So I have hunted years mainly gun hunting and got into bow hunting 8 or 9 years ago. I have fell in love with it just the thrill getting that close the wildlife gets my heart thumping! I pretty much will not pick up a gun to hunt deer or turkey anymore. This year I'll be throwing bolts at them and hopefully next I can get a decent recurve it's been a while but I love the challenge and rather shoot recurve over compound now!(won a few competitions in my youth with recurve).

That being said how many of you would rather hunt archery all year round and not pick up a gun for the deer and turkey seasons???

I prefer to bowhunt deer. Don't have any desire to shoot a turkey with one.

Prefer bow for deer....shotgun for turkeys

Bow hunt only for the last 10 years....I`m hooked and can't go back.

Me. Love hunting with a bow so much I switched to traditional about 5 years ago

Changed your topic header from pole to poll.

Hey, I'm the same way. I started bow hunting in 2007 and haven't hunted with my rifle since. I got hooked as well. Only have 2 bow kills, but love it. ( I've had more deer in front of me I couldn't shoot b/c of club rules. Hunt public land now. ) I bought a Samick Sage recurve in 2016 and want to get good enough to hunt with it and put away the compound. It is incredibly fun to shoot! Good luck to ya!

I'll use the bow as long as I can but if I don't have a buck and it's getting late in the season I'll switch to a rifle

This is me also. I carry the bow until middle of January. When everyone starts bringing bucks in I can't stand it! I really try to go bow all season.

Recurve or long bow only for everything I hunt (deer and turkey). Actually I’ve never even hunted with a gun or a compound so I can’t relate to what it’s like. Probably relate to compound more. All I know is, there isn’t anything thing better than drawing a stick bow on a deer at 10 yards…well, maybe one other thing!

I use a compound during bow season and switch to gun after gun season opens. I'm not a purist. Hats off to you that are.

Aint had good places to rifle hunt in a long time, and ive always been sucessful on public land an i found that bowhunting opened alot more doors as far places to hunt. I like to rifle hunt..just dont get to much...i aint shot mine in awhile they dont shoot straight anyway. I think ive carried a gun bout 5 times in 5 years.

That's me, I like bow hunting, but I don't love it enough to walk past that rifle on November 18.

my first/only bow kill was on the opening day of gun season a few seasons back. The other guys in the club I was in looked at me like I was nuts when we started out the door that afternoon and I had my bow in-hand. I will continue to hunt with my bow periodically throughout the season, depending on conditions.

My other goal for the season is to kill a deer with my first deer rifle - a remington 710 30-06. My dad bought it for me when I was maybe 14 or 15ish.....I have never killed a deer with that gun. I've killed plenty with a couple of other rifles, but never that one, so that's goal numero uno for this season.

I still go to the rifle after mid November. I enjoy bowhunting more but I have never killed a racked buck so I’m just trying to increase my odds when it’s gun season. I definitely bow hunt more though because public WMAs only have certain gun days.

Same here. I enjoy bowhunting and appreciate it for what it is, but I get just as much enjoyment toting a rifle with me. It's basically a way for me to get in the woods a month before gun season starts.

Started bow hunting deer in 2015, haven't picked up a rifle since.

I am Bow Only till Rut is on !!
When the rut hits Big Gun comes out!
I have watched some Big Deer walk away at 70 yards
when I refused to put a bow up!
As far as Turkey im all shot gun!!!

I’m bow only until the rut, which is late January for me.

As far as turkeys, I like shooting them in the face with a shotgun too much to take the bow.

I can’t say I wouldn’t enjoy gun hunting because I’ve never done it. I can say after being up close and personal with my bow and killing deer with arrows I made, I probably wouldn’t enjoy it as much. I just don’t think it would/could compare in excitement for me.