Would you shoot a B&C with a gun?
03-06-2008, 08:28 PM
#12
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Stillwater OK
Posts: 2,944
RE: Would you shoot a B&C with a gun?
I would...Dont get me wrong, I love bowhunting, and I would rather do that than any other kind...but I rifle hunt too, and It still gets my heart racing and I get a great sense of accomplishment when I take one with my .270
Theres nothing wrong with wanting to bowhunt exclusively...just like there is nothing wrong with taking a firearm with you in the woods when the season rolls around...
I like doing both...though the thought has crossed my mind to put the rifle away for a year and stick with only bow...I doubt I can fight the urge to leave it put away when it comes time.........There is nothing wrong with either method...as long as youuse bothlegally and ethically
Theres nothing wrong with wanting to bowhunt exclusively...just like there is nothing wrong with taking a firearm with you in the woods when the season rolls around...
I like doing both...though the thought has crossed my mind to put the rifle away for a year and stick with only bow...I doubt I can fight the urge to leave it put away when it comes time.........There is nothing wrong with either method...as long as youuse bothlegally and ethically
03-06-2008, 08:31 PM
#13
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Alabama
Posts: 42
RE: Would you shoot a B&C with a gun?
I'm a rookie at bow hunting (only 3 seasons) and bow hunting is my true passion but if the opportunity presented itself, yes I think I would. Actually, my biggest fear of taking a gun to the woods is that the biggest, baddest, boldest buck in the woods would walk in bow range and I'd miss my opportunity for the great bow kill!!! LOL. I guess it's kind of a phobia!
03-06-2008, 08:34 PM
#14
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Jefferson County, Missouri
Posts: 7,684
RE: Would you shoot a B&C with a gun?
ORIGINAL: OKbowhunter20
I would...Dont get me wrong, I love bowhunting, and I would rather do that than any other kind...but I rifle hunt too, and It still gets my heart racing and I get a great sense of accomplishment when I take one with my .270
Theres nothing wrong with wanting to bowhunt exclusively...just like there is nothing wrong with taking a firearm with you in the woods when the season rolls around...
I like doing both...though the thought has crossed my mind to put the rifle away for a year and stick with only bow...I doubt I can fight the urge to leave it put away when it comes time.........There is nothing wrong with either method...as long as youuse bothlegally and ethically
I would...Dont get me wrong, I love bowhunting, and I would rather do that than any other kind...but I rifle hunt too, and It still gets my heart racing and I get a great sense of accomplishment when I take one with my .270
Theres nothing wrong with wanting to bowhunt exclusively...just like there is nothing wrong with taking a firearm with you in the woods when the season rolls around...
I like doing both...though the thought has crossed my mind to put the rifle away for a year and stick with only bow...I doubt I can fight the urge to leave it put away when it comes time.........There is nothing wrong with either method...as long as youuse bothlegally and ethically
03-06-2008, 08:43 PM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Northern Idaho's Panhandle
Posts: 4,436
RE: Would you shoot a B&C with a gun?
I dont know, not to many b/c qualifying bucks running around these mountains.. a rarity like that here, public lands.. I think i'd do everything I could to kill him bowhunting.. especially if he was a typical, since we've never had a typical B/C buck killed with a bow here in this state.. it would be a new state record. Our current typical record is 168 and change.. net.. missing boone by a couple inches..
03-06-2008, 08:47 PM
#17
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Jefferson County, Missouri
Posts: 7,684
RE: Would you shoot a B&C with a gun?
ORIGINAL: shed33
I dont know, not to many b/c qualifying bucks running around these mountains.. a rarity like that here, public lands.. I think i'd do everything I could to kill him bowhunting.. especially if he was a typical, since we've never had a typical B/C buck killed with a bow here in this state.. it would be a new state record. Our current typical record is 168 and change.. net.. missing boone by a couple inches..
I dont know, not to many b/c qualifying bucks running around these mountains.. a rarity like that here, public lands.. I think i'd do everything I could to kill him bowhunting.. especially if he was a typical, since we've never had a typical B/C buck killed with a bow here in this state.. it would be a new state record. Our current typical record is 168 and change.. net.. missing boone by a couple inches..
03-06-2008, 08:55 PM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Posts: 2,139
RE: Would you shoot a B&C with a gun?
Yes I would. I hunt with bow, rifle, and muzzleloader. That way I can keep hunting regardless of the season. I love the challenge of bow hunting and tell people that I rifle hunt to get even with all the deer that walked by me just out of bow range.
I take equal pride in every deer I take with any weapon. I guess I just love to hunt!
I take equal pride in every deer I take with any weapon. I guess I just love to hunt!