jjas:

As I posted before the door was first opened by the pistol, then pcr and finally the crossbow. My son and I were deer hunting several years ago, he had his Striker pistol in .308 and I was carrying a muzzleloader. We came to and open feild with a doe feeding in it, she looked up the continued to feed. My son set up his bipod shooting sticks and sat down resting his pistol on the sticks, no reaction from the doe. Gun went boom and deer flopped! The shot was over 300 yards, I know because the field is 525 yards long and she was at the far end. She didn't care what was used, she was "dead right there"(DRT). Now we have the "opportunity" (you folks like that word) to allow everyone the same "opportunity". When the pistol rules came about I was told "very few people have the money to spend on the wildcat pistols". Seems to me rules were being made for the wealthy....

And to your issue with trail cameras, I would say the camera has saved more bucks than it has killed. When people SEE what is in their area they can hold out for a certain deer. Before the camera they shot what was in front of them. Today MANY go home with an empty tag. As with what Pav said, you can get pictures of a buck but putting in front of you to kill is a different matter. I might get to hunt 12 hours per day, my camera is on 24/7