The post on calling them bolts or arrows concerns me somewhat. Here in Michigan, I've been listening & watching the anti-crossbow'ers. What I feel is that anyone who shoots a bow, & looks at our bolts/arrows knows they basiclly a short arrow.
I have found that most anti-crossbow people around here are: Anti-hunters or the ones who use a new space age compound & hunt in a area of low deer numbers, but will still buy one or more of this states almost endless supply of doe tags & use them. For the last 5 years I've been asking the ones complaining about low deer numbers why they shot a doe. Most of there replys are the same, " We spend all this money in gas & our equipment we are taking something home". Most of the recurve / longbow only hunters, group the compound & crossbow'ers together & mostly keep there opinions with-in there own group.
It seems to me, the real anti-crossbow stuff boils down to anti-hunters or the ones who say it the most, real reason for not liking crossbow hunters is GREED (we might shot there deer/buck).
Maybe along with fighting the lie's about crossbows, we get to heart of there real complaint---- GREED!!!!!!
As for me it's all amout respect for the deer. I will use any weapon our state allow's, that I feel that I can make clean kill with, currently that's a: Single shot 30.06 a: T/C black diamond muzzle loader * And this fall a: Excalibur crossbow.
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