how traditional are you?

[Curveman]

Funny, I asked a near identical question a year or two ago and had a moderator close it with: "this is not archery or bowhunting related, I hope you understand."   (I'd asked whether anyone in their frustration was ever tempted by seeing too many deer too far away to just pick up their shotgun). I've almost always just stayed with my stickbow but a couple of times two years ago I decided to bring a shotgun "while I was scouting." I do on occasion take a day to go hunt ducks or pheasants with my shotgun but truthfully, I would rather have a small doe with a longbow than a rack buck with anything else.

[Frank]

I hunt with my selfbows and home made arrows.  Don't hunt with centerfire guns anymore.  Done got rid of most of them.  I have an old 45 Lancaster that I'll pull out every now and then.

With the kids, all the guns are locked up and put away.  Just so much easier to grab the bow and throw it in the car and go.

[myshootinstinks]

Bows...I consider a '50s-'60s style recurve, shooting cedars to be the most traditional.  Not real hung up on it though.

Camo...prefer to use plaids or broken patterns but some really fine hunting clothes are made only in camo so I do use camo at times.

Guns....Iron sighted rifles. Classic guns like the '03 Springfield, M70 Winchester, in '06 or 270, Win, Marlin, or Savage levers in 30/30 or 300 Savage. Irons only on levers. If a scope is necessary on a bolt gun it must be fixed power and no more than 6x at that.

Black Powder....18th-19th century style guns only, no modern plastic stock or in-lines. The PA Lancaster rifles are nice. Plains guns like Hawkens, Lemans, etc are great too.

[nightowl1]

I shoot the bow most often...
I can pick up a gun after a year of not shooting and hit whatever I want so no need to practice.

If i'm going after coyotes or have a hog problem I grab the 308.

I am definitly not gettin rid of the guns need them for more than just hunting

I just love the idea of shooting a bow in the woods and not disturbing anything but what I'm shooting...

[twitchstick]

Started with wheels no sights in 85 killed three wth bow before a kill one with a rifle.Try sights the follwing year after the rifle kill,got bored.I watch a man kill three pheasents with a recurve"in flight".So that started me shooting traditional that year,maybe 1988.I shot instintive with Lb and recurve until mid 90's then switch back to wheels and no sights until two years ago.I tryed sights,release ,7 pins for two seasons.Now I am shooting and gamemaster(not so traditional) three under and I walk my face and a old martin ml100 LB with cedars and instintive.I have killed two elk and two deer with rifles,mainly meat hunts and still enjoy shotguns with birds but I do not think I will shoot any other than traditional from now on.Thats where my heart has been for a long time,and thats whats drive my soul.

[Don Stokes]

Depends on whether there's meat in the freezer.    
I bowhunt most of the time, but if I need meat I'll take the muzzleloader out. I have a Model 7 in 7mm08 that I take to western MO to hunt with friends, but I haven't shot anything in years with it. The hunt is for getting together with my buds more than shooting something. I always take my bow on those hunts too, and use it if I'm hunting a close-in spot.

I guess I'm pretty traditional- I remember when those "collectible" bows were new!

[Tree Killer]

Recurve only for elk and Blacktail deer. I hunt wild turkeys with a shotgun, but I have taken several with my bow.

[fireball31]

longbow during bow season, sidelock percussion .54 hawken during rifle and muzzleloader.

[Arwin]

I haven't gun hunted in over 7 years. I use my bow all year long.
 I do have a 16 gauge single shot that my father in law is re-building for me needs a new firing pin and stock. I'll give it a go this year just for a change of pace.     Like some have said though, I can't hit squat with a gun. Just too darn loud!

[Ben Maher]

i don't rifle hunt any more [ have n't in 9 years ]  but my bruno .22 and ruger no1 / 3006 open sights ain't going anywhere .....
cheers

ben

[illianabowhntr67]

This will be my first year gun hunting deer.I will be using my 50cal. T/C Newenglander and my 12gauge for turkeys and a longbow for bow season.