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Author Topic: Hunting with your bow in gun season.  (Read 2741 times)

Offline Frank V

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Hunting with your bow in gun season.
« on: October 17, 2007, 07:20:00 PM »
Who continues to hunt with their bow in the general season? I'm one who does, but not exclusivly. There are areas I hunt that just scream bow. Frank
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Offline Minuteman

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Re: Hunting with your bow in gun season.
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2007, 07:33:00 PM »
I'll hunt with the bow til it gets too cold for me to sit in a tree stand then I hunt with a smokepole.
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Offline Aeronut

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Re: Hunting with your bow in gun season.
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2007, 07:54:00 PM »
I hunted during the rifle season last December because that was the time I had the Little Delta Bow.  I was in my blind and was taking this video of a button buck when some slob poached a deer off of our company land less than a 1/4 mile behind me.  I was suprised at the non-reaction from the button and really questioned my sanity at being there.

 

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Re: Hunting with your bow in gun season.
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2007, 07:59:00 PM »
I only bowhunt.  Having lost my hearing due to medical reasons and finally getting 60% back in one ear, I don't shoot a gun anymore.  Doc
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Re: Hunting with your bow in gun season.
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2007, 08:09:00 PM »
bow and smoke pole, no modern rifle.
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Offline vermonster13

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Re: Hunting with your bow in gun season.
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2007, 08:14:00 PM »
I took a nice 7pt opening day of gun season last year with a longbow.
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Offline BigRonHuntAlot

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Re: Hunting with your bow in gun season.
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2007, 08:18:00 PM »
My family and I eat too much of it to rely just on the bow... although I would rather bowhunt the gun puts more in the freezer.
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Offline Van/TX

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Re: Hunting with your bow in gun season.
« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2007, 08:23:00 PM »
Bow kill pics only please.
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Offline Shawn Leonard

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Re: Hunting with your bow in gun season.
« Reply #8 on: October 17, 2007, 08:24:00 PM »
I have done both for years. I have killed more with the bow though, but last year I took 4 with firearms 1 pistol 2 muzzleloader and 1 with the shotgun and only one bow kill, it is normally the other way around. Shawn
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Re: Hunting with your bow in gun season.
« Reply #9 on: October 17, 2007, 08:28:00 PM »
Bow only since 96 cept twice when someone asked for a doe to eat......
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Offline aarrow

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Re: Hunting with your bow in gun season.
« Reply #10 on: October 17, 2007, 08:29:00 PM »
Don't have a gun to hunt with Gave them to my son 10 years back never missed them.
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Offline SOS

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Re: Hunting with your bow in gun season.
« Reply #11 on: October 17, 2007, 08:34:00 PM »
Haven't killed a deer with gun in 5+ years, although I did blast a couple of hogs to try out a rifle my wife bought me about 3 years ago.  I will admit to cheating with wheels a couple of times to make sure the bride was happy with the quantity of meat in the freezer.
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Re: Hunting with your bow in gun season.
« Reply #12 on: October 17, 2007, 08:46:00 PM »
Well excuse me vermonster13.  Guess I didn't get the memo...Van
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Offline Bill Carlsen

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Re: Hunting with your bow in gun season.
« Reply #13 on: October 17, 2007, 08:51:00 PM »


Shot this guy during gun season. 152 7/8 PY, dressed 207#. Was a state  bow record for about 10 years. Got him with a Groves recurve on Nov. 11...he was following 3 does. Some of my best huting is during the gun season.
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Offline Jesse Minish

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Re: Hunting with your bow in gun season.
« Reply #14 on: October 17, 2007, 08:52:00 PM »
Bow only also.

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Offline strick9

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Re: Hunting with your bow in gun season.
« Reply #15 on: October 17, 2007, 09:01:00 PM »
So far bow only, rifle season has been in here since SEPT. 15th,, Missed one with my Morrison Td Sat night,, and had three nannies within 30 yds.. tonight no shot. Still have meat from last season,, so not to rushed right now but man my trigger finger is itching...Not gonna scratch it just yet.
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Offline Molson

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Re: Hunting with your bow in gun season.
« Reply #16 on: October 17, 2007, 09:08:00 PM »
Bow only during all seasons.
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Online Mike Bolin

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Re: Hunting with your bow in gun season.
« Reply #17 on: October 17, 2007, 09:21:00 PM »
Bow only for the past several years. May try to fill a bonus does tag with the Super Blackhawk over Thanksgiving this year....never took one with a handgun before. Mike
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Offline Arwin

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Re: Hunting with your bow in gun season.
« Reply #18 on: October 17, 2007, 09:26:00 PM »

 I shot this doe on public land last year during firearms season. You have to completely nuts to go in there with a bow during that time!!!! Funny thing is, I heard a gun hunter say it was unfair that I could use a bow during gun season as I was dragging this doe out!!!!!
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Offline Arwin

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Re: Hunting with your bow in gun season.
« Reply #19 on: October 17, 2007, 09:28:00 PM »

 I shot this doe last year during the muzzleloading season too on public land. Truth is I totaly suck with a gun and I'm better with a bow in hand.   :biglaugh:
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