I have to clarify your poaching with archery gear comment............do you think it does not happen??
I also said poachers will use what they want, but if it is not allowed in archery seasons, it is tough to explain a bolt stuck in an animal if caught!!

Blade if an adult can't pull 40 lbs with 80% letoff to go hunting they should probably stay home as they will never get what they shoot in the truck!! I agree with some of your points but that one is stretching it.

another question, 40 yards max, "due to noise" isn't it loss of kinetic energy and poor trajectory due to the physics of the crossbow and the short heavy bolt it shoots!