MichiganWhitetails74

To me....A serious bowhunter is "one" that is confident in their equipment....loves everything about it...lives and breaths it......I don't think you need a million kills to be serious....I think its a frame of mind....and how you feel about hunting.....

I like to listen to people that:

-Enjoy the entire experience
-Have an open mind to archery regardless of the equipment
-have enough sense to listen and learn from me too and not just about them...because I will surely listen to them.
-appreciate a plump doe just like a big buck

I think we're all missing out if we're only thinking about scouting and killing that big buck...its bigger than that...right down to a cold beverage with a hunting buddy...theres more to it...then calcium...I'm rambling....BYE.

GregH

I don't know, I've never met one.

early in

That right there is funny! Very creative Magic.

And mobo, I don't understand your comment about this thread considering you've got 12000+ posts. Well above the national average!

Even my truck is serious about bowhunting.

AR Bowhunter

Someonewho has a passionfor bow hunting.

SwampCollie

I look at it the same way Dan. Thats the most important thing.

To me someone who is serious about bowhunting is less concerned with their own success in the sport, than contributing to the betterment and continuation of the sport itself... be that through volunteering with youth, ethical practices, conservation practices, hunter ed, etc etc. Caring about the resource and the preservation of our sport is where the "seriousness" really lies in my eyes.

salukipv1

laughing on the floor.....how poetic.

Siman08/OH

There it is ^

BowHuntingFool

I'm a serious hunter period! I don't put myself in any category of sorts, no need to, I love it all! When you start labeling and putting limits on things your losing out!

deerhunter518

when you think of hunting big blacktails, whitetails, muleys or any big game and automatically think of a perfect shot placed by your bow,You are a true bowhunter

rybohunter

To me a "Serious" bowhunter is one who puts enough effort into things more than that of a casual nature. You don't need to be technically inclined, you don't need to be overly successful, you certainly don't need to be exclusivelly bow.
You need to make yourself proficient within your comfort range, find time in your schedule to pursue your passion and go that extra edge beyond what an average guy does.