Your premise is flawed from the outset,there ARE laws regarding the use of crossbows/bows and rifles for specific reasons. Crossbows aren't even legal to use for hunting in some states. An advantage to using a bow in many areas is an early and/or late hunting season that doesn't overlap rifle season.
For many people the chance to be in areas open only to archery or having the different season(s) adds into the appeal of bow hunting. The states take that into consideration too, by providing those separate areas/seasons they also stipulate the gear allowed;similarly most western states only allow "primitive" black powder hunting where the elements influence the hunt experience (no "in-line" or 209 primer rifles). Idaho has a wonderful option for hunting;you buy a tag and can use rifle,bow or black powder in each items legal season,to maximize your hunting opportunity.
You could start early with a bow,move to rifle season and then finish hunting the black powder season if you don't fill the tag. Also most states allow you to use a bow during rifle season,but in states that mandate Hunter Orange you need to comply. An aspect to bow hunting is the quietness too, think about how much poaching would occur---another reason for those pesky laws.
I've done bow and rifle hunting and both have appeal,I utilize the same skill set I use rifle hunting as archery, that is rely on wood skills and not so much the range of the rifle. I use a rifle because sometimes you can't get in closer than 200 yards or your only shot is across a draw,but I've shot deer less than 30 ft away and been close enough to elk to slap them as they go by. For me there is a continuum of "hunting" that can benefit from knowing how to do more than what you might envision a typical rifle user doing.
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