WHAT DO WASHINGTON HUNTERS THINK ABOUT DISABLED CROSSBOW HUNTERS

[KillBilly]

thanks for the info.
i downloaded the info from the washington game and fish website but that is as far as i have gone.
i didn't know if i should persue it or not since i can still pull my bow. (with pain) but still can.

Discuss it with your doctor and let him help you decide. It doesn't mean you have to start using a cross bow. You will also be able to put in for road closure access permits. It does not hurt to begin the process.

[Jerbear]

I think its bs! I think they should hunt with a rifle if they cant use a normal bow

Moss
This was your statement.  The thread is about disabled hunters using a crossbow.  You have insulted the disabled hunters on this site.  Now you are trying to wiggle out of it.  Man up and apologize.  Then again you might just be acting your age!

[mossback91]

I think its bs! I think they should hunt with a rifle if they cant use a normal bow

Moss
This was your statement.  The thread is about disabled hunters using a crossbow.  You have insulted the disabled hunters on this site.  Now you are trying to wiggle out of it.  Man up and apologize.  Then again you might just be acting your age!

Not trying to wiggle out of anything!

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

Here is my take, I am a disabled vet, i do not abuse the system. I do not feel the game department shoudl make any special consession for me. I am no more special than you are. I may pay a little less for my license than you but i do not deserve any mor eright than you. And hunting to me is not all about the kill. Hunting to me is the ability to be in the field. The day i can not cary a gun or pull a bow back will be a hurtful one, but it will not be the end of it for me. I will still be in the field, with my family and friends.

Everybody always thinks that it should be about them, well it is not. It is about the masses, they are the ones footing the bill. Not the single person who needs the special season.
DO you really think the game department should change everything for .01% of the population??? I do not expect them to change it for me. I make my opportunity, i do not expect the game department to make it for me.
Sorry if this ruffles some feathers but that is the way i feel.

[mossback91]

I like the way you think wdfw I have a long time family friend who is the same way and becoming very disabled born with a messe dup hip and a leg that is alot shorter than the other this causes him to become sore quickly and he can not go long distances at all so he hunts with in his limits and there no way in hell he is going to get a disabled tag. Gotta admire someone who does that

[backyard bucks]

i have researched it for myself. haven't done it yet because i'm still able to do it. with pain but still can.
probably because i'm still young enough to do it
but
for you guys thinking that a person is weak or just trying to get something out of the system to benifit just themselves is plain ass stupid.
nobody mentioned special seasons at all just a different option of weapon or method of doing what we all love to do on this site.
we have the privledge of youth still but what happens when we get to be more seasoned???
the sport needs to have all involved for the future of it. as it is the numbers of hunters are dropping year after year.
and let me guess your comment to that is going to be "great less people in the woods"  and i'm guessing that because of your earlier posts (ignorance and all)  sorry if i'm ruffling feathers!
but in that case you are the ones thinking about yourselves and not the masses who all love the sport.

like i said i don't have a permit and who knows if i ever will apply for one but to exclude those who can't do it or need special equipment to do it is wrong in my opinion and not good attitudes for the sport. just my honest opinion

[backyard bucks]

wdfw hates me.
i do thank you for your service to our county!!!! honestly thanks

and you have a right to your opinion but don't you think everyone has a right to be able to enjoy the sport??

[SHANE(WA)]

You can in washington with a bow tag, fairly easy to do, dont have to be handicapped either, a injury or surgery can get you the permit, talked to a couple of guys who love to bow hunt but, broke there shoulder and couldnt draw their bows, so they got a permit and used a crossbow.

[rover747]

None wrong if disabled  person hunt with crossbow ,just my 
I don't see much advantage for  him/her over me ,when i hunt bow.He/her need to find animal and sneak up on it ,before making any shot . Well you all know ,this is not easy part. We live only once ,and if some one who is disabled ,enjoy do it ,so be it .So in my opinion ,crossbow should be ok to use if person disabled. No offense to anyone .

[robb92]

I dont have a problem with someone using a crossbow even if they were not disabled. A lot of states back east allow crossbow hunting during archery season with out being disabled, does it add an andvantage to a hunter? Nope. I have a crossbow and my daughter uses it because she can't pull back a bow to the min. of 55lbs yet, which is the requirment for deer hunting in MD and VA. 

[KillBilly]

Little Dave and I have discussed this matter. "Percentage of lawful hunters is so low in this state" He used the word "Lawful" as meaning "licensed". He is correct we do have a low percentage of the States Population purchasing licenses. The issue now becomes how/what do we do to bring that percentage up and how do we improve our image when we have lots of visibility on poaching....

I am straight now and am going to delete my posts on being insulted... a little communication resolved it.

Thanks Little Dave

[deaddog]

I think we should do what we can to help get disabled hunters out in the woods, whatever it takes to help them enjoy this great thing called hunting. And as for disabled vets, (you to WDFW,even though you may disagree.) the price all disabled veterans paid should be enough. I honestly belive their licences and all tags should be free for life. small price to pay for the rest of the population in return for what they have given. Ill tell you what WDFW, it would be an honor if you let me pay for your licence next year!

[NW-Eric]

i think its fine for them to use them i have nothing agaisnt it... but personally if i had a choice i would stay with my regular bow, walking around with a cross bow is like walking around with a big awkward loaded gun in my opinion and the shorter arrows dont mantain the same energy.

[KillBilly]

I think we should do what we can to help get disabled hunters out in the woods, whatever it takes to help them enjoy this great thing called hunting. And as for disabled vets, (you to WDFW,even though you may disagree.) the price all disabled veterans paid should be enough. I honestly belive their licences and all tags should be free for life. small price to pay for the rest of the population in return for what they have given. Ill tell you what WDFW, it would be an honor if you let me pay for your licence next year!

Qualified Disabled Vets get a reduced license fee where otherwise disabled persons do not. The Qualifications are in the link I posted in an earlier post.

[buck470]

Not being a Bow hunter, or having researched a crossbow.

What are the Main advantages to using a Crossbow??

Unless there is a Huge Advantage, what's the harm? Someone mentioned Bows vs Cross bow being comparable in feet per second, someone else mentioned the bolt not sustaining like an arrow?

Can someone tell me the FACTS (not opinions) Bows vs Crossbow.
Besides the actual Draw, having a Cross bow already drawn is an advantage.