If it is restricted to gun season, they may as well have let it die in committee. IMO such a new law is an exercise in futility, a move by some politician to "do something". I am 74 yrs old, with a bum right shoulder and have interest in bow hunting...by necessity, a crossbow.
If I were to leave my rifle at home and take a crossbow I would have to;
1. Hunt in the cold weather, same as gun season.
2) Wear blaze orange.
3) Compete with rifles.
4) Enter a hunting area already well stirred up in most cases.
If they want to institute crossbow season especially to attract new hunters, they should have asked themselves:
Is a crossbow and the hunting style, methods and techniques required, more comparable to hunting with a Matthews compound bow, or with a Ruger in .300 Winchester magnum?
Failing to understand the differences, the legislature passed a "bandaid"just for a "feel good"effect...like setting someone up with a go-kart, to compete in the Indy 500! how many new hunters will bite on that?
Looks like selfishness and "turf wars" among some sportsmen have given the antis another win!
