bow ranges that takes little to no practice to be good with I do not support them at this time. I also heard they cause EHD, CWD and no rain in SE Iowa.
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loneranger
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Just wait until your joints and muscles get older. Your disgust might change! I still say, to those who fear all the Big Bucks might be wiped out, a steadier shot, better penetration,shooting from the ground,might mean more deer recovered, thus less deer wounded not found. Less deer shot overall.
gundog870
Premium Platinum Member
When I get older and my body is not capable of shooting an upright bow, I will move into one of the other seasons which I am capable of participating in.
I suppose they should start allowing golf carts to ride in marathons so more people can join the fun.