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21st-century hunting compound crossbow. A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called a tiller, which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long gun. Crossbows shoot arrow-like projectiles called bolts or quarrels.
At age 101, a northeastern Pennsylvania hunter has shot an eight-point buck and is looking forward to more hunting opportunities this fall. Ray Swingle, of Union Dale, Susquehanna County ...
In Canada, crossbows are not classified as a firearm and can be acquired or manufactured by or sold to anyone over 18 years of age.According to the Criminal Code, barrelled weapons launching a projectile at a muzzle velocity not exceeding 152.4 m/s (500 feet per second) are also not considered firearms. [3]
The arbalest (also arblast), a variation of the crossbow, came into use in Europe around the 12th century. [1] The arbalest was a large weapon with a steel prod, or bow assembly. Since the arbalest was much larger than earlier crossbows, and because of the greater tensile strength of steel, it had a greater force.
Crossbows and ease of use have brought new people to bow hunting: 107,270 Minnesota archery licenses were sold through Monday, up from 101,555 for all of last year.
It was used effectively as a weapon both in battle and for hunting. [2] As powerful a weapon as the crossbow was, it lacked the capability of hunting smaller animals like birds, squirrels, and rabbits. As a weapon, the bolt crossbow was much more popular and therefore more widely developed than the bullet-shooting crossbow.