Well they're not legal for deer in many states yet

Yea, just throwing a little gas on the fire.

i think he would be ok with the indiana rules since they are allowed but only during firearms season.. I expect if that same rule applied to x bows he and other's would be happy. Its all about wanting less competition

He said himself somewhere in this mess that he was butt hurt and leaving.

I agree. As I said earlier, I did oppose allowing crossbows during archery season, since I don’t find them to be archery equipment, but now that I am on the losing side of that, I don’t hold it against anyone who uses crossbows any more than I hated on compounds before crossbows. Yes, I am one of those who enjoys using an osage bow I made myself and flint points on arrows I carved from hickory splits or dogwood shoots. I also hunted from a saddle starting around 1995 or so, when I was using a Green’s Tree Sling - so it really was not about being against technology, it was just the equipment I found the most fulfilling and fun to use.
But after around 30 deer with stone points, I went back to my David Miller longbow and steel broadheads just because I realized it did not much matter (the stone was every bit as effective as steel, and either bow was as effective also, and the “modern” longbow was easier as I had less time to make my own equipment. And now, I can not draw a bow, so I will probably just hunt firearm if I hunt deer this year. If I do use a crossbow, I will make it myself. I seriously considered building a stock for one of my longbows to convert it to a crossbow. That would be an unwieldy contraption, so I wouldn’t even consider it if I could draw a bow.
Use whatever you enjoy and is legal, we are all hunters. I just did not agree with including crossbows as legal during archery season for the able-bodied folks. But now that they are, my position is that we are all hunters and need to stick together. I never hated crossbows, just wanted them to have an added season and be allowed during firearms seasons.

Man let's talk about how great dog hunting is instead

You mean like train your dog to hunt with a crossbow?

Crossgun you all mean?

Way better than staring at a screen thermal "hunting"

I love hunting with my dogs!

You talk'n about shoot'n people's pets? Please no! Wolfdog, not in this thread. There's already enough people worked up.

But if that's your thing get a quality suppressor and use subsonics. Maybe then you won't get caught.

Dove season opens Monday. Dogs and guns!

I hate mine sometimes. It's heavy, bulky and loud.

My shoulders both wore out on me. I had surgeries on both in 2012 and 2013. I Haven't been able to pull a bow for years. In Utah you can only use a crossbow for archery season for medical limitations. I had to get a letter from my doctor to get the permit. I wouldn't hunt deer any more if we did't enjoy the meat. I have not shot a deer with a rifle for years. At least harvesting meat with a crossbow keeps it interesting.

So, Tuesday at 8:30 in the morning I looked out the kitchen window and there was a 2X2 eating my tomatoes. I grabbed my crossbow and went out my front door. I sneaked over between some trees on the brow of the hill looking down on the garden boxes. I eased up where I could see him and he was facing me still eating my tomato. He looked up at me and I drilled him through the heart. He ran about twenty yards and piled up. He wont eat any more peas or cucumbers or tomatoes and we will enjoy the meat.


That's my back porch. He was standing in my garden about 20 yards to the left.


It was easy. And I slept just fine after killing that buck with a crossbow. In my opinion crossbows are an ethical archery option that should be legal for every archery season. Crossbows are perfect for senior citizens, beginners, ladies or anyone else that just prefers to hunt with them. Let the haters keep hating or let them grow up and live and let live.

Dan I always said there is more than one way to eat out of your garden. Not many catch what I mean.

Turned my food into food for my food this week also. Took my kids a minute to figure that one out.( Squirrel guts went into the meat bird(chicken) tractor. ) Chickens went crazy.

Nice job on the buck sir. You can't get one much closer to house so that works out. Now you'll probably have more heads exploding that you shot it in your garden but oh well.

Good deal Dan

If you'd left him grow another 3 2/5 years he'd a really
messed up the garden.
Good trade.

Congrats on getting meat with your crossbow, however, shooting any animal from your kitchen would hardly qualify as hunting. Harvest might be a better word.

…. Neither is shooting anything over a garden you planted in the woods lol