Should the Airbow Be Legal for Archery Season?

Does this mean that any one who uses a mechanical release is not a bowhunter since they are to whimppy to hold the string? Or use bows with training wheels because they not able to hold at full draw without 80% let off?

 

No, not at all. They must still (with only human power) draw back the peak weight at the time of the attempt on game before they could enjoy a let-off. Everything they do is via only human power.

 

NO!!!

 

So, by your definition, a crossbow cannot be considered archery equipment. It's not held back by human power. And it's not let down by human power if the shot doesn't present itself.

I suggest a re-wording of your statement to make it a little clearer. I understand that in the heat of the moment, and just being in a hurry, we get off course sometimes. Maybe go back and tweak it a little. Might save yourself a big ration of poop

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No.

 

I actually kinda agree with him. A crossbow has more aspects that are closely related to a firearm than it does a bow. I know this argument isn't about bows vs. crossbows but I think he touches on a very good point. A bow does not allow you to store the energy for any longer than the hunter can hold it back. That's a very nice distinction to be made and a good place to draw the line in the sand. I don't really have a problem with cross bows, but I don't feel like they should be considered any more in the bow hunting category as the air bow is.

 

Meh.....

Currently the hunting industry as a whole is bleeding participants and with some states the percentages are staggering. If we want to survive or stay relevant as bowhunters then we might need to go along with bowhunting equipment that does not require tons of practice to participate.

I really do not care what the neighbor uses as long as it is legal.

 

It is a spear gun that does not have to be used underwater. Nothing about this is bow-related, crossbow, compound, or recurve. Where is the string? How is it drawn back? Its not, not archery than.

 

The statement stands on its own and was worded perfectly. In WI you can buy a crossbow license and hunt the crossbow season and register your kill as a crossbow kill or you can be a bowhunter and buy an archery deer license and hunt the state's archery deer season and register your deer as an archery kill.

WI is the birthplace of bowhunting under the authority of a License allowing bowhunting. (thanks to Ray Case in the 1930's) We were the first state to have bowhunting licenses. When crossbows came looking for access to the deer, the state did the right and proper thing and made them separate of bowhunting. The initial season was to run concurrent with bowhunting but now (due to a few years of harvest records thanks to keeping crossbowing separate of bowhunting) there are resolutions to shorten the crossbow season.

WI has a definition of a bow and one for crossbows likewise with the separate seasons. Crossbowers (or whatever that sort calls themselves) are hunters (so are firearms hunters) but common sense, statute and administrative code prevents them from being bowhunters. I'm sure many crossbowers are good guys and good hunters (like many firearms hunters are) its just they cannot be bowhunters.

 

no.

 

Get out of here with your logic. This is bowhunting! We make decisions based on emotion and irrational fear of change.

 

No....

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What if we renamed archery season to something more appropriate like "Short Range Season" or "Lower Success Rate Season"? Would that help everyone get over themselves? Or will it forever be the good old boys, "we don't like your kind around here" club?

This is how I picture everyone during these conversations.

 

I would say, its a gun, not a bow. Use it during gun season.

 

Great Movie!! I could see myself like this someday, especially the Pabst part!

 

Airbows should be legal. But only when hunted over bait. I would be open to a high fence requirement as well.

 

Absolutely not... it is not a bow. As it is, I think crossbows should have a shorter season than bows because of the ease of use and greater ability to remain stealthy.

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I don't give a crap if someone uses a crossbow. But, seriously, what is archery about this "airbow"? The fact that it shoots a bolt? The OP's question was if it should be allowed during archery season. It really has nothing to do with archery. So, maybe allow them during firearms season. ?? It's certainly not hunting with a bow, which is the intent of archery seasons.

 

It is an Arrow Gun. Just call it what it is. And no, it shouldn't be legal for archery season. Make it legal for disabled hunters during archery season and everyone else during rifle season.

Also, the promo video does not portray hunters well. Poor optics will lead to society having a poor opinion of us. Since we are about 4% of the population, how we are perceived matters to the future of hunting. I think BHOD and some other shows like Randy Newberg to a great job.

Arrow Gun Hunt or Die....

 

The argument against the Arrow Gun is stronger and more logical. No emotion required.

The Arrow Gun alo doesn't fit into archery season because the word archery is derived from the Latin word for bow, archus. This equipment lacks the physical characteristics required to define it as archery. Thus, Arrow Gun is far more accurate and it belongs in rifle season.