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I have to disagree with ya on this one Rattus. The crossbow is exactly what Adam said. It is a bow. It shoots an arrow(bolt) and for deer it will have to use a broadhead point of some sort. The archery season is for a bow. A crossBOW will not really extend the range you are able to kill by any significant distance..and there are already bows with 90% letoff so when using a release it means you only have to hold an insignificant amount of pull. In fact some of these bows are not allowed if you want to register an animal in some of the record keeping organizations...or at least they weren't a few years ago. The archery season should be opened up for crossbows. In many states they are legal for people who are not able to pull a regular(or compound) bow.

Now as far as a muzzleloader...again.it isn't necessarily about what kind of muzzleloader you use. It is(and should be) about the extra hunting opportunities. When the muzzleloader seasons were established that is exactly all it was about...more hunting. The Pennsylvania season was set up to be for primitive(if I remember correctly) firearms. But still it was about more hunting...and most of the people who hunted with flinters were hunting just for that reason...more days afield. If they had allowed caplocks most would have used them...no matter what you feel is right. As stated before. What is the difference to you all? Just hunt your way and enjoy it! Nobody is "cheating" you...unless you cheat yourself by not enjoying the opportunity. Have fun whether it be with cossbow or inline, compound or flintlock