After the hunt...?

[Captain*Kirk]

After bow season is over, do the majority of you hang up the bow until late summer/early autumn and get about your business with work, life and family, or stay involved in shooting indoors in winter climates, staying in shape physically, building bows, arrows or other, reading magazines, books, forums, etc related to bowhunting?
For me, I try to do all of the above (latter).
Many times in the dead of winter, I will find an entire month can go by without me drawing a bow. I hate that! I have an indoor 3D range available nearby, and $20.00/hour isn't too much to keep in shape from my POV.
Forums, books and magazines keep archery and bowhunting on the front burner as well. For me, it's like the old saying goes; "Out of sight, out of mind".
So, how about the rest of you?

[Possum Head]

I like to go year round. Of coarse on the Mississippi coast 30 degrees is cold so getting outside is no problem.

[Captain*Kirk]

I like to go year round. Of coarse on the Mississippi coast 30 degrees is cold so getting outside is no problem.

Yeah, kind of hard to get inspired to drag the bow outdoors when it's 15 below zero. Ask me how I know...

[Mark R]

I'm year round for archery, can even go to a few 3d shoots every weekend through the winter months. Hey Kirk what area of Il. are you from. I'm in the NW suburbs of Chicago.

[Captain*Kirk]

I'm year round for archery, can even go to a few 3d shoots every weekend through the winter months. Hey Kirk what area of Il. are you from. I'm in the NW suburbs of Chicago.

Mark, NE suburbs. Live just shy of the WI border.

[Roy from Pa]

No problem in Pa:)

[Captain*Kirk]

No problem in Pa:)

Now, that's what I'm talkin' about!

[GCook]

With pigs and exotics and 3D we pretty much shoot/hunt year round.

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[dnovo]

I try to stay with it year round. I don’t shoot near as much when it’s cold outside but I get into scouting , making arrows, etc. I usually make at least 3 dozen wood arrows for donation at out annual festival.
I do try to shoot just enough to keep muscles in tune.

[Silent footed]

Nothing I like more than being out on snowshoes, so I shoot year round! It just sucks that all the stumps are frozen. But I have a giant burlap sack full of other giant burlap sacks that the coffee shop gives me. I just keep rearranging the stuffing and replacing the outer layer with another as it wears.

[Wudstix]

Like to hunt pigs and 3-D as much as I can.  Depending on what the General has planned.

[Bvas]

Our deer season runs til first week in Feb. So I really only take the remainder of Feb off from shooting while I’m shed hunting.
March I shoot fairly often unless the weather is miserable. But have to stay tuned up for spring turkey.

[Petrichor]

Year round. I find trad things to do to help busy myself.  I am really going to try and finish up my selfbow when this season ends.  Now that I have the hunting bow of my dreams, I will spend the off season stocking up and building arrows by the dozens.  Then hopefully I will have an amount only rivaled by Maurice Thompson!  And when I find myself with no way to shoot I will day dream off shooting its pretty much all that occupies my mind year round.

[Ronnie Newell]

Pig hunt yr round. Live in the woods so can and do shoot pretty much everyday.... mostly in the rain though

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[Friend]

Shoot the bow the least during hunting season...estimate typically 60 arrows over several days per week

Shoot approximately 5+ days/week thru out non-hunting seasons

Shoot approximately thirty 3D's per year.....

Hunting prep 8 months per year

A year long endeavor

[Terry Green]

BOW SEASON OVER????

It's never over in GA......

[Sam McMichael]

Overall, I am shooting less now due to health issues, including shoulder pain. Have had therapy and may need to again. There are several 3D shoots that are very important to me, and I try to attend them no matter what the weather is like. During the heat of summer, I don't shoot much at all until late July when hunting season is on the horizon. I do not like hunting videos at all, so I depend on magazines to stay in touch with archery when not shooting.

[Zwickey-Fever]

I have a short range set up in my basement that I use to keep sharp and ready for Spring gobbler. I do some exercises to keep up my core strength every morning. I use a climber mainly so keeping in shape is a must. At 50 years old and a banged up body, I'm finding out that the ball doesn't bounce back as fast as it used to.

[Terry Green]

Sam....don't you live in GA???

[TooManyHobbies]

It varies year to year for me. I'll shoot into Jan. just in case I get to hunt a Jan. zone. I may also get after squirrels and rabbits a couple times. Feb and March I put the bow down and my mind transitions into other things, like work and my other hobbies (TooManyHobbies), like metal detecting. I have to get my mind off wildlife for a bit, since my work is wildlife control. I start shooting again early April to get ready for turkey season in May. Then shoot a little bit until mid July, when I start getting excited for deer season again and shoot more.
I'm on tradgang daily though, if that helps.