Compound vs crossbow

[Coyote Commander]

I dont buy the "more humane", "more ethical", and "wound less animals" argument for one second. Sounds like virtue signaling to me.




Reminds me of the muzzleloader hunters in my area whining for years they wanted to be able to put powered scopes on their modern in-line saboted front stuffers, ya know, to be more "ethical". Bull sheet!

They had a weapon fully capable of making 200-300 yard shots, they just didnt have the sighting system to do it!



In fact, I just listened to a podcast interviewing a dog/drone tracker, and while he didnt flat come out and say it, he heavily alluded to crossbow hunters being his bread and butter clientele!

 

[StupidLightweight]

I dont buy the "more humane", "more ethical", and "wound less animals" argument for one second. Sounds like virtue signaling to me.




Reminds me of the muzzleloader hunters in my area whining for years they wanted to be able to put powered scopes on their modern in-line saboted front stuffers, ya know, to be more "ethical". Bull sheet!

They had a weapon fully capable of making 200-300 yard shots, they just didnt have the sighting system to do it!



In fact, I just listened to a podcast interviewing a dog/drone tracker, and while he didnt flat come out and say it, he heavily alluded to crossbow hunters being his bread and butter clientele!

When you hunt coyotes, I assume you use a rifle. Do you use iron sights and shoot offhand or do you have a scope and use a rest of some kind? That's the argument I'm making here, though it is an eye opener to learn that my desire for accuracy and lethality is virtue signaling.

In regards to increased wounding, that's possible due to the substantial noise emitted by crossbows. Inside a certain distance, I'm convinced whitetails especially duck the string more when the loud crack of a crossbow goes off. Compounds are much quieter, which is an undeniable advantage.

 

[Coyote Commander]

When you hunt coyotes, I assume you use a rifle. Do you use iron sights and shoot offhand or do you have a scope and use a rest of some kind? That's the argument I'm making here, though it is an eye opener to learn that my desire for accuracy and lethality is virtue signaling.

In regards to increased wounding, that's possible due to the substantial noise emitted by crossbows. Inside a certain distance, I'm convinced whitetails especially duck the string more when the loud crack of a crossbow goes off. Compounds are much quieter, which is an undeniable advantage.

When you’re payed to kill deer with your crossbow (and liable to get your ass chewed if you don’t because someone’s loosing money). Than we’ll talk the merit of comparing your crossbow hunting to my coyote killing.

Apples to oranges otherwise. But I applaud the effort.

 

[StupidLightweight]

When you’re payed to kill deer with your crossbow (and liable to get your ass chewed if you don’t because someone’s loosing money). Than we’ll talk the merit of comparing your crossbow hunting to my coyote killing.

Apples to oranges otherwise. But I applaud the effort.

You use a rest and have scope on your coyote rifle not because you're paid to do it. You do it to increase your lethality. That's why I prefer a crossbow over a compound.

 

[Coyote Commander]

Nope.

I use a scoped rifle to make things easier. Just like the crossbow crowd.

I can kill coyotes with iron sights, a .22, a shotgun, heck I’ve killed quite a few over the years with a bow! It’s just a lot harder (know how hard it is to get drawn on a coyote without getting busted? …..oh wait of course not, you shoot a crossbow).