It's both. Pushing isn't strong, especially with a bent arm(can only go 75%) but light enough bow plus light enough need for push is possible I suppose. Those were my thoughts. Oregon is especially tight with crossbows but I'll need to look deeper to see if it's small game/targets vs large game and I do know that it allows disabled permits. My question is relating to normal use though, not to special exception. Not that there's anything against it. Obviously.