Crossbow deer season is a good bet | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

BY ERIC SHARP • FREE PRESS OUTDOORS WRITER

The odds are good that we’ll see a new crossbow deer season in southern Michigan from Dec. 1-Jan.1 or that hunters 65 and older will be allowed to use a crossbow statewide in any deer season.

Those are two of the options being considered by the Natural Resources Commission, and I suspect one of them will be adopted before summer. The NRC does have a third option before it — allowing hunters to use crossbows in any firearms season — but that makes no sense in a state where the only reason people want to use crossbows is to hunt deer.

Regardless of the decision, the debate will continue. Click Below for Full Story!

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