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Originally Posted by calgarychef
Won't take the bet huh? C'mon take the friggen bet, put your money where your mouth is.
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No need chef, do some homework, my mouth runs this way because I did tons of research on he subject years ago. It's a win argument for me, u can come up with all sorts or scenarios and make bets but u can't get around the fact they r the same in the field. Ie; there is data like this echoing all over the place where they play together. This was one year studied in ohio...
"Of the 155,000 archery participants, 70,000 used a crossbow, 55,000 use a vertical bow and 30,000 used both. Of seniors who apply for and receive a free license, 4,000 used a crossbow, 1,000 used a vertical bow and 1,000 used both. Success rates for 2001 were identical for crossbow hunters and vertical bow hunters at 14%."
All these deflections, perceived advantages etc. R simply hot air....reality is another matter. It's a bow in the name of hunting. They rarely get away from 1 to 2% of each other in percentage stats.
But it's still a couple months to hunt time, I do believe we all have better things to do than see if one guy can kill a deer with a crossbow before a compound guy...like...kinda pales in comparison to just one year in Ohio studied for exactly the sort of info u r looking for. There is only one main reason to keep it out...it's very selfish driven.
U see chef, when I first heard about this I had the knee jerk reaction many do...no effin way. But silly me and my open mind, decided to learn the full story...there we r, I can't unlearn it, there is no going back...it's a bow. Alberta can disallow it anywhere sensitive, late season sheep, or antelope, or whatever but the majority of our bow seasons maybe all...the percentage to users will run moot between compounds/crossbows so more tool options equals more people have a choice that suits them better...it's only about that, choices. Nothing more. No threat, no problem, no advantage.