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Rumor has it the Pennsylvania has a house bill in the works to legalize crossbows. I heard this today from a reliable source.
It's not a rumor it is a fact. "House Bill 2653 is now in the House Game and Fisheries Committee. Haluska said he hopes it will be sent to the floor before the summer recess and expects it to come up for a vote early in the fall, if not before the recess."Urban Legend said:Rumor has it the Pennsylvania has a house bill in the works to legalize crossbows. I heard this today from a reliable source.
Why is that?If someone could produce a photo of Fred hunting or taking game with a crossbow I think the hardcore vertical gang would have to shut the heck up.
I keep hearing this in various states. When would you have the stand alone xbow season in Mi? Would the "other" bows still be legal to hunt w/?MIbowhunter said:Why is that?
You assume the hardcore vertical gang is against hunting with crossbows. One more way to paint us as selfish and arrogant.
None of us oppose hunting with crossbows. We only oppose your taking over of the entire archery season.
The entire ARCHERY season belongs entirely to the ARCHERS. Crossbows are ARCHERY equipment. I should be able to use my ARCHERY equipment in ARCHERY season. In this case my equipment is a crossBOW. After all my bow fires an arrow identical to any long bow, re-curve bow or compound bow but is only 20 inches long.MIbowhunter said:Why is that?
You assume the hardcore vertical gang is against hunting with crossbows. One more way to paint us as selfish and arrogant.
None of us oppose hunting with crossbows. We only oppose your taking over of the entire archery season.
I know better than to feed the trolls but I just can't help myself on this one. The sound of muzzle loaders and gun fire disturb the daily routine of the deer and often force them to go into nocturnal mode. This would make archery season obsolete. You can't pattern a deer for proper stand placement and daily routines once they have been shot at for a week. Once the first few shots are fired in a specific area the deer either run in circles between shooters or bury themselves in cover so thick a beagle cant get to them. They shift into nocturnal mode by day 2. This activity in all but a scant few isolated pockets makes archery hunting impossible. I don't think an adequate harvest goal could be achieved with any success. But you already knew this didn't you. Your argument can only suggest 2 things that I can think of.Stinger171 said:Will the crossbow hunter want to "share" "their" season with another primitive weapon. Would yuu be opposed to sharing "your" "bow" season with the muzzleloaders?
If not, why not? we should all stick together and welcome other hunters in the woods.
Terry - you may be rightI predict Michigan will not happen.
Nope it's the sound of all the guns going off in my area. The hunters coming and going are pretty skilled and make little to no impact with their presence until the shots are fired. As for sharing it's already been done. All of the silent stealthy weapons can be used in all seasons. All of the firearms share a common season with the exception of the muzzle loader which enjoys it's own season. But I can use my crossbow in that season if I choose. I muzzle loader hunt so that's the weapon I use in muzzle loader season. My cousin and my son both choose to use the muzzle loader in modern weapons season. How much more sharing can you get to validate each seasons intended purpose for harvesting deer? Read my previous post again you might get it the second time around.Stinger171 said:lol-so you are unwilling to share-just want to keep the longest part of deer season to yourself. Kinda like the pot calling the kettle black. lol
It's the number of deer hunters in the woods (hunting pressure, bait piles etc) that turn the deer nocturnal, not the weapon used.
In your mind I expect that's true. But does anybody else see where I used I's for anything other than describing that I could use in the context of "we" aStinger171 said:Now you are being elitist in your attitude again Dan. There are way too many I's and ME's in your last post that confirm your self centered agenda and it's blatantly obvious. LOL
Well you can quote me with this:Stinger171 said:Mark Twain said there are three types of lies:
"Lies, Damn Lies, And Statistics".