How many of us us "only" archery equipment to hunt

[Jason Kendall]

I love my longbow and use it 90% of the time I am hunting or shooting at anything but I still enjoy shooting my shotguns, slug guns, muzzleloaders, varmint rifles and even my wheely bow from time to time. I just cant help myself, I enjoy all types of hunting!

[ethan]

Just a bow for me!

[John3]

98% is all trad archery. All my out of state or USA trips are only archery.

During muzzleloading season (10 days)in November I will hunt deer with a "real" muzzleloading side lock with perc. cap only. No inline or scope, or even true glow sights..

I will hunt spring turkeys using both a 12ga. and bows. Pheasant hunting with my O/U shotgun. Way too much fun.

[elkbow]

bow only for myself,the wife will gun hunt once in a great while but mostly bow for her also.

[Jeff Strubberg]

Can't hit the ground with a gun, so I stick to the bow.

[draco]

Except for doves,bow only since 1971.

[T. Downing]

I made the final commitment to the Bow 23 years ago. I hunt exclusively with nothing but Traditional equipment. I even hunted with my Longbow for a 4th season elk rifle tag a couple seasons back. Can't help it, its Traditional or nothing with me. T

[hoebow]

All I use anymore is my bows. I have a bunch of guns, but I will not sell them. They are neat and to costly to replace. I always pack a little .22 for rattlers. I am not wasting a $10.00 arrow on a rattle snake when a 10 cent .22 shell does the trick. Plus some of the guns are hand-me-downs from Dad and they could never be replaced. He never bowhunted but was a crack shot with a pistol or rifle. I have seen him hit several swimming cotton mouths with a .22 revolver S&W with one hand and fixed sight. Now that is instinctive if I have ever seen it

[Brian Krebs]

I shoot grouse and rabbits with my bow; but when it comes to chuckars and Grey partridge and quail... its a boom stick.
 I do carry a pistol while working in the woods; as rattlesnakes are a reality here. I think I killed more with my bow than my pistol though. I can't always carry my bow when working.
 But for big game its been a bow for over a quarter of a century    
 I own birds dogs; 15 of them right now. I can hardly hit chuckars and huns with my gun; let alone my bow; but I have taken a few with my bow while they were still on the ground. I have taken grouse on the wing with my bow...but chuckars?
 nope.

[Bill Turner]

Archery only for last six years.

[Dave Coalter]

My dad got me and my brothers all a new rifles before he retired. He has been a rifle hunter for about 60 years now. Out of respect for Dad me and my brothers all go rifle hunting with dad still. However we love our bows the most.

[Stone Knife]

The more seasons i get under my belt the more i enjoy archery. I find myself hunting less with a gun and more with a bow, I hunt small game with my long bow only now. I can see the direction I'm heading in it wont be long before I'm longbow only, no guns.

[Bill Carlsen]

The only weapons Laura and I own are our bows and arrows.

[heydeerman]

I've been bow hunting for years. Before that i hunted only pheasants and the like with shotguns. I've been kinda missing hunting small game with the shotgun for a couple years now. I'm thinking that next year after I kill a couple deer, I'm gonna take the ol shot gun out and go rabbit huntin or somethin.

[Tom Leemans]

It's been about 10 years since I hunted with a gun (for birds). It's a shame that my Charles Daly O/U is just sitting there. It's one of the good B.C. Miroku guns too! (and NO, I won't sell it)

[MWhitehair]

My second passion has always been wingshooting, so I  still find myself with a shotgun in hand frequently.  Other than that, I almost always bowhunt...

[Dave Lay]

trad archery equipment only for 20 years or so.. everyonce in a while I will take a .22 squirrell huntin..

[Pete W]

Longbows and recurves only for me now. Ate Tag soup this year, but rather that and hunt for it than any animal and just shooting it with the rifle.

I guess I have come to the realization the hunt is more rewarding than the kill. I could hunt the same way with the rifle, but I know that animal at 100/200 yards would get shot, and I just would not try a stalk when I knew I could make a clean kill where he is.
 The result would be just shooting, and not to much hunting. For me now ,that is not what I like.

When rifle season opens I move to Bow only zones.

Pete

[stick flipper]

I hunt during gun season here in Ohio......with my recurve and an big orange vest and hat! It feels wierd holdin my bow with orange on

[mike g]

All I own as weapons is Longbows....
Oh and I have a Zulu Spear that stays next to the bed....