I mainly use a recurve bow or a 12 ga. loaded with 00 though I do use a rifle occasionally. I like it to be up close and personal. To completely penertrate, within feet if not inches, a long hunted whitetail buck's defenses. Not shoot him like a unsuspecting cow feeding in a pasture. Plus it gives me some great excuses. So, don't be to disappointed when you tell me about the trophy you killed with a primitive weapon, an inline ( I suppose these would qualify) blackpowder with a 3x9 scope at 125 yards and I ho-hum.

I already think that if you're going to use a compound bow with stabilizers, triggers, optical sights, rear sights, kisser buttons and Lord knows what else, you may as well use a rifle, so you can kind of guess what I think of crossbows.
How about a true primitive weapon season in Alabama. Say, recurve, longbow or spear from 1 October till the 15th when the season would allow the modern primitive weapons?
Talk to the car insurance people. They'll tell you there are plenty of deer in Alabama. Maybe even to many in some areas. A longer season might help to. Most rabbit hunters don't talk to fondly of deer either. If you talk to Uncle NoPass, he'll tell you real quick that "deers were the ruination of hunting".
But still, different strokes.

Under the new rules, hunters could use turkey decoys, crossbows and sights on muzzleloaders -- practices that are all currently banned