Sharpy, i would lay money that the smarter poachers will head to the bowzones first....and otherwise wait until december/january to do their thing. I'd lay money that 99% of game poached is with gun...even in bowzones. They know where and when to go to make sure its not likely where and when anyone would expect. As sick as it makes me to find the headless mule deer around town in the fall etc. and to hear all those gunshots in the night while camping in the early fall west of edmonton looking for moose not on draw with archery tackle...almost feel as though we are wasting our time...but anyhow, thats a whole different subject and it really doesn't fit with this discussion...it doesn't matter. They do what they do and we hope they get caught. Such is life. But to lump a crossbow in with it.....like i said before....it won't take anyone long to realize its effectiveness makes it a bow....and therefore most likely just as useless to a poacher.

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