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Offline wvtradbow

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #20 on: December 21, 2011, 07:06:00 PM »
Haven't hunted big game with a gun in 3 yrs,my friend calls me a method hunter an I believe he's right...
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Offline 3Feathers

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #21 on: December 21, 2011, 07:13:00 PM »
You guys are leading me in that direction with no looking back!!
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Offline Red4arm

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #22 on: December 21, 2011, 07:13:00 PM »
I dont even own a deer gun anymore, traditional  bow only!
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Offline ti-guy

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #23 on: December 21, 2011, 07:14:00 PM »
I've undust a shotgun to train my pointer so he can get use to it(if ever I go with my dog with shotgun bird hunters),beside that:TRADBOW ONLY.
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Offline ron w

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #24 on: December 21, 2011, 07:23:00 PM »
I would but the only way I seem to get in bow range of a deer is to carry a gun!
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Offline reddogge

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #25 on: December 21, 2011, 07:24:00 PM »
Not me, I hunt rifle, shotgun, muzzleloader and bow. Enjoy them all. It helped being a big time gun collector over the years. Now the advantage of a large gun collection is selling off the pieces a little at a time and generating lots of cash for bows and bowhunts.
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Offline michaelschwister

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #26 on: December 21, 2011, 07:27:00 PM »
I quit hunting with a gun in 1982.  I even hunt with the longbow during rifle season.  I have picked up a flintlock of 5 occasions since, on special mountain man hunts with a close friend in freezing snow covered WV on the last day of the late muzzleloader season.
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Offline MTArrowLauncher

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #27 on: December 21, 2011, 07:45:00 PM »
i would like to progress to bow hunting all big game, but i love bird hunting so i would never be without a nice shotgun, and im a big predator hunter so my 222 will still get a workout, but im sure look up too the fellas  that bowhunt everything, ans successfully to boot.

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Offline T Sunstone

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #28 on: December 21, 2011, 07:57:00 PM »
Haven't gun hunted for at least 28 years for big game.  Do a little fox and ground hog hunting but mainly for work.
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Offline lablover

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #29 on: December 21, 2011, 07:58:00 PM »
Been a bow only hunter since I got out of the Navy. Trad only all my bowhunting life.
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Offline Hit-or-Miss

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #30 on: December 21, 2011, 08:00:00 PM »
I love my recurves and spend the vast majority of my spare time shooting and hunting with them. But when it comes to filling the freezer, late in the season, my 1949 Remington 721 bolt action .270, or 1886 .33 Winchester are sure hard to beat. I like the sport and challenge of bowhunting in October / early November,  but I was raised as a meat hunter, and as November draws to the end, with the economy the way it is, my family needs the meat. Even fried in butter and onions, unfilled tags just don't taste quite right.
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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #31 on: December 21, 2011, 08:01:00 PM »
when I shot/then bought my first trad bow, an Asbel big horn recurve, 18 years ago I was a gun hunter and had 15 rifles/shot guns.  I have not shot a gun hunting  since that day.  I now have 2 guns, a .22 and 12ga and a dozen bows.
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Offline Knotter

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #32 on: December 21, 2011, 08:11:00 PM »
I hunted 2 times with a rifle this year and as soon as go out there I regretted not having my bow.  Something changes in me when I archery hunt.
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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #33 on: December 21, 2011, 09:39:00 PM »
Bow only for me unless i am bird hunting as well as Jake said. Have killed many deer with my bow during our gun seasons.
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Offline Cyclic-Rivers

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #34 on: December 21, 2011, 10:30:00 PM »
I still like meat in the freezer and am not good enough yet to accomplish it by bow only.
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Offline Stan the bow man

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #35 on: December 21, 2011, 11:07:00 PM »
Trad bow only since 1992. Dove hunt with shotgun. Love the challenge with stickbow and wood arrs.
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Offline Steve Clandinin

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #36 on: December 21, 2011, 11:17:00 PM »
Bow only for longer than I can remember,the rest just doesn't feel right.
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Offline LITTLEBIGMAN

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #37 on: December 21, 2011, 11:20:00 PM »
bow only for life never hunted with a gun either
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Offline David Yukon

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #38 on: December 21, 2011, 11:57:00 PM »
Same as Cyclic-Rivers, I would love to bow hunt only, but so far, never been close a nought to do so... maybe next year. But for me and my family, it is more important to fill the freezer, and the way to do it, as been with a gun.
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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #39 on: December 21, 2011, 11:58:00 PM »
I have not shot anything with a rifle in about 10 years. I guess that means I'm pretty much bow only.

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