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Bow only hunters
#744036
11/14/13 06:16 AM
11/14/13 06:16 AM
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Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 13,401 Mobile Alabama
TChunter
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What made you decide and why? I dont consider myself an accomplished hunter by any means but Ive got some deer on the wall and killed probably 50-75 does in my life but its strange This is the first year Im starting to turn (in a non gay way). This year so far Ive only gotten one with my bow, missed one and killed a yote but not looking forward to gun season. There are some places on our property that are going to be beautiful rifle spots for rut chasing and such but as far as shooting a doe for meat with a rifle Im not pumped like years past. I was actually wanting a couple more weeks of bow season before this weekend but of course taking my little girl trumps that. I may rifle hunt and mix it up a bit but still really looking forward to getting a couple more does with archery tackle.
Buying something new for bow hunting or my bow excites me more than a new gun...thats WEIRD.
Last edited by TChunter; 11/14/13 06:19 AM.
On the Eighth day God created flounder.
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Re: Bow only hunters
[Re: TChunter]
#744070
11/14/13 06:39 AM
11/14/13 06:39 AM
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Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 11,348 Prattville AL
ElkHunter
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TChunter,
It is a passion much like turkey hunting is to some hunters. I think it is the challenge of having to get so close. You have to pay attention to so much more. You have to scout harder. I guess it is simply the learning more about woodsmanship that really gets me going.
Enjoy!
Alabama Hog Control, Inc. www.alabamahogcontrol.comBarry Estes The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke
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Re: Bow only hunters
[Re: ElkHunter]
#744083
11/14/13 06:47 AM
11/14/13 06:47 AM
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Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 13,401 Mobile Alabama
TChunter
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TChunter,
It is a passion much like turkey hunting is to some hunters. I think it is the challenge of having to get so close. You have to pay attention to so much more. You have to scout harder. I guess it is simply the learning more about woodsmanship that really gets me going.
Enjoy! Well said, I always find myself thinking about what to do next. How to get closer, be quieter, etc...Im much more attentive to my surroundings and really taking it all in.
On the Eighth day God created flounder.
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Re: Bow only hunters
[Re: TChunter]
#744156
11/14/13 07:45 AM
11/14/13 07:45 AM
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Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 16,156 Alabaster
Bowhunter84
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I enjoy bow hunting a lot more the gun hunting. I hate to see rifle season get here. Deer become more pressured with guns shots going off and more people out there hunting and riding around on 4 wheelers. They're more in their natural patterns during bow season. I've never done a bow only season but I've carried my bow several time during gun season. To me a doe with my bow is a trophy and it means more to me to harvest one that way.
"Just remember a gobbler has to win every time, you only have to win once" BC
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Re: Bow only hunters
[Re: TChunter]
#744160
11/14/13 07:49 AM
11/14/13 07:49 AM
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Posts: 3,235 Semmes, AL
HippieKiller
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My favorite part of bow hunting is how low impact it is to the area. By that I mean when you shoot (hit or miss) nothing knows any wiser with the exception of the animals within say a 50 yard circle. When a rifle pops off, everything for miles knows.
Watch the deer in a patch around 5pm 11/23. When the cracks of rifles start filling the air, they will all go on full alert. Ill bet you havent had that happen thus far in the year.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson
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Re: Bow only hunters
[Re: TChunter]
#744209
11/14/13 08:17 AM
11/14/13 08:17 AM
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Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 14,663 Clanton
Turkey_neck
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I love bow hunting but had bad luck this year. I'm looking forward to being able to reach out and touch one.
Would walk over a naked woman to get to a gobblin turkey!
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Re: Bow only hunters
[Re: TChunter]
#744336
11/14/13 09:35 AM
11/14/13 09:35 AM
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Posts: 2,668 Central Alabama
QDMAV8R
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Bow hunting provides so much more of a challenge. It is a thinking mans game for sure. You can walk away from a gun hunt and never give it another thought, but on each and every bow sit, you garner another piece of the puzzle and then reflect on how you could improve your odds of getting closer, aiming lower, judging the demeanor of your quarry and understanding their tendencies, hunting smarter, applying all of those leasons observed and learned from your previous hunts. Plus, I see more deer due to the fact that bow hunting can be low impact and low pressure as others have mentioned. The more deer you observe the wiser you will become in their ways. Bang-plop just doesn't do it for me anymore. It used to bother me when I first began to leave the gun at home and would see good bucks 75 yds away. But after killing so dang many, I fianlly realized that I didn't have to kill every one to make the hunt enjoyable. I'd rather watch a booner all afternoon at 100 yds with a bow in my hand than shoot him with a gun at any range. But it took quite a few deer on the ground by gun before I got to this point, so it defineltly has an evolution process.
"Never met a deer that I didn't like" - QDMAV8R
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Re: Bow only hunters
[Re: Bowhunter84]
#744937
11/14/13 04:51 PM
11/14/13 04:51 PM
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Posts: 21,818 USA
Remington270
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Freak of Nature
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I enjoy bow hunting a lot more the gun hunting. I hate to see rifle season get here. Deer become more pressured with guns shots going off and more people out there hunting and riding around on 4 wheelers. They're more in their natural patterns during bow season. I've never done a bow only season but I've carried my bow several time during gun season. To me a doe with my bow is a trophy and it means more to me to harvest one that way. Yep they pattern way better this time of year.
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Re: Bow only hunters
[Re: TChunter]
#745000
11/14/13 05:15 PM
11/14/13 05:15 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 17,006 Madison
BowtechDan
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What made me decide and why:
In 1991 I easily shot 3 deer for the freezer with a rifle. After years of that, it got boring. I wanted to try bowhunting, so santy clause got me a bow in 1991. Practiced all year on 3D's to get ready to take a deer with a bow. 10 days into the NC bowseason, I got my 1st shot on a little velvet spiked buck. Nailed him at 28 yards, he ran 30 and dived nose-first into the ground. The sheer fun, heart-raced excitement and challenge to get close won me over. Killed two more that year with a bow. Been bow-only since.
I like sausage and jerky like anyone. If I need to, I'll break some gun powder out. But until then.......
My sig use to say "you're not a bowhunter until it's gun season and you carry a bow. And you see a nice buck out of bow range and your 1st instinct is how to get closer, not wish I had my gun."
Nathan Carl Goff 19 Sept 2016 - 14 Jan 2017.
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Re: Bow only hunters
[Re: Bowhunter84]
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11/14/13 05:26 PM
11/14/13 05:26 PM
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Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 14,831 If you only knew.....
Tru-Talker
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I enjoy bow hunting a lot more the gun hunting. I hate to see rifle season get here. Deer become more pressured with guns shots going off and more people out there hunting and riding around on 4 wheelers. They're more in their natural patterns during bow season. This^^^^
I would love to bowhunt the entire year.... But once those guns start cracking.... the deer start hiding unless you are on some remote property......
Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves...
Confucius
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Re: Bow only hunters
[Re: Tru-Talker]
#745033
11/14/13 05:31 PM
11/14/13 05:31 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 17,006 Madison
BowtechDan
Old Mossy Horns
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I enjoy bow hunting a lot more the gun hunting. I hate to see rifle season get here. Deer become more pressured with guns shots going off and more people out there hunting and riding around on 4 wheelers. They're more in their natural patterns during bow season. This^^^^
I would love to bowhunt the entire year.... But once those guns start cracking.... the deer start hiding unless you are on some remote property...... Yeah, but when you show up at the shed with a deer taken by a bow and the gun hunters are "empty", it's a good feeling.
Nathan Carl Goff 19 Sept 2016 - 14 Jan 2017.
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