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10-13-2007, 09:08 AM
#12
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Mont County, Pa
Posts: 7,368
RE: Rifle Hunting. Whats your take??
When I'm at the airport in Alberta on my way to the Edmonton Bow Zone, I getrifle huntersasking me, " you're bowhunting"? Like I'm nuts or something.
Everyone at the hotel is agun hunter as well. In 2 years up thereI've yet to see another bowhunter, other than my small group.
It's nowhere nearly as intense killing a deer at 100 or more yrds with a rifle, than it is at 20-30yrds with a bow, as far as I'm concerned. You see much more from the animal up close and personal.
Everyone at the hotel is agun hunter as well. In 2 years up thereI've yet to see another bowhunter, other than my small group.It's nowhere nearly as intense killing a deer at 100 or more yrds with a rifle, than it is at 20-30yrds with a bow, as far as I'm concerned. You see much more from the animal up close and personal.
10-13-2007, 01:06 PM
#14
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blossvale, New York
Posts: 21,199
RE: Rifle Hunting. Whats your take??
I like mortars. Large kill radius and I can shoot from WAY OFF. I can shoot over hills and across small mountain ranges. Besides that, they don't know where it's coming from and they might just run toward you.
10-13-2007, 01:17 PM
#15
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location:
Posts: 21,043
RE: Rifle Hunting. Whats your take??
If he didn't say this first......he said it the first time I heard it.
Greg/MO said, once.....(and I'll paraphrase).....
With rifle hunting....the hunt is over as soon as I see the animal. With bow hunting....it merely BEGINS when I see the animal.
If I didn't do that justice....I apologize. I agree with the ideology, though.
Greg/MO said, once.....(and I'll paraphrase).....
With rifle hunting....the hunt is over as soon as I see the animal. With bow hunting....it merely BEGINS when I see the animal.
If I didn't do that justice....I apologize. I agree with the ideology, though.
10-13-2007, 01:18 PM
#16
Little Doe Peep
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Japan
Posts: 14,945
RE: Rifle Hunting. Whats your take??
We've heard that a deer gets hit by a car every six minutes in Michigan. My husband keeps threatening to buy an old car and just drive around at night until he gets his deer.
Seriously, gun or bow, whatever you're in the mood to shoot with as far as I'm concerned.
Seriously, gun or bow, whatever you're in the mood to shoot with as far as I'm concerned.
10-13-2007, 01:29 PM
#17
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Heaven is my home, temporarily residing in WNY :)
Posts: 6,679
RE: Rifle Hunting. Whats your take??
ORIGINAL: DropTine249
Exactly Early. Most gun hunters and especially diver/pushers dont experience wildlife in its truest form. This year, the Lord has blessed me with several awesome hunts. Numerous deer from right under my stand on out to 100 yards plus. But, Ive got to watch them in their natural ways, un pressured, un interupted. I just dont foresee being able to have such an upclose and personal experience with a deer with gun in hand. Its about the experience as a whole, not just killing a beautiful doe or monster buck. Keep up the bowhunting, best of luck !!
Exactly Early. Most gun hunters and especially diver/pushers dont experience wildlife in its truest form. This year, the Lord has blessed me with several awesome hunts. Numerous deer from right under my stand on out to 100 yards plus. But, Ive got to watch them in their natural ways, un pressured, un interupted. I just dont foresee being able to have such an upclose and personal experience with a deer with gun in hand. Its about the experience as a whole, not just killing a beautiful doe or monster buck. Keep up the bowhunting, best of luck !!
10-13-2007, 01:34 PM
#18
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 6,867
RE: Rifle Hunting. Whats your take??
i love hunting peirod rifle shotgun bow muzzleloader even a rock if i had to
i have no proplem with one useing any legel method of hunting.
But as a bow hunter i understand how much it is harder. And even though i have not got a kill yet i understand how much rewarding it is
on my first four hunts i have seen 13 deer three half days and one full day hunts
about 10 of thosei could have shot with a shotgun muzzleloader or rifle
if i could use a rilfe i would or even a shotgun
the land i hunt is bow only privit land .
But my first choice is the bow and if by rifle season i have no kill i would go to the gun
and with your military background i would say a ar15 in a 308 or the new 450bushmaster wouldbe great for you . ars are not seen as a hunting rifle that much but take it from some onethat has hunted with one it would be my choice of rifle
good luck on your land buy and you might look at ky they have a long bow season from sept to end of jan i think andrifle and muzzleloader season
i have no proplem with one useing any legel method of hunting.
But as a bow hunter i understand how much it is harder. And even though i have not got a kill yet i understand how much rewarding it is
on my first four hunts i have seen 13 deer three half days and one full day hunts
about 10 of thosei could have shot with a shotgun muzzleloader or rifle
if i could use a rilfe i would or even a shotgun
the land i hunt is bow only privit land .
But my first choice is the bow and if by rifle season i have no kill i would go to the gun
and with your military background i would say a ar15 in a 308 or the new 450bushmaster wouldbe great for you . ars are not seen as a hunting rifle that much but take it from some onethat has hunted with one it would be my choice of rifle
good luck on your land buy and you might look at ky they have a long bow season from sept to end of jan i think andrifle and muzzleloader season
10-13-2007, 02:02 PM
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,608
RE: Rifle Hunting. Whats your take??
I agree with everyone else (well, almost everyone. Jeeze Jim, your last three posts that I've seen leave alot to be desired).
BowhuntingIS hunting, to me, but I've been thinking about the muzzleloader lately. Percussion-cap, round-ball, not the modern ones. I'd give it a go with a nice Hawken. But that's the only firearm I think of hunting with. I agree with you Droptine, that drivers and most rifle-hunters don't get the same experiences bowhunters do as far as the up-close-and-personal attributes of the hunt. But, if I just wanted to make meat, I'd grab a rifle. Bowhunting is making me into a much better hunter than I'd ever become if Ihunted with a rifle. To each their own and I'm not slighting anyone for how they hunt, but getting close enough tohear their breathing, watching a doe groom her fawn at 15-yards,that's the hunt for me.
BowhuntingIS hunting, to me, but I've been thinking about the muzzleloader lately. Percussion-cap, round-ball, not the modern ones. I'd give it a go with a nice Hawken. But that's the only firearm I think of hunting with. I agree with you Droptine, that drivers and most rifle-hunters don't get the same experiences bowhunters do as far as the up-close-and-personal attributes of the hunt. But, if I just wanted to make meat, I'd grab a rifle. Bowhunting is making me into a much better hunter than I'd ever become if Ihunted with a rifle. To each their own and I'm not slighting anyone for how they hunt, but getting close enough tohear their breathing, watching a doe groom her fawn at 15-yards,that's the hunt for me.
10-13-2007, 02:15 PM
#20
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 87
RE: Rifle Hunting. Whats your take??
You may want to stay away from Michigan. Our property taxes are fairly high, and archery season is closed during firearm season.
This has never really made any sense to me, and I could never find anybody who could explain why this is.
This has never really made any sense to me, and I could never find anybody who could explain why this is.