How difficult is it for a crossbow permit?

[bigbore442001]

I know that some states allow crossbow hunting like Ohio. Others allow it if you have a certain physical disability. Some outright prohibit them for hunting.

In Massachusetts, a permit is issued for life with the signature of a doctor on the application. From what people say, it isn't hard to get if you have the doctor's signature. Same with New Hampshire. In Rhode Island, it is the same as well as anyone over the age of 65 can obtain one.

A friend of ours said that Connecticut has a board that reviews each case. He said there was a man who is right handed and lost his vision in his right eye. They told him to learn to shoot left handed.

So. How easy or difficult is it to get a permit, if needed?

[chadwimc]

When my wife was in labor with my daughter, her OB/GYN struck up a conversation with me about bow hunting(we had to distract ourselves from all that weeping and wailing...). I told how my shoulder wasn't going to let me shoot 70lbs much longer. He offered to write me a prescription to use a crossbow. Since he was from Indiana, he assumed I needed a doctor's excuse to use a crossbow in Ohio. So, the right doctor and you  with a legitimate condition should sign off on it with no problems.