Compound vs crossbow

[mntnguide]

So I'm curious, when someone shoots an animal at 100 yards with a compound it's hunting and skill but some shoots an animal with a crossbow at 100 yards it's cheating?

Who said its hunting and skill to shoot an animal at 100 with a bow? You are the only one saying that. I would call it a very unethical shot, even under perfect conditions. I dont know a single person who has ever killed anything anywhere close to that distance with a bow. Im sure it happens rarely, and those people also probably are the first to call themselves an "influencer". Exactly the type of people that are a disease in the hunting world

 

[Maxhunter]

I live in WY and despise able bodied individuals using crossbows during archery season. I see more and more people using them. I agree 100% with what mtnguide posted. Bow Hunters of Wyoming would like to see it removed from the archery season. I have no problem with them being used by disabled individuals and especially seniors but they should have to provide medical proof from a physician yearly to be able to hunt with it. The WYOA and the Game & Fish don’t want it removed imo for one reason money and outfitters more clients get booked in archery season. I bring it up every year but it’s on deaf ears.

Have compound bows advanced technology over the years yes, but not like crossbows. I can take any able body person and in 30 minutes have them shooting quarter size groups at 50yds. The learning curve is very short with them imo.

I’m 65 and still hunt with a vertical bow.

Ravin used to advertise meet your next gun.

 

[Skerhunter]

So I'm curious, when someone shoots an animal at 100 yards with a compound it's hunting and skill but some shoots an animal with a crossbow at 100 yards it's cheating?

yes - give me a cross bow that is sighted in for 100 yards and I can make the shot off a tripod without practice. The list of people alive who can kill animals at 100 yards with a compound bow is pretty short!

Now compare the difference to drawing your bow with an alert animal inside 20 yards vs turning the safety off.

 

[BigSkyHntr]

As a resident of MT, I’m very glad crossbows aren’t allowed in archery season. I agree with the sentiment that they should be called a crossgun. To me it’s a short range gun..
I think they have their place and am certainly not against them for disabled or seniors.

To me there is a difference I see in people I meet or observe in archery season vs general rifle. And I mean this in the nicest of ways lol, but the amount of ‘sleazy’ (for lack of a better word) hunters I see goes up in general rifle.
Don’t get me wrong there are lots of serious, dedicated guys out there in gen season, but there is definitely a higher percentage of ‘losers’ out there than there is in archery season.
IMO this has a lot to do with how much time/ dedication it takes to be proficient with your weapon. I could go on and on about this, but my point is this: Why would we want more lazy, rude, yet able-bodied people out there in archery season?? To me that’s exactly the type of person who is attracted to a crossbow!
And yes I totally get that not EVERYONE who shoots a crossbow is like this, same as not everyone who shoots a rifle is like this either..

Full disclaimer- I consider myself a bow hunter at heart and shoot a compound. I understand that a lot of what I said could be said by trad shooters about the ‘compound guys’.. But I think it’s still hard to argue that it takes much more time to be good at shooting a compound than it does a crossbow. I haven’t shot a trad bow a whole lot, but I have zero doubt in my mind that if compounds became illegal to use in archery season I would learn to shoot one!
Flame away!

 

[Overdrive]

yes - give me a cross bow that is sighted in for 100 yards and I can make the shot off a tripod without practice. The list of people alive who can kill animals at 100 yards with a compound bow is pretty short!

Now compare the difference to drawing your bow with an alert animal inside 20 yards vs turning the safety off.

I've killed animals from distances of 3 yards - 82 yards with a compound, mostly Elk and a couple deer and a bear.

I just feel a crossbow has better efficiency at long distance with heavier bolt and faster flight times, guess I'll find out this Fall if I draw my Wyoming Elk license.