Crossbows

[Thump1]

It seems unfair that crossbow legalization can be brought up year after year only to be rejected. Then one day it passes and it's forever a part of the archery only season. That's just like saying in a best of 7 World Series in baseball, that one team only has to win once to be named World Champions forever.

The crossbow hasn't really been opposed to a great degree AFTER it's legalization. Reminds me about a movie, "Eight Men Out", everyone in TX was told upfront the crossbow issue was a forgone conclusion, everyone was told there was no opposition and there wasn't anything the bowhunters could do to stop it.

My personal wants for TX, now dictated by the crossbow agenda, is to lobby for a new "original archery only season" during a different time frame. Recurves, long bows, and compounds with restrictions(65% let off, hand held-hand drawn and hand released. No tigers, limited to one sight pin). Will this ever happen, maybe when it snows in heck.

I'd go back and do exactly what HB968 did, modify the existing law. Restrict the use of crossbows to the handicap, youth and those over 65yrs of age, and return the verbage that archery equipment must be hand held, hand drawn, and hand released otherwise. If bowhunters would join together and inflict enough pain and suffering on the ATA-NRA Team they would welcome this compromise in TX. For some reason the ATA-NRA team think they're bullet proof on this issue, I do not agree.

[bustedassranch]

Originally Posted by Thump1

My personal wants for TX, now dictated by the crossbow agenda, is to lobby for a new "original archery only season" during a different time frame. Recurves, long bows, and compounds with restrictions(65% let off, hand held-hand drawn and hand released. No tigers, limited to one sight pin). Will this ever happen, maybe when it snows in heck.

I guess after ticking off every legacy member along with anybody that holds any kind of position in the LSBA I mind as well continue. With words like "elitist" floating around why on earth would anyone want to continue feeding people? I would not be hunting in that "original archery only season". I started with a recurve & have moved on to a smoking fast..tons of let off compound with a trigger release.
I did have a chance to speak to a legacy member of the LSBA face to face. I asked him how he felt when compounds came out. "Oh god, I looked at it & thought what the hell is this" I asked have you shot one? "Yes, thats all I shoot now." What do you think about crossbows? "Oh god"
I found it interesting that he answered the same towards both questions & thought to myself "how long before he likes them?" I guess my point is things change. I dont agree with all of the changes. I do want the LSBA to continue to grow. If we keep acting like crossbows are a plague we will die with a plague.

[Thump1]

Originally Posted by bustedassranch

..... I would not be hunting in that "original archery only season"......

.....I know you'd be hunting with a crossbow.....

State Reps are saying they didn't realize there was opposition to the crossbow issue, nor do they act like it really matters. Its the job of bowhunters to make sure it does matter.


Line of attack on the crossbow issue.
1. Boycott the ATA-NRA team. Make it so costly for them the crossbow agenda is abandoned. There is no reasoning with these crossbow guys.
2. Full capitulation on the part of the bowhunters. Make all archery seasons general gun seasons, at the very least include the muzzle loaders. This would totally shut down the crossbow issue. Its most likely the next step anyway.
3. or 2a. Start from square one and apply for new archery seasons, write the laws and regulations so that archery seasons will not be infringed. 4. Allow time for the ATA-NRA data to prove itself inaccurate then lobby to reverse the damage the crossbows have done to archery seasons.

[bustedassranch]

Originally Posted by Thump1

.....I know you'd be hunting with a crossbow.....

Do you read anything I write or just like arguing? You never answered my question about talking to your EC rep. Have you talked to them?
& your right...nevermind