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Post by Woody Williams on Mar 27, 2010 18:24:54 GMT -5
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Post by HuntMeister on Mar 27, 2010 18:38:07 GMT -5
That's a bunch of deer! Woody, how long have xbows been allowed in the archery season in Ohio?
Would be interesting to see how the harvest percentages have change with the addition of the xbow too.
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Post by Woody Williams on Mar 27, 2010 19:31:14 GMT -5
That's a bunch of deer! Woody, how long have xbows been allowed in the archery season in Ohio? Would be interesting to see how the harvest percentages have change with the addition of the xbow too. Crossbws have been allowed in Ohio for 32 years. The archery hunters (vertical and crossbow) are setting records almost every year. |
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Post by deerman1 on Mar 27, 2010 22:18:08 GMT -5
Well honestly it is all about hunter numbers ,deer numbers, and in the case of OH. at the last count I could find they had right at 500,000 archery hunters and IN. only had right at 75,000 bow hunters so in fact they are taking by percentage about the same numbers as we are but they also have right around 800,000 deer and we are likely at about half that deer herd number or slightly higher . So in fact it helps but archery hunters are not in fact a big hammer in deer management here and likely never will be in our state .
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Post by freedomhunter on Mar 28, 2010 8:27:49 GMT -5
idk, think they promote picking up a x-bow and not a traditional bow you have to draw, because of the "easy" advantage (just like most of society wants these days.
and, btw, where is the deer season structure discussion on this site? seems like the other site is fired up
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Post by HuntMeister on Mar 28, 2010 8:31:41 GMT -5
and, btw, where is the deer season structure discussion on this site? seems like the other site is fired up standby, discussion coming up soon... |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2010 8:46:29 GMT -5
idk, think they promote picking up a x-bow and not a traditional bow you have to draw, because of the "easy" advantage (just like most of society wants these days. and, btw, where is the deer season structure discussion on this site? seems like the other site is fired up Do you have any link that shows the Ohio DNR "promoting" crossbow use?  Looks to me that hunters just use it because they want to, not because someone else wants them to use it. BTW- nomally, Ohio crossbow users account for slightly half of the archer kills in that state. They also have a lot of areas where gun hunting isn't accepted well, so archery does well in those areas. Ohio is doing a good job managing their deer, both for quality and overall health. More states should look at what they do and take notes. |
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Post by deerman1 on Mar 28, 2010 10:11:01 GMT -5
idk, think they promote picking up a x-bow and not a traditional bow you have to draw, because of the "easy" advantage (just like most of society wants these days. and, btw, where is the deer season structure discussion on this site? seems like the other site is fired up What other site a link would be great if possable thank you ?!!! |
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Post by Woody Williams on Mar 28, 2010 11:19:56 GMT -5
idk, think they promote picking up a x-bow and not a traditional bow you have to draw, because of the "easy" advantage (just like most of society wants these days. Methinks that the ODNR is "promoting" deer hunting. They are not all that hung up on what tool is used or how difficult one is to master as opposed to another. SEE and please participate at - huntingindiana.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=deerhunting&action=display&thread=31624 |
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Post by racktracker on Mar 28, 2010 11:46:39 GMT -5
Yeah, we wouldnt want to be like Ohio killing all those deer and huge bucks..  |
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Post by tickman1961 on Mar 29, 2010 9:13:30 GMT -5
A crossbow is inferior to a compound bow - simple fact... States lack of allowing the crossbow during early archery many times comes from the elitist archer who thinks of none but themselves....  |
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