Author Topic: using the bow during gun??? (Read 642 times)

3Feathers · « **on:** November 21, 2011, 05:33:00 PM »

Who hunts with their bow during gunseason?Are you successful??

T Folts · « **Reply #1 on:** November 21, 2011, 05:39:00 PM »

I am this year, and so far no. I am hunting a spot where no one else hunts so there is no pressure.

Gentry · « **Reply #2 on:** November 21, 2011, 05:44:00 PM »

I hunt privte and public lands with my bow during gun season here in Montana, this is my 12 year doing this I have been real successful. I have killed some real nice bucks durning the gun season.

Ryan Rothhaar · « **Reply #3 on:** November 21, 2011, 05:55:00 PM »

Is there a gun season? I just thought that was the part of bow season when I have to wear an orange hat.

Killed this buck a couple years back here in Indiana on the 2nd day of the concurrent firearm/orange hat bow season...by the way I DID have the orange Kromer on for the hunt, but changed out to the gray Kromer for the pics...I HATE that orange!

I try to pretend all those bangy-sounds are firecrackers or something...

Ryan

Big Ed · « **Reply #4 on:** November 21, 2011, 05:57:00 PM »

I have for the last 20 or so years and have been pretty successful. Find yourself a good pinch point or escape route.

broketooth · « **Reply #5 on:** November 21, 2011, 05:59:00 PM »

"i dont need a gun, i got me a donk." thats the low sound my bow makes when i release an arrow. lol rv

ksbowman · « **Reply #6 on:** November 21, 2011, 06:04:00 PM »

If I haven't filled my tag before rifle season I always hunt with a bow during it.

guspup · « **Reply #7 on:** November 21, 2011, 06:08:00 PM »

Jeez Ryan, that's a nice deer no matter what the season, or hunting implement!

Duker · « **Reply #8 on:** November 21, 2011, 06:19:00 PM »

gun season started today in N.C.,now wearing a ORANGE hat and using a light when going to my stand for saftey

Longbowwally · « **Reply #9 on:** November 21, 2011, 07:03:00 PM »

I don't even get serious till gun season here in my part of NC which is mid-October, and I kill a lot of deer and usually a buck or two each season. Like someone else said I'm extra careful when hunting during the gun season. Here's a buck I killed earlier this month in a block of woods that is heavily gun hunted. He's nowhere near the caliber of buck Ryan killed but a good one for the area's I hunt where very few 2.5 year old bucks make it through the season without getting shot by the gun hunters.

wildgame · « **Reply #10 on:** November 21, 2011, 07:09:00 PM »

I am but no buck tag and of course thats all im seeing!! If all I had was a buck tag, doe's would be all I'd be seeing. lol

razorsharptokill · « **Reply #11 on:** November 21, 2011, 07:10:00 PM »

I have been out twice with my selfbow, rivercane, and stone points. So far it has just been relaxation. No deer sighted yet.

RUTANDSTRUT · « **Reply #12 on:** November 21, 2011, 07:15:00 PM »

i hunt every season i can with my bow. i have been very succesful hunting during gun seasons. I feel more satisfaction killing a nice buck during the gun seasons especially talking with unsuccesful gun hunters!

Al33 · « **Reply #13 on:** November 21, 2011, 07:15:00 PM »

I'm still toting my longbow while all other members are toting rifles and killing deer. I have only managed one missed shot early this season. Seeing deer, just not getting good opportunities for a shot. Really tough right now with most all the leaves off the trees and little cover but I'm still trying.

bawana bowman · « **Reply #14 on:** November 21, 2011, 07:31:00 PM »

Hunted this past Fri, Sat, & Sun on a gun hunt quota permit for a highly desired WMA. Showed up at the gate with my longbow. Check in guy said "You know this is a gun hunt, right." My reply was, "where I hunt you can't see 35 yards, even if you can it's not good enough to shoot over maybe 30. I don't need no stinking gun."
Ended up killing 1 hog on Friday and a Doe Saturday about 4pm. Both shots were under 12 yards. If you hunt the thick cover where their at, you don't need a gun.

katman · « **Reply #15 on:** November 21, 2011, 07:39:00 PM »

One of the clubs I am in has 20 members and I am the only bowhunter in the group. I bowhunt exclusively August 15 until January 1.

Living_waters · « **Reply #16 on:** November 21, 2011, 07:45:00 PM »

I live 3 miles from a large conservation area that allows bow hunting, during gun season you can still hunt it on your gun tag. Good hunting gun pressure pushes deer to the refuge. Making the last day tomorrow if we are not getting another monsoon.

Friend · « **Reply #17 on:** November 21, 2011, 07:46:00 PM »

Have traditionally hunted during the gun season unless tagged out. I generally start trending down my aggrssive hunting during gun season, since it always seems that after ~30+ hunts, I am ready for a break and then there have been seasons where I hunted hard up thru the middle of January.

Have a close bud that not only works hard, but has hunted every day of the season with the exception of Thanksgiving and Christmas.
**Too tough for me!**

Blaino · « **Reply #18 on:** November 21, 2011, 07:51:00 PM »

I'm with katman. I feel either your a bowhunter or your a gunhunter with a bow. IMHO

Terry Lightle · « **Reply #19 on:** November 21, 2011, 08:00:00 PM »

I do and have been this year.Also carry my longbow during muzzleloader season.


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