Are You a Deer hunter or Deer Shooter ???

[Bill Carlsen]

I think Terry hit the nail on the head. If you use a bow, it seems to me, that you MUST hunt in order to shoot anything on a regular basis. I really can't see how you can separate the two activities unless you are a sniper with a gun that mostly just waits for a shot or as I have seen on some of the more recent outdoor shows, guys shooting magnum loads at animals at distances of several hundred yards. To  me, that style of hunting is a misnomer...it is shooting...not unlike how they shoot prairie dogs in the western states.

[waknstak IL]

I enjoy the hunting them part, the shooting them part and the eating them part. I am really not so crazy about the gutting them and dragging them a long ways parts, but enjoy the other 3 parts enough to make up for it. I also like to share my venison with non hunting friends and donate to the local food pantry. I shot 2 does to give away with a muzzleloader last year. Not very exciting to me. At this point in my life gun hunting is just grocery shopping with a nice view.

[Over&Under]

Originally posted by longbowman:
 I like venison, I don't hunt to eat.  I like big antlers, I don't hunt for horns.  I practice good conservation, I don't "harvest" my deer.  I usually fill my tags, but I don't have to.  I don't "drop the hammer on deer", "slam them", "smoke them" or cry in my blind after shooting one.  I hunt deer.

I wish I could say it better than that, but I just can't, my thoughts exactly.  Well put.

The only difference is the part about "I usually fill my tags"...that is where we differ...  

[Bill Turner]

I love to hunt'um. Preparation is the the name of the game if your going to consistany get close(20yds. or less). I love the prep work, but I really love it when everything comes together and I get that killing shot. Nothing better then eating prime venison that you've earned by the sweat of your brow.  

[Cody Schnettgoecke]

I shoot deer because I hunt them.

[getstonedprimitivebowhunt]

Thanks Guys... If you have the chance read the article and then you see better why I ask??? By the way I have been a "DEER HUNTER" for a long time. Yes I shoot deer but thats at the very end of the hunt. I think the article shows how most of us feel about hunting. Lets teach it to the Young hunters. Its about the fun of it isn't it !!

[Hoyt]

I'm in the woods yr round and have plenty of time to locate good spots. So I always hunt over big buck sign..unless I'm in a lazy mood and don't won't to walk far. Then I'll hunt the edge of soybean or corn field trying to catch a doe coming in to feed.

Otherwise I always hunt where I find the biggest rubs. Then I'll shoot whatever I'm in the mood to long as it's legal.

[bolong]

I am both. I hunt them and if my efforts reward me with a shot opportunity, I will shoot it.

[DaxE]

Maybe the difference is people who hunt for sport and people who shoot for food?

I know a couple of guys that 95% of the meat they eat is shot or caught. And one of them don not seem to enjoy it as much as it is just part of life for him.

[23feetupandhappy]

I live for the moment of truth......that moment when all your time practicing in the back yard all summer long gets tested, when you get to test out the angle you positioned your tree stand at to get the perfict shot, when you get to see if all your time spent sharpening your broadhead realy makes it so the deer dosnt even feel it, you get to see if the new fletching you picked out help you fallow the arrow to the target in low light ...................................................... OH IM DEFFINATLY A.......hhhmmmm.......
         
     I Guess Im Both  

[randy grider]

I think about anyone hunting with a stickbow has progressed to a hunter, unless of course you sit over a baitpile, then it kinda turns into deer shooter, JMO.

[centaur]

If we didn't like to hunt, but only the 'shooting' part, we probably wouldn't be carrying stick bows. I could go out with a rifle and shoot a deer in an hour or two; that would give me no challenge and no satisfaction. To me, it's all about the hunt; the persuance of game, watching them, stalking them, enjoying the outdoors. The shooting part is fun, but is not as important as the 'hunt'. For several years, I didn't 'shoot', but went out and 'hunted', stalking and taking pictures. To me, that wasn't the whole package, and that is why I came back to bowhunting. When I'm in the woods with bow in hand, with the chance to kill an animal, the package is more complete.

[randy grider]

"At this point in my life gun hunting is just grocery shopping with a nice view."
 Very well put !

[getstonedprimitivebowhunt]

This is very interesting... I'm learning a bunch about Hunters on here. Not to many Deer shooters (Maybe there not typing) I'd just like to see more fun put back into hunting. Don't get me wrong ..theres nothing wrong if your a deer shooter. But I'd like to be truthful on where the sport of hunting is going. Are we just a bunch of People sitting around in our warm camo or are we out putting tracks in the dirt and snow. Is instant gradification ...the way to go.Or is time, patiance, and hard work a better prouder way?  I'm glad most of you pick the "hard Way" !!! Nice to see !

[JEFF B]

i hunt deer but not alot only when i need meat. somtimes it happens somtimes it dont so if ya call this deer hunting i guess this is what i do, so what ever it is its fun!! did i say fun  

[lpcjon2]

Next time I go hunting I will think about this before I shoot.

[lpcjon2]

Originally posted by randy grider:
I think about anyone hunting with a stickbow has progressed to a hunter, unless of course you sit over a baitpile, then it kinda turns into deer shooter, JMO.

Does this include baiting hogs as well.A hog shooter!

[BUFF]

I have to think I'm more of a shooter. I live for the shot. The moment in time that the whole world blures over and all I see is the tiny spot I want my arrow to hit. All the time scouting and hunting is just the build up to the monent I turn a arrow loose and watch it hit where I will it to. I get just as excited making a shot on a doe or hog as I do on a big Buck so I guess for me...I'm in it for the shooting

[Onions]

I am with Terry G.
"I hunt 'em.......then when in range I shoot them!"

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[red hill]

I'm both.  It is definitely fun to hunt a specific animal and kill him in his home environment. Now I have a question.  What would you call a person that bragged he had killed 32 deer in a single season? He is now an exmember~