OK, so the question is, - "can't you use a rest with Xbow, & therefore have it up & ready LONG before the game comes into range" ?
The short, simple & direct answer to that is, - yes. - HOWEVER, - the rest of the question, that needs to be asked & answered, in order to determine wether this is a legitimate reason to exclude Xbow from the archery season is. ---- Does using a rest give the Xbow user a GREAT advantage over the conventional archer???
The answer to that is, - absolutely NOT
WHY??? - Again (like so many of the other arguments against the Xbow) it is because of the modern compound bow!!! Today's modern compound bow with 80% & even greater let off, - allows the compound shooter to IN FACT, - draw & hold, - LONG before the game comes into range. (that's a period at the end of that sentence)
Again the PROOF of this is in the Pope & Young record, - where in the guy drew & held for a full 3 minutes with his 80% let off compound.
So, lets be honest. - Three minutes is a LONG time to draw, hold & be "up & ready." --- This is a GREAT advantage, when you consider it in comparison to the "traditional" bow archer!!! --- Consequently, - if this advantage of the 80% & greater let off compound bow, is an allowable/acceptable advance in technology for use in the bow hunting season, - then the "reality" of it is that a Xbow shooter, using a rest, does nothing more then give the xbow shooter the same advantage as a compound shooter with a 80% or greater let off.
The advantage in both cases being that you can be up & ready long before the game animal is in range & thereby GREATLY reduce, if not eliminate the chance of being busted by motion.
Another way to put it. - Shooting an Xbow WITH OUT a rest, - puts the Xbow shooter at a disadvantage compared to the compound shooter using 80% or greater let off. An Xbow shooter using a rest gives him the same advantage, - which is being up & ready BEFORE the concern of being busted by motion.
Consequently, because of the modern compound, the use of a rest is a moot point, because it only allows for the same advantage as that of the modern compound shooter.
Kurt
The short, simple & direct answer to that is, - yes. - HOWEVER, - the rest of the question, that needs to be asked & answered, in order to determine wether this is a legitimate reason to exclude Xbow from the archery season is. ---- Does using a rest give the Xbow user a GREAT advantage over the conventional archer???
The answer to that is, - absolutely NOT
WHY??? - Again (like so many of the other arguments against the Xbow) it is because of the modern compound bow!!! Today's modern compound bow with 80% & even greater let off, - allows the compound shooter to IN FACT, - draw & hold, - LONG before the game comes into range. (that's a period at the end of that sentence)
Again the PROOF of this is in the Pope & Young record, - where in the guy drew & held for a full 3 minutes with his 80% let off compound.
So, lets be honest. - Three minutes is a LONG time to draw, hold & be "up & ready." --- This is a GREAT advantage, when you consider it in comparison to the "traditional" bow archer!!! --- Consequently, - if this advantage of the 80% & greater let off compound bow, is an allowable/acceptable advance in technology for use in the bow hunting season, - then the "reality" of it is that a Xbow shooter, using a rest, does nothing more then give the xbow shooter the same advantage as a compound shooter with a 80% or greater let off.
The advantage in both cases being that you can be up & ready long before the game animal is in range & thereby GREATLY reduce, if not eliminate the chance of being busted by motion.
Another way to put it. - Shooting an Xbow WITH OUT a rest, - puts the Xbow shooter at a disadvantage compared to the compound shooter using 80% or greater let off. An Xbow shooter using a rest gives him the same advantage, - which is being up & ready BEFORE the concern of being busted by motion.
Consequently, because of the modern compound, the use of a rest is a moot point, because it only allows for the same advantage as that of the modern compound shooter.
Kurt
