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Originally posted by skeet
Crossbows etc
The groups you are mentioning in your posts are just like the traditional vs inline camps. What is in their best interests? Everybody has their own ideas and story to tell. If a crossbow isn't in the group's best interests..then they'll tell ya it ain't a bow.
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The Organizations I mentioned, which include the International Bowhunting Education Program governed by the National Bowhunting Education Foundation is hardly a "group" and hardly ones who have any kind of a so called "interest" or agenda.
There is not one organization that I am aware of that considers a crossbow to be a bow, and furthermore, don't know of any professional organization that considers the crossbow to be allowed in an ARCHERY ONLY AREA OR SEASON.
If you want to talk of further groups in comparison, then lets talk NRA and NMLRA. I teach for both (as well as I miaght add, the IBEP) and in the IBEP/NBEF crossbows are verbotten. In the NRA/NMLRA inlines are whether or not they are smokeless even, are all treated the same, and why not, they ALL HAVE THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS and loading procedures.
Aloha...
