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Author Topic: Are You Gonna Hunt With Your Trad Bow During The Non-Bow Season?  (Read 2359 times)

Offline bornagainbowhunter

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Re: Are You Gonna Hunt With Your Trad Bow During The Non-Bow Season?
« Reply #60 on: November 14, 2011, 11:22:00 AM »
My biggest trad buck was on opening day of rifle season.  I hunt with a longbow no matter what season is in, but you hunt with what you want to.  Its your choice to make.

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Re: Are You Gonna Hunt With Your Trad Bow During The Non-Bow Season?
« Reply #61 on: November 14, 2011, 11:28:00 AM »
Im still young and ithcy, so il probly kill a nice one with a smoke pole, but after that its back to a recurve! It wont be but a few years and i will be trad only. But for the time being i still like killing. Altough i cant complain, ive gotten 3 does and about a 130 9pt with my 'curve this season.
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Re: Are You Gonna Hunt With Your Trad Bow During The Non-Bow Season?
« Reply #62 on: November 14, 2011, 11:46:00 AM »
the desire to carry the gun for me is not there like it use to be.. I love my trad gear for a doe brings the nerves back to me just as the first deer I ever shot as a young lad..To me a doe is a trophy for me...Sure I kill a lot more with the gun, but with trad the hunt just starts when the the animal appears, unlike a gun  it is soon to be over... Don't get me wrong I am not trying to say there is anything wrong with guns, I just enjoy ever aspect of the trad world, even if I dont even see any game...  :thumbsup:
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Re: Are You Gonna Hunt With Your Trad Bow During The Non-Bow Season?
« Reply #63 on: November 14, 2011, 12:09:00 PM »
We can't really bow hunt during the gun season(s) here in IA.  I can take a bow after shotgun is over during late muzz.  If I feel up to it I may hunt.  but as of right now my tags are full.  I'd have to go buy another anterless tag
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Re: Are You Gonna Hunt With Your Trad Bow During The Non-Bow Season?
« Reply #64 on: November 14, 2011, 12:44:00 PM »
That is standard practice for us but I drew a special muzzleloader tag so I figured I would dust it off and see what happens for a day. Otherwise it is Sept 15 - Jan 31st for us.
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Re: Are You Gonna Hunt With Your Trad Bow During The Non-Bow Season?
« Reply #65 on: November 14, 2011, 12:50:00 PM »
Nope not me....Using a rifle while the rest of the world is also dressed in blaze orange.  Soon as big game general season is over its back to the longbow for rabbits and hopefully a coyote, fox and bobkitty.
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Re: Are You Gonna Hunt With Your Trad Bow During The Non-Bow Season?
« Reply #66 on: November 14, 2011, 01:00:00 PM »
Only went gun hunting a few times about 30 years ago I always hunt rife season with by bow.Lots of time I see more deer for all the hunters in the woods moving them.
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Re: Are You Gonna Hunt With Your Trad Bow During The Non-Bow Season?
« Reply #67 on: November 14, 2011, 01:06:00 PM »
There are some states that wont allow you to bow hunt when rifle season is open. How crazy is that?
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Re: Are You Gonna Hunt With Your Trad Bow During The Non-Bow Season?
« Reply #68 on: November 14, 2011, 01:52:00 PM »
Always hunt with the bow, not matter what season
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Offline Missouri Bowman

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Re: Are You Gonna Hunt With Your Trad Bow During The Non-Bow Season?
« Reply #69 on: November 14, 2011, 01:54:00 PM »
Missouri allows you to hunt with a bow during gun season, but yo have to buy a gun tag.  I wish they would allow unused archery tags for that, but I'm sure there's more revenue the way it's set up.
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Re: Are You Gonna Hunt With Your Trad Bow During The Non-Bow Season?
« Reply #70 on: November 14, 2011, 03:17:00 PM »
no choice here ...
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Re: Are You Gonna Hunt With Your Trad Bow During The Non-Bow Season?
« Reply #71 on: November 14, 2011, 03:38:00 PM »
Leave your other weapon at home, just take your bow. You'll be glad you did, but be sure your regs will allow it. It is my understanding that some states will not allow you to hunt with a bow during the gun season.
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Re: Are You Gonna Hunt With Your Trad Bow During The Non-Bow Season?
« Reply #72 on: November 14, 2011, 04:59:00 PM »
Stay with bow.  More rewarding in the long run.
But make sure to wear orange in public areas.
Good luck to you!
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Re: Are You Gonna Hunt With Your Trad Bow During The Non-Bow Season?
« Reply #73 on: November 14, 2011, 06:29:00 PM »
Bow only for me, I've completely lost the desire to hunt with firearms.
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Re: Are You Gonna Hunt With Your Trad Bow During The Non-Bow Season?
« Reply #74 on: November 14, 2011, 07:44:00 PM »
I hunt only with trad gear (for me, woodies and selfbow)

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Re: Are You Gonna Hunt With Your Trad Bow During The Non-Bow Season?
« Reply #75 on: November 14, 2011, 07:44:00 PM »
This very question was on my mind last week as I rifle hunted and read here of guys getting their deer . I'm thinking, is the bow season still on? Here, it's been gun for 3 weeks now.
But I'm not too pleased to be afield with the gun, for the first time ever. Actually was just looking at my 3 guns and thinking, why not turn these into another bow or ...? I can't believe it.
BUT this is all I think about now, so maybe more money coming into the archery account.
Gotta like that!
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Re: Are You Gonna Hunt With Your Trad Bow During The Non-Bow Season?
« Reply #76 on: November 14, 2011, 11:26:00 PM »
its been gun season here for a while. I rely on a certain amount of venison to feed me every year. So if I dont kill enough with the recurve by the last week of rifle I will break out my long range competition gun to go grocery shopping. Then I have a small peice of land that is in the zone for a late archery   :)
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Re: Are You Gonna Hunt With Your Trad Bow During The Non-Bow Season?
« Reply #77 on: November 14, 2011, 11:34:00 PM »
Last time I took the gun was 1989. I'll be out there with my bow with the orange army. I have to wear orange to but I'm fine with that.
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Re: Are You Gonna Hunt With Your Trad Bow During The Non-Bow Season?
« Reply #78 on: November 14, 2011, 11:52:00 PM »
Last weekend I went out with my brother in law after a big buck I called in two weeks prior.   The shot opportunity never materialized for me on that day.  I guiltily grabbed my 30-06 and headed out in the early morning with him and sure enough I spotted the buck about 400 yards off.  With the heat in my hand my heart wasn't in it.  Up to that point I had 3 good opportunities to shoot a deer with my bow but things just didn't come together.   I couldn't bring myself to shoot this buck with a gun - it wasn't the same.   On that note I gave the nod to BIL and he obliged.  It was his first big buck.  

I have yet to take a deer with my bow but I feel closer than ever.  I was out twice this weekend and I missed a decent 8 point buck (P.A.S) and two days later I had a little fork horn trot past my blind at 22 yards... he busted me at half draw.  I love trad and I think I really have the bug.
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Re: Are You Gonna Hunt With Your Trad Bow During The Non-Bow Season?
« Reply #79 on: November 15, 2011, 12:05:00 AM »
Yep.
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