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Hey, everyone, welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundation's podcast, which is brought to you by

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I'm your host Tony Peterson, and today's episode is just kind of all about crossbows.

Love them or hate them, they're here to stay.

For a while in the archery industry, even saying the word crossbow was like uttering Voldemort's name in Hogwarts, which is an example you can use if you have kids, but probably shouldn't

if you don't.

Anyway, crossbow legalization has gone really well

for crossbow enthusiasts, and it seems like it's a matter of time in most states. It's also a

very widely adopted weapon that I've learned quite a bit about because of my daughters,

which is what I'm going to talk about right now.

A year ago, a buddy and I boarded a flight headed toward Orlando.

We were headed out on a saltwater fishing trip, and we were pretty excited.

In addition to the canal fishing in the backyard of our rental house,

we were planning to borrow a canoe from a friend of mine who lives down there so we could paddle out to the mangroves and fish.

Now, when I say that messing around with saltwater fish in the flats is something I enjoy,

I mean it. I rank it right up there with following a good lab around where the pheasants live on the pier fun meter so we were pretty excited to get down there better

yet through that canoe owning friend we had a trip out to the big water planned in all of my time in

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