Bow Hunting
09-03-2007, 08:23 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 3,784
RE: Bow Hunting
I haven't shot a gun in a couple years. And the last time I went hunting with one was about 4 years ago when I went squirrel hunting. I bow hunt for turkey and deer. And someday I hope to extend that to elk, bear and hog. I even take my bow into the woods during rifle season.
09-03-2007, 08:37 PM
#15
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location:
Posts: 21,043
RE: Bow Hunting
I shot a couple of turkeys with a shotgun......and at the time thought I was having a great time hunting. I never took another big game animal until I took a small racked buck last year. I took 4 more deer with the bow, last Fall/Winter......and my first turkey with a bow, this past Spring.
WITHOUT A DOUBT.......hunting that spring bird on my home turf.....and taking him with a bow.....is the hardest thing I've done, hunting. It's also something I'm proud of.
I don't suppose I'll ever shoot a big game animal with a gun. I suppose I'll likely transition to hunting with a longbow in a few years.....maybe doing so, exclusively.
Get a bow. Shoot some targets. See for yourself.
Good luck.
WITHOUT A DOUBT.......hunting that spring bird on my home turf.....and taking him with a bow.....is the hardest thing I've done, hunting. It's also something I'm proud of.
I don't suppose I'll ever shoot a big game animal with a gun. I suppose I'll likely transition to hunting with a longbow in a few years.....maybe doing so, exclusively.
Get a bow. Shoot some targets. See for yourself.
Good luck.
09-03-2007, 09:47 PM
#16
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location:
Posts: 35
RE: Bow Hunting
Holy cow!! I did not expect this kind of response in such short time. I can honestly say I have never heard anyone get this excited about gun hunting, except maybe some hardcore duck hunting buddies of mine. Looks like it's time for me to pursue a new way of hunting.
Thanks Guys...
Thanks Guys...
09-03-2007, 09:57 PM
#17
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Oct 1998
Location: Hughesville, PA USA
Posts: 18,322
RE: Bow Hunting
ORIGINAL: TxHunter73
Holy cow!! I did not expect this kind of response in such short time. I can honestly say I have never heard anyone get this excited about gun hunting, except maybe some hardcore duck hunting buddies of mine. Looks like it's time for me to pursue a new way of hunting.
Thanks Guys...
Holy cow!! I did not expect this kind of response in such short time. I can honestly say I have never heard anyone get this excited about gun hunting, except maybe some hardcore duck hunting buddies of mine. Looks like it's time for me to pursue a new way of hunting.
Thanks Guys...
09-03-2007, 10:07 PM
#19
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Prosper, TX
Posts: 270
RE: Bow Hunting
Bow hunting excites me because it is so much more than just waiting on deer to show up - it requires knowledge of your bow, of deer habitat and habits, of wind direction and scent control, of proper camo, and most of all it requires year-round practice! Once it gets in your blood it does not let go!!!
09-04-2007, 04:04 AM
#20
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location:
Posts: 27
RE: Bow Hunting
I am new this year to bow shooting and going out bow hunting for the for the first time this year. Not new too Hunting. But once I started shooting my bow all I can say is I can not wait gor the 15 of this month. even though i have not hunted with the bow yet I can say it is going to be all that. can not wait