I almost feel like a little kid again
10-08-2003, 07:15 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Enola, PA
Posts: 238
I almost feel like a little kid again
I started hunting over 20 years ago but Friday afternoon will be my first excursion with a bow. I feel like i am 12 all over again 
I have all my stuff packed already and it is only Wednesday.
Well wish me luck.
I have all my stuff packed already and it is only Wednesday.Well wish me luck.
10-08-2003, 07:18 PM
#2
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Upper Peninsula of Michigan USA
Posts: 82
RE: I almost feel like a little kid again
Oh, wait till you experience what you have been missing. It is the ultimate hunting rush that really tests your patients and nerves but every second is worth it.
Good luck to you and shoot straight!!
CWilks
Good luck to you and shoot straight!!
CWilks
10-08-2003, 08:29 PM
#5
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Omaha Nebraska USA
Posts: 530
RE: I almost feel like a little kid again
Hey Krotalus! You' re from the same town as I grew up in. I grew up down on the southside, near Hall manor. We then moved out to Linglestown. What part of Harrisburg are you from?
Welcome to bow hunting. I just started last year after solely gun hunting for 25 years on and off. I did bow hunt one day back in 1990, but I don' t really count that since it was only for a couple of hours.
Anyway, I was lucky enough to find some good hunting land out here in Nebraska and was doubly lucky to get a buck last year. To say I' m hooked is an understatement. It is really something to harvest a deer with a bow. The patience, thrill, excitement, heart pounding and heart stopping action that is bow hunting is unmatched in anything I have done to date. Having to wait for a deer to move into range for upwards to 5, 10, or 15 minutes or more when you could have shot it with a rifle the moment you saw it is what really sets it apart, in my opinion. There is little of that in gun hunting, in my experience anyway. You see it, you shoot it, day over. There are just so many more variables involved in bow hunting. In a word or two... it' s Awesome.
Good Luck and enjoy your hunt.
Welcome to bow hunting. I just started last year after solely gun hunting for 25 years on and off. I did bow hunt one day back in 1990, but I don' t really count that since it was only for a couple of hours.
Anyway, I was lucky enough to find some good hunting land out here in Nebraska and was doubly lucky to get a buck last year. To say I' m hooked is an understatement. It is really something to harvest a deer with a bow. The patience, thrill, excitement, heart pounding and heart stopping action that is bow hunting is unmatched in anything I have done to date. Having to wait for a deer to move into range for upwards to 5, 10, or 15 minutes or more when you could have shot it with a rifle the moment you saw it is what really sets it apart, in my opinion. There is little of that in gun hunting, in my experience anyway. You see it, you shoot it, day over. There are just so many more variables involved in bow hunting. In a word or two... it' s Awesome.
Good Luck and enjoy your hunt.
10-08-2003, 08:36 PM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 3,784
RE: I almost feel like a little kid again
ORIGINAL: Krotalus
I started hunting over 20 years ago but Friday afternoon will be my first excursion with a bow. I feel like i am 12 all over again I have all my stuff packed already and it is only Wednesday.
Well wish me luck.
I started hunting over 20 years ago but Friday afternoon will be my first excursion with a bow. I feel like i am 12 all over again
I have all my stuff packed already and it is only Wednesday.Well wish me luck.
10-08-2003, 08:36 PM
#7
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Enola, PA
Posts: 238
RE: I almost feel like a little kid again
I lived in Colonial Park for awhile, then Hershey now i am between Hershey and H-burg.
Dont know if you saw or not but we are getting a Bass Pro Shops at the East Mall next year.
Dont know if you saw or not but we are getting a Bass Pro Shops at the East Mall next year.
10-09-2003, 01:27 PM
#9
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location:
Posts: 356
RE: I almost feel like a little kid again
Oh how I wished I picked up bow hunting 20 years earlier!! Good luck. It' s a blast. Don' t be depressed when you see deer but don' t have a shot and wish you had your shotgun. Too many times I have deer close by that would be easy kills with a shotgun, but not even a chance with a bow. This is what makes it fun and challenging! Hunt safe and enjoy!
10-09-2003, 02:28 PM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Posts: 2,584
RE: I almost feel like a little kid again
Congrats on picking up a fine new hobby, bowhunting. Im sure u will enjoy it. Im yet to get my first bow kill but just being out there and getting close to game is enjoyable. Good luck.