Crossbow Question

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Think of that like something like the Hague Conventions where the participants agree to certain rules for conflicts, including the use of certain weapons. This was a rule for the unfortunate event of war. This was not meant as a irreformable dogma from heaven.

In any event, you shouldn’t shoot anyone with a crossbow, Christian or not, unless you absolutely need to do so for self-defense against an unjust attacker.
 
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I have a compound bow. And a cross bow. And I use both to hunt. A cross bow used to be less common but there has been an uptick in the market since a certain TWD character came along in the last decade. As far as hunting (not humans, much less Catholics) the crossbow is short range and highly inaccurate. The compound bow, short range but accurate. The plus for a teotwawki scenario is that ammo can be as plentiful as you wish. But give me my 30-06 and 9mm anyday!
 
There has been some discussion of recent in the hunting press, that one of the worst things for compound bow hunters was the allowance of the crossbow as an alternate weapon. Suggestions have been made for it to have its own season instead of being combined with the bow hunting season. The fuss seems to be about a drop (supposedly significant) to compound bow sales and the increase in crossbow purchases.

Since I am a rifle hunter, it is all mox nix to me.
 
Hoosier-Daddy said:
As far as hunting (not humans, much less Catholics) the crossbow is short range and highly inaccurate.
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Inaccurate? What are you shooting? 🤔
otjm said:
one of the worst things for compound bow hunters was the allowance of the crossbow as an alternate weapon.

The fuss seems to be about a drop (supposedly significant) to compound bow sales and the increase in crossbow purchases.
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Why would a drop in compound bow sales be a bad thing for compound bow hunters?

The claim I see, as made by vertical bow hunters who hate crossbows, is “they’re taking all the deer from us!” OTOH, proponents of crossbows point out that it provides an entry vector into the sport for younger hunters, and that’s a demographic that’s critical for the sport.
 
You mean, “cannon” law?(Please Note: This uploaded content is no longer available.)
 
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Hmm, did the ban on using square bullets against Christians also get suppressed?

With four daughters, I’ve contemplated a hip-brtaced, bin-fed gatling gun that uses shotgun shells . . .it probably doesn’t meet any ban that anyone’s thought to pass . . .

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I don’t have a dog in this one.

My understanding (and I have watched 2 years of Born and Raised Outdoors videos of bow hunting in 5 states) is that with skill, bow hunting is accurate (and it takes a good deal of skill), and that crossbow hunting takes less skill. Note my first sentence… 😜

I am a rifle hunter. I won’t even attempt a “500 yard shot”, but in my deer hunting, I have not had a shot less than 200 yards, and all were off a bipod. I am not suggesting I have as good a skill let alone a better skill at harvesting deer, but I also do not have the upper body strength to use a compound bow, and the areas I hunt are open plains, so there is precious little opportunity to sneak within close range.

As to the issue of whether or not it is problematic to bow hunters, the gist of the article is that it is easier to hold, aim and release a projectile with a cross bow than a compound bow, so too many hunters are “taking the easy way out”, and as a result, fewer bow sold, possibly equating with less innovation to bow building.

Like I said, it ain’t my argument. But it seems to revolve around skill set, not the number of deer taken; or at lest the proposal for separate seasons would seem to imply.
 
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Oh, I am sure the Speaker of the House could come up with something, along with a whole lot of verbiage about “need”, a word nowhere to be found in the 2nd Amendment.
 
Why a crossbow? Unless you are looking one of those fancy Japanese repeaters, eewww.

Sig-Sauer. 10mm auto. Accept no substitutes. Though, a bit bulky for carry. For that… Sig-Sauer 9mm.

Doc… that seems cumbersome and wasteful on ammunition.

OTJM - the problem with a 500 yard shot is that you have 500 yard drag back 😜 Me, I’ll sit next to a farmer’s tree-row and wait for the critters to come to me. Next time I get a tag, and have the health/time for it, got a few farmers who would love to have some clearance of critters.
 
otjm said:
Oh, I am sure the Speaker of the House could come up with something, along with a whole lot of verbiage about “need”, a word nowhere to be found in the 2nd Amendment.
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There’s enough members with teenage daughters that need will not be an issue . . .

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Doc… that seems cumbersome and wasteful on ammunition.
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Ahh, but in there lies the beauty of it . . . once they know you have it, you don’t have to use it!

It’s like my T-shirt: “Dads Against Daughters Dating: shoot the first one, word will spread”
 
Made by Buffalo Bore. Quite stout, apparently.
 
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I don’t know where you hunt, but I have had some 700 yard drags. The last one was my partner’s deer; and his shot was only 100 yards. In the wrong direction from the rig. Oh; and to top it off, we were chasing the buck and didn’t have enough sense to take our gutting gear with us; guess who walked 700 yards back to the truck, 700 back to the deer, and then helped drag? that was a more than 2800 yard harvest, as the deer didn’t have enough sense to walk in a straight line… we are Big Sky hunters. Big Walk too. And last I checked, I was not getting younger.
 
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