Crossbows for Archery season?

[Dennis42]

Greetings all. I have been out of hunting for a while. Loved going out during archery season but now I have a bad shoulder and drawing a bow is painful. My question is can I use a cross bow for archery season? I remember there used to be special circumstances to use a Cross Bow for deer in PA but I heard we can now use them? Just want to check the facts? Thanks in advance for your help!

[herplover]

Crossbows are now legal for any one. Good luck next season. Post pics if you get one

[archer1214]

Crossbows are now legal for any one. Good luck next season. Post pics if you get one

Unfortunately, the powers that be (a.k.a. Insurance co.s and PGC ) deemed it necessary to help control the population. People with a disability/handicap were doing fine,but now anyone can get one a Wallyworld and go out and shoot "75-80 yds cause I got a scope!" JMO

[brsims]

I'm planning on getting a crossbow in the future, but I only do target shooting with my bows. Last I heard, crossbows were OK'ed for everybody during Archery season.

[Jay2125]

Yup the whole state is legal now. It really benefits people like me I hunt on public land and state parks and I am terrified of heights so I hunt on the ground. I always had deer close but I had a poor success rate because they would see movement when I drew the bow. I bought a crossbow last season I shot two deer both within 15 yards it is an awesome tool.

[c_brutsche]

Unfortunately, the powers that be (a.k.a. Insurance co.s and PGC ) deemed it necessary to help control the population. People with a disability/handicap were doing fine,but now anyone can get one a Wallyworld and go out and shoot "75-80 yds cause I got a scope!" JMO

My feelings exactly.

[R.W.J]

Unfortunately, the powers that be (a.k.a. Insurance co.s and PGC ) deemed it necessary to help control the population. People with a disability/handicap were doing fine,but now anyone can get one a Wallyworld and go out and shoot "75-80 yds cause I got a scope!" JMO

LMAO the insurance companies????? You really need to educate yourself before posting silly drivel!

[schr8er2000]

Unfortunately, the powers that be (a.k.a. Insurance co.s and PGC ) deemed it necessary to help control the population. People with a disability/handicap were doing fine,but now anyone can get one a Wallyworld and go out and shoot "75-80 yds cause I got a scope!" JMO

And that is no worse than someone going to Wallyworld, buying a rifle, throwing a scope on it and go out and shoot "150 - 200 yards cause I got a scope"....

[ettorment1916]

Unfortunately, the powers that be (a.k.a. Insurance co.s and PGC ) deemed it necessary to help control the population. People with a disability/handicap were doing fine,but now anyone can get one a Wallyworld and go out and shoot "75-80 yds cause I got a scope!" JMO

With the screen name archer1214 and a comment like the above it sounds like your a bit of purest, correct?

With that said, I'd assume all of your bow hunting is done with a recurve bow. Because you know anyone can just walk into a sporting goods shop and buy a compound bow that can shoot 300fps and reach out there to 50 yards....

I took a beautiful 8 point buck in 2011 with my Tenpoint Maverick HP at about 20 yards.
Here is the crossbow:

[archer1214]

LMAO the insurance companies????? You really need to educate yourself before posting silly drivel!

If you think that the ins. co.s don't influence the PGC on the deer/auto collisions, maybe you need to educate.
If a person needs to use a crossbow because of injury or health issues,more power to them. I used to hunt with a recurve, but went to a compound some years ago because of back issues and have,over the years , been backing the draw weight down due to it getting worse. I don't know if I'd ever go to a crossbow,but IF I did , I would only be because I absolutely cannot draw a bow.
This , of course , is JMO and the last I checked the 1st Amendment hadn't been repealed yet.