Post by Ron on May 26, 2010 17:27:03 GMT -6
A perfect example of what some of us have been saying all along. From this issue of WIsconsin Outdoor News.
Adding crossbows (and the harvest they will bring) will cause losses for bowhunters. We are already seeing calls for a shortening of the archery deer season and reducing bowhunters tags and that is happening without crossbows. This retired WI Wildlife Biologist explains how further increases in bowhunters harvest will mean nothing good for bowhunting. Couple this with the fact that bowhunters numbers in WI are strong (no problems with recruitment) because nobody in WI is excluded from bowhunting and the depressed deer herd and you can see that adding crossbows will hurt the archery deer season in WI.
Gun hunters are already upset with bowhunters and the deer we take and every time bowhunters are asked about full intrusion of crossbows, they oppose the idea.
Adding crossbows (and the harvest they will bring) will cause losses for bowhunters. We are already seeing calls for a shortening of the archery deer season and reducing bowhunters tags and that is happening without crossbows. This retired WI Wildlife Biologist explains how further increases in bowhunters harvest will mean nothing good for bowhunting. Couple this with the fact that bowhunters numbers in WI are strong (no problems with recruitment) because nobody in WI is excluded from bowhunting and the depressed deer herd and you can see that adding crossbows will hurt the archery deer season in WI.
Gun hunters are already upset with bowhunters and the deer we take and every time bowhunters are asked about full intrusion of crossbows, they oppose the idea.
