Crossbows at bowshoots
Contributors to this thread:West Virginia
From: Babysaph
09-May-15
I'm wondering how the crossbows at bowshoots will be received? Lol.
From: WV Mountaineer
10-May-15
I'd say that act of carrying it around will prohibit it from being at shoots. Kinda along the same line of hunting with it too. They aren't easy to maneuver or carry around. God Bless
From: Jim Casto Jr
10-May-15
Depends on the bow shoot. The I.B.O. has had classes for crossbows for years. Makes it difficult for small state organizations to rationalize their opposition to something a national organization embraces. Wonder who has the most "credibility" to uninformed, non-hunting legislators?
From: Babysaph
10-May-15
I'm shooting one this weekend at our shoot.,
From: Babysaph
10-May-15
I'm shooting one this weekend at our shoot.,
From: babysaph
11-May-15
Of course I am just kidding.. But it will interesting to see how this evolves.
From: WVBOWHUNTER
11-May-15
The I.B.O. has a class for crossbows. And I have shot with a group at the Izaak Walton league in Jefferson county that a guys girlfriend shot her crossbow at.
From: babysaph
11-May-15
Cool. I shoot there all the time but I have never seen one. We will start seeing them more and more at shoots now.
From: Jim Casto Jr
11-May-15
Jim Casto Jr's Link
http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20150509/GZ07/150509253/1187
From: wvbownut
11-May-15
We are shooting a R-100 shoot next weekend in Ohio and they have a crossbow class. People lugging them thru the woods and the funny thing is they don't score as well as the bowhunters.
From: Babysaph
11-May-15
A good compound shooter will out shoot a crossbow.
From: WV Mountaineer
12-May-15
A decent compound shooter will put shoot a good crossbow shot anyday, at any range over 20 or so yards. God Bless
From: babysaph
12-May-15
but what makes them different is that they are easier to get started with. you don't have to draw them and they are easier to shoot. I put my first arrow ever in the bullseye at 40 yards with one.
From: Ron Miller
17-May-15
The Good Ol Boys say they shoot Real Good off a 4 -wheeler---especially in those BOW HUNTING ONLY COUNTIES !
From: WV Mountaineer
17-May-15
From the amount of rifle shots I heard when I used to hunt there, I'd say most of the Good ole boys wouldn't know anything about a crossbow. Hard to argue you are bear hunting, coyote hunting, etc... when you are riding around on a 4 wheeler with a crossbow too.
I thought getting hunters started was what's needed?
No problems with liking or disliking them. I'd just make sure I was basing it on realities. Not emotions. God Bless
From: Babysaph
17-May-15
You are right Ron
From: speedy
06-Jun-15
Probably shoot out a vehicle window real well also. Can hunt without having to get out of vehicle.
