Welcome to TheOhioOutdoors
Wanting to join the rest of our members? Login or sign up today!
Login / Join

The Future of Hunting in Ohio

If you could make one change to Ohio deer hunting regualtions ,what would it be?

  • Ban baiting.

    Votes: 34 73.9%
  • Modify camera use. (E.g. No cell cams in season, No cams on public, etc.)

    Votes: 10 21.7%
  • Change season dates. (E.g. Reduce opportunity, Alter NR guidelines, etc.)

    Votes: 9 19.6%
  • Modify crossbow use. (E.g. Special season, Medical/Age restrictions, etc.)

    Votes: 11 23.9%
  • Attempt to discourage leasing. (E.g. New fees, New access programs, combined with season changes, et

    Votes: 10 21.7%
  • Ban baiting, cameras, crossbows, guns and make people hunt in loin clothes using sharp sticks.

    Votes: 2 4.3%
  • Other, and I'll share my recommendation in this thread.

    Votes: 4 8.7%

  • Total voters
    46
This thread makes me want to delete my account.

1702405444349.jpeg
 

Creamer

Active Member
1,637
87
Athens
I don't have an issue with crossbows as much as some. It's not the weapon it's the heart and mind of the person that's holding it that causes issues. Plenty of unethical stuff happening with compound bows too.

For me, it's not something I would consider an ethical issue. In my opinion, which you can disagree with all you want (free country, still...more or less), crossbows go against the spirit of an "archery season." It's technology, it advances, I get that. Maybe it's time for the season restrictions to advance to catch up with the technology?

Like I said in the original post, that I think some people will gloss over, I don't think they should be eliminated. Regulated, yes. Eliminated, no.
 

GoetsTalon

Senior Member
Supporting Member
4,475
139
Walbridge oh
Almost as bad as the View LMAO!!! I hunt with a crossbow but haven't killed a deer since 2020 so..... I think it's that fucking Sitka camo lol. Only rich guys can get close enough to kill one lololol.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Mike
I'm serious. Almost everything I hated about Dumbassville is right here in one thread.

That's just it, it's one thread. Something you can ignore if you want to. About the only good this thread really does is allow others to vent their views so no one listens anyway. Guaranteed most of the posts have only been read or even skimmed over by a handful of people. And those people are probably only looking for who disagrees with them.
 

giles

Cull buck specialist
Supporting Member
That's just it, it's one thread. Something you can ignore if you want to. About the only good this thread really does is allow others to vent their views so no one listens anyway. Guaranteed most of the posts have only been read or even skimmed over by a handful of people. And those people are probably only looking for who disagrees with them.
I'm not saying I'm gonna, just stating that this thread is toxic.
 

giles

Cull buck specialist
Supporting Member
Well I knew that.......I'm still on here duh.......

But yeah I see what you are saying. That is why I waited so long to even reply, not that it does any good.
Nope, just turns everyone against eachother. Elite vs Meat Hunter vs public land vs private land vs food plot vs corn pile. And I jumped right in with both feet like I haven't ever been here before. SMH
 

Clay Showalter

Southern member northern landowner
6,755
145
Guilford County
Nope, just turns everyone against eachother. Elite vs Meat Hunter vs public land vs private land vs food plot vs corn pile. And I jumped right in with both feet like I haven't ever been here before. SMH
The beauty of this place is people and disagree and still be respectful of each other. We are all brothers here.
 

Jackalope

Dignitary Member
Staff member
39,048
274
Nope, just turns everyone against eachother. Elite vs Meat Hunter vs public land vs private land vs food plot vs corn pile. And I jumped right in with both feet like I haven't ever been here before. SMH

When I borrowed your crossbow at Strouds that's the first time I've ever shot a deer with one. To be honest it was probably only the 3rd time I've ever fired one. Now, know what I hate about fucking crossbows. I pulled the trigger and the damn deer didn't flop over dead in an instant. 🤣 Seriously. My brain subconsciously thought gun, it went off and there was a pause. Long enough that my brain thought I missed. Then I heard the impact. That deer was maybe 12 yards away, 36 feet. At 300fps that arrow hit that deer in 1/8 of a second. Yet my brain still had time to believe I missed. So, it feels and functions like a gun, but that's where it stops, everything else is still bow. You still have to pay attention to yardage, shooting holes, picking the correct pin in the scope, jumping the string, deflections, etc. Sure they're easier to shoot accurately than a compound, but IMO they're still a damn bow. It was fun but I felt like I got robbed, I pulled that trigger and there was no bang, no smell of powder, no kick in the shoulder, no flop of the deer. Everything was, well, just like I shot it with a bow.
 

Jackalope

Dignitary Member
Staff member
39,048
274
The other thing about crossbows that I noticed when I borrowed @giles . They should be banned for the pure fact that nobody should be allowed to suffer carrying that awkward fucking thing through the woods. 🤣 I mean shit. Even with a sling, they're a complete pain in the ass to carry and slip through anything but a fresh clear-cut. I felt like a damn moose trying to slip through the willows. If someone wants to tote one of those things around then they earned it. 🤣
 

Hedgelj

Senior Member
Supporting Member
8,073
189
Mohicanish
Nope, just turns everyone against eachother. Elite vs Meat Hunter vs public land vs private land vs food plot vs corn pile. And I jumped right in with both feet like I haven't ever been here before. SMH
I can see what you're saying. I'm guilty also. But the difference is as Clay pointed out
The beauty of this place is people and disagree and still be respectful of each other. We are all brothers here.
And this one thread doesn't define the membership or this site.
 

giles

Cull buck specialist
Supporting Member
The other thing about crossbows that I noticed when I borrowed @giles . They should be banned for the pure fact that nobody should be allowed to suffer carrying that awkward fucking thing through the woods. 🤣 I mean shit. Even with a sling, they're a complete pain in the ass to carry and slip through anything but a fresh clear-cut. I felt like a damn moose trying to slip through the willows. If someone wants to tote one of those things around then they earned it. 🤣
Deer also see them easier because of the wide profile sticking out the sides. Not like a vertical bow that looks natural to everything around it.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Mike

Creamer

Active Member
1,637
87
Athens
The beauty of this place is people and disagree and still be respectful of each other. We are all brothers here.

I tried to be respectful. I mean, I could have posted a bunch of those "How a crossbow hunter ______" memes. I did look at them. And laugh. But I didn't post them here. 😬

Sorry if I compounded Assholeville, @giles
 
  • Haha
Reactions: Stressless