Very interesting topic turned into more interesting conversation about hunting implements vs hunting implements vs hunting style ..etc.
Very interestingly-but not surprisingly,most of the posters here are looking at the arguments as: me versus you,my method versus Your method.
Also,not surprisingly,we have seen these arguments earlier-and the staunch proponents of long range shooting are the same ,as the "traditional"hunting proponents.
Also-we have seen arguments here with hunting over bait versus other methods of hunting.
We also had one similar debate few years back about long range shooting with rifle(or long range animal harvest).
Everything comes down to-me versus you,my method versus Your method.
But-if we look deep down,and want to be honest, there are two facts some miss to see :just because it is legal ,does not NECESSARY make it ethical-or Non ethical-for that matter.
Yet-the difficulty level of ethically harvesting an animal sets the two approaches apart.
As far i am concerned-neither traditional nor crossbow is a bad tool,as long as it is ethically used.
What some posters try to say-the "easiness"of crossbow shooting makes it more popular, but also more prone to take those shots ,which a traditional bow hunter would not take,thus increasing chances of wounding.
At the end-to each their own.
We are all hunters here-maybe we should try to go away from name calling the next guy(like elitist)
That is what nowadays most left leaning "interest groups"do, to silence "opposition".Mostly ,when they try to push their agenda set on "shaky"grounds.
I hope we are (at least most of us here)better then that.
