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Shooting Position
With the drawing motion excluded, the prone shooting position becomes possible with crossbow hunting opening up a barrage of new ambushing locations. A popular exciting bowhunt for antelope involves two hunters working as a team, one being the shooter, the other using a decoy and range finder to assist the shooter. With a crossbow, the shooter could lie down in the tall grass underneath the decoy and be ready to shoot without the assistance of a partner, enabling a single man bowhunt. Ambushing from wide open fields becomes a real possibility with crossbows as the chosen weapon.