Crossbows Are Not Archery Equipment: Using Crossbows During Archery Season | RH Podcast #50
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- As you all know by listening to this podcast, we love to cover the controversial topics of the hunting world. This topic could start brawls in just about every hunting lodge you go to. Today we wanted to sit down and discuss why we believe crossbows should not be allowed during the archery deer season. Since 1934, when hunters were granted with the first archery deer season, traditional bows have seen a counter part of their own, the compound bow. With the crossbow gaining more legality to be used during the entire deer season in states across the U.S., we wanted to give our opinions on the subject and answer one major question along the way. Does a crossbow count as archery equipment?
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A bow is a bow. Modern advancements in technology don’t change that fact. It has limbs, a string, and shoots arrows.
It’s just like the 2A argument posed by the Left that the right to bear arms only applies to muskets of the day and not AR15s. Again, modern advancements in technology don’t change the fact that both are firearms.
Agreed
Pretty sure crossbows were used in warfare during the 11th century in Europe. Compounds came out in 1966. Meaning the crossbow predated the compound by nine centuries. So I agree modern advancements don't change the fact that it's a bow.
Sounding real Fuddish... So I guess everyone should use recurves if you want to be "true" archers. Those cams and 80% let off on compound bows make it way too easy and gives you a total advantage. Oh and lets not talk about that high fps... Absolutely cheating. Everyone needs to go trad, smh. Then dude said a compound is closer to a rifle? Is he tweaking? A crossbow is literally a compound bow turned on its side for the most part and crossbows existed centuries' before compound bows.
Biologist are only interesteted in herd management , not the choice of weapon as long as it doesn"t have a negative impact on the herd. Fair chase is a matter of opinion. Hunters that used double barrel shotguns when they were introduced were classifited as game hogs. Deer populations in many states are at extreme highs. Crossbows are just another tool in managment to help balance over population and allow casual deer hunters an opportunity to havest. New hunters want to be succesful by taking the first game they can. Next they want a full bag, then they want a trophy. Finally, they choose difficult ways that require more skill to harvest animals. Some of those same people become snobs and dislike the way others choose to hunt because it doesn't fit their concept of fair chase. Leave it to the biologists.
Xbows and compound bows should have 2 weeks like rifle. Traditional bow is the only full season archery.
When you can use a crossbow without a draw stop and shoot it with a non fixed trigger or release you can consider it a bow of sorts but. At this time it definitely does not at all belong in archery season for able bodied folk.
Absolutely.
Cross-BOW! You are obtuse in your logic!
Because of you saying you don’t want to have to compete with a hunter using a crossbow says a lot about you. Your entitled attitude speaks volumes. I prefer a compound bow, but I had to use a crossbow for 2 seasons because of a shoulder injury. Who cares how someone kills a deer so long as it’s within the law. You’ve lost me as a viewer. So much ignorance in this podcast.
This is the funniest topic to cover in archery. Archery equipment is a corporation driven topic fuled buy lusty advertisements convincingly telling you to purchase the lates and greater equipment all the while having the most colorful group of enthusiasts and fuds clamoring to get their opinion validated by solidarity with their opinions familiar family. Divisions are inevitable. The argument is old as the hills and the outcome.is always the same....there is never a real conclusion. However unless you are physically in need of a device like a crossbow it is hard to convince anyone that they are legit archery equipment.
You guys are missing the whole point of hunting. The purpose of hunting, as it has been for thousands of years, is to kill animals for food. That is my priority as a hunter. You may not say it, but your priority is for the antler size. Essentially you confessed that you don't want crossbow hunters killing your target bucks. I grew up shooting compounds and would harvest maybe 1 deer a year. In college I tried crossbow hunting. My efficiency as a hunter increased 5 times as before. To me, the enjoyment is equally the same, but now I fill the freezer and eat a lot of venison. I could argue every one of your points, but I'll stick to the main point: harvesting. Maybe you should do some soul searching of why you even hunt. If your priorities are right, you'll probably become a crossbow hunter.
I hunt for meat and antlers. Thats why I shoot numerous does per year. "If your priorities are right you'll probably become a crossbow hunter". I'm assuming that you are stating that a crossbow equates to more ethical kills. I would be happy to put my recovery record against any crossbow hunter. I take shots well inside my effective range so that I can always make a clean kill. So not really sure how your statement holds water.
I don't question your efficiency. You guys live for bowhunting, it's your passion and obsession. You practice probably everyday. Not every hunter has the same time or level of passion. Your opinions don't relate with the general public hunters like myself. Crossbows are improving efficiency all around for thousands of hunters. Your thinking process is very egocentric. Stop thinking how eliminating crossbows will give you bigger bucks. Start thinking about other hunters success. Crossbows are helping many hunters to get more meat in the freezer.
I think this is the only thing I disagree with you guys on, crossbows are just newer technology bows, just like compounds were to traditional bows, just like semi-auto ARs are to regular bolt action rifles and semi-auto shotguns were to pump shotguns, and at this point, we need to keep our traditions going and if our elected officials say they are legal in a state like PA then so be it, there are more crossbow hunters now than there any other kind of archery hunters. I do agree that some of these folks that use crossbows are trying to hit deer at too far of a distance and are wounding more animals. Maybe we need to have a “finger release and no sight only” archery season! Thanks again for talking about a topic that will always be controversial.
😂 Crossbows are "newer" tech? Um...nope.
Thats what we love about you buddy! You can have a difference of opinion without it being a battle. Interesting take for sure, a true "Traditional" only season would be really interesting to see how many people that aren't already shooting trad would be willing to take it on.
Ravin cross bows has a lobbyist in your state right now pushing to legalize cross bows. They did it here in Illinois. People are deadly with them. It's not archery.
I agree totally, the hunting industry says let’s just all get along but if you are not physically holding the weight it might as well be a gun.
If the weapon has a safety it should not be able to be used during archery season s any other season have no problem with that
(Removes safety)
"ok write some more laws boot licker"