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Offline Desperado

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #40 on: December 22, 2011, 12:07:00 AM »
Bowhhunt for everything!!!No need for "simple sticks"...That's shooting, not hunting!!!
Be safe!!
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Offline TxAg

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #41 on: December 22, 2011, 12:11:00 AM »
bow only here. no offense intended, but it's actually odd to me that people hunt part of the year with a bow and part of the year with a gun (at least in texas). I realize the regs might dictate otherwise in some states.
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Offline Encino Man

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #42 on: December 22, 2011, 12:56:00 AM »
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Originally posted by Knotter:
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.
I feel the same way. Do do like to take out the ole smoke pole on occasion.
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Offline 8leg-lover

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #43 on: December 22, 2011, 01:17:00 AM »
The only guns I own are work related. That's right...I'm the POPO!!   :D
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Offline Eugene Slagle

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #44 on: December 22, 2011, 05:51:00 AM »
I hunt nearly 100% with a Bow, every once in a while more like once every 2-3 years I'll get the itch to take out my Hawken for a day.

To me hunting with a bow is the best challenge & satisfaction a hunter could want.
Challenge of being skilful & stealthy enough to become part of your surroundings & be close to the animal you are going after.
Satisfaction of being able to achieve the shot at those close distances using primitive equipment couldn't get any better.
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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #45 on: December 22, 2011, 06:33:00 AM »
This year was the first time in 10 years that I hunted with a rifle. It was also the first time in 10 years I hunted somewhere other than public land. I was invited to hunt a private farm with family members during WV rifle season. I harvested a deer but it did not do much for me.

I do a lot of plinking, target shooting and handloading, but In the field, I will take a stick and string over a rifle any day.
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Offline Bullfrog 1

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #46 on: December 22, 2011, 06:51:00 AM »
Have not hunted with a gun in almost 20 years.    BILL
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Offline Bill Carlsen

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #47 on: December 22, 2011, 08:19:00 AM »
I only own a handgun that I keep for self protection. Never hunted with anything but a bow since 1955.
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Offline LoweBow

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #48 on: December 22, 2011, 08:21:00 AM »
I've been bow only for I believe 22 years now.  I did kill a doe about 10 years ago w/ a pistol on a bet once, but that's the only time I've picked up a firearm to hunt with since making the decision.  Trad only for about 8 years or so.
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Offline Steertalker

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #49 on: December 22, 2011, 08:33:00 AM »
I've been recurve only for 26 years.  I've never owned or shot a compound.

Brett
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Offline Mint

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #50 on: December 22, 2011, 08:41:00 AM »
Bow only for me for big game for the past 20 years.
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Offline Gray Buffalo

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #51 on: December 22, 2011, 08:45:00 AM »
I have hunted with a 50 cal. Hawken cap/ball and killed  a deer at 150 Yards back a bunch of years ago. Didn't mean much so now it's bow only.
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Offline Jeff Strubberg

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #52 on: December 22, 2011, 08:48:00 AM »
Bow only here.  Can't shoot a gun worth a darn and don't trust too many folks, so the emptier the woods the better.
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Offline centaur

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #53 on: December 22, 2011, 08:52:00 AM »
I have a bunch of guns that reside in their cases, never seeing the light of day. I think the last animal I shot with a gun was a deer with a 30 30 in the early 90s. It's bows or nothing for me.
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Offline Bowana

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #54 on: December 22, 2011, 08:58:00 AM »
Bow only here. Love guns. Just don't hunt with em.
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Offline ranger 3

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #55 on: December 22, 2011, 08:59:00 AM »
Bow only for me
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Offline PeteA

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #56 on: December 22, 2011, 09:34:00 AM »
Bow only here in a bow only county of NY
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Offline TC in Spfld

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #57 on: December 22, 2011, 10:06:00 AM »
I do love to eat squirrel that has been shot in the head, so to that end I use scoped .22s.
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Offline Bowwild

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #58 on: December 22, 2011, 10:42:00 AM »
I had a bow-only (big game)period from about 1984-1995. I do enjoy making a racket from time to time these days.
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Offline Running Buck

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Re: Bow Only Hunters?
« Reply #59 on: December 22, 2011, 10:52:00 AM »
90% of my hunting is with a bow but, I still like to hunt waterfowl and crows with a shotgun. In NJ you can't take a bear with archery tackle ..YET  So I take them with a muzzleloader.
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