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The Lone Star Bowhunter Association is committed to preserving and promoting BOWHUNTING in the State of Texas.

Anyone who meets the requirements of the newly passed by-laws is welcomed to join the LSBA.

5. MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS: Membership shall be granted to a bowhunter or supporter who:
a. Has satisfactorily completed a membership application;
b. Has made payment of membership fees to the LSBA;
c. Follows, in the strictest sense, the Bowhunter’s Code of Ethics;
d. Hunts or supports hunting with hand held and hand drawn archery equipment (Longbows, Recurve bows or Compound Bows).

We will not be using crossbows in our youth shoots, allowing them in our 3-D tournaments, or accepting game harvested by crossbow in TBBR.

The law simply allows crossbows to be used in what once was the Special Archery season. That's fine. They won. It still doesn't make them archery equipment.

The time may come that we change these policies but that time is not now.