TenPoint Crossbow Technologies - Redefining Crossbow Technology Through Innovation
To Our Customers:
This year may be the best ever for crossbow hunting. Roughly ten states are considering easing their crossbow restrictions. Three of the ten are well along in the process, and the chances they will remove crossbow restrictions in their archery seasons are good. The remaining seven states - and perhaps others - appear interested in considering the crossbow issue early enough in the year to make regulatory changes in the 2009/2010 archery season if they so choose.
All this interest in easing crossbow regulations is no accident. Most state wildlife officials are looking to harvest more deer, recruit more hunters and find ways to retain existing hunters. In addition, they have come to understand that the state and national bowhunting organizations’ exclusionary opposition to crossbows cannot be supported by facts or data of any sort.
In remarks made to a state legislative committee last December, Bill Audette, a Michigan resident and crossbow advocate summed up his argument in favor of crossbows better than anyone we have heard.
“Members of the committee, what we are proposing is a paradigm shift, a sea change in the way of thinking about this issue. Instead of focusing on the limiting and negative concept of “Exclusion”, we should be promoting and embracing the positive concept of “Inclusion”. Two terms that are the direct by-product of the concept of “Inclusion” are the words “Opportunity” and “Choice”. The former is necessary for the latter to be a possibility.”
I invite you to review our website to learn more about the regulatory environment today. I also urge you to get active in your state if need be. An easy way to stay current on crossbow issues is to sign up for our E-Newsletter and our more targeted and issue related E-Blasts.
We believe 2009 may well become a watershed year during which “inclusion” finally wins out over “exclusion” and that offering hunters the “choice” of using a crossbow during archery season will expand hunting “opportunity” for tens of thousands of new hunters.
Sincerely,
Richard L. Bednar - CEO
