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No, you can easily decock a xbow as long as you have a cocking cable. I've done this for several years now. As for being clumsy yea I'll go along with that. But IMO the advantages far out weigh the cons. I've hunted with a bow for over 55 years now. First recurve then compound and now xbow. Honestly, once I get my muscles tuned up I can shoot a compound more accurately at longer distances than xbow. But when a target animal is coming in it is much easier to shoulder the xbow and wait for the optimum shot than trying to draw a verticle bow without being detected.Too much of a hassle. A crossbow is the most clumsy thing i've ever handled. A cocked crossbow cannot be transported: Got to uncock the crossbow by firing a blunt into the dirt or something.
If hunting with a xbow is not your thing so be it. The reasons you stated though are pretty lame! Both your hunts you said you were sitting in a lawn chair. I'd guess the lawn chair was more clumsy than the xbow to carry. While I like being comfortable when I'm hunting IMO a lawn chair is taking that to extremes!