So by your reasoning we should outlaw vertical bows and rifles then too? Sharpstick, I was trying to stay out of this but that was one of the most uninformed comments that I've ever heard. Poachers are poachers regardless of weapon so just leave this well enough alone and you won't look so uninformed. Certainly there are arguements on both sides for crossbows but poaching is not one of them. Quit bashing your fellow hunters....leave that to the antis.....