Bow during Gun????

[SELFBOW19953]

Every year, and throughout the various gun seasons-shotgun, muzzleloader, handgun, antlerless (at least 2 of each per season) each year.

[Kc kreger]

I went out Saturday, the firearms opener here in Okla. to film my son with his bow.  I forgot to grab by bow on the way out at dark-thirty and we just happened to have a rifle in the truck as a back up plan.

I carried the rifle he had his bow.  We set up in our only two seater stand and see 5 does.  Nothing came within bow range but we decided to wait it out and give it another go in a few days with bows and camera.

We are fortunate here in OK that we get to hunt with a bow from Oct. 1 - Jan. 15th.  Our neighbors were sure having a grand time shooting at everything in the woods.  It sounded like a shooting range next doors!

Good luck - Be safe if your out there with all the gun hunters!

[YORNOC]

I'll hunt other ares with the bow, but not in my archery area local. I'd like to film the wave of ATV's overloaded with shotgun hunters that do massive push after push here. Very dangerous, guys running through the brush full tilt towards the point guys. 500 inches of orange required here and last year one guy runs by me wearing a tan shirt and pants, trips, his gun goes flying, and hes laying on the ground. Gets up and starts plowing again.
No fun for this bow guy. I need to get outta here.

[southernarcher]

Yes, on public land here in SC. I only hunt with my bow, and don't own any hunting ground. I gave up on hunting clubs, which I found to be almost worse than public, years ago. Wear the blaze, and flashlight, regardless of how bright it is out. I try and hunt areas where others don't go. I haven had a problem so far. There are a few bow only areas around, I hunt those as well.

[dirtguy]

Yes.  But with lots of orange and from a treestand.  And in carefully chosen locations.  If I go on state land, its on places that I have acces to across private land an thus harder to reach.

[Butternutz]

I kill most of my deer during boom season. Seams like they run to my little patch of woods when the war starts. Should see the looks I get when I take them too the butcher and hunters walk up and ask what kinda gun you shooting and I pull out my recurve. Lol. Don

[Rathbuck]

Went out opening day here in MI with the shotgun...just felt strange.  Passed up 4 bucks, including one decent 8pt that I would have LOVED to take with my recurve.  Picked up the gun, put the crosshairs on his shoulder, whispered "Boom", then watched him chase a doe into the woods.

Sunday, I was back out with the recurve.  Enjoyed it more, even though I only saw a raccoon and about a 1/2 billion skwerels.

[overbo]

As long as the rut is on.I bowhunt.Later durring the season and I need meat.I'll pull out my 7x57 98 to feed myself.Haven't killed anything w/ a rifle for over 10 years.
We have a very librial season in this part of Va.The season ends the last saturday in March.Yes I said March!!!

[Sam McMichael]

I hunt from September through December all the way through both bow and gun seasons. This is the 16th consecutive year that I have not hunted with a firearm. The guns don't bother me at all, and they don't seem to affect deer movement much either. For safety, as required by law, I do wear the hunter orange without fail during gun season. Fortunately, I hunt my own property and have had little problem with outsiders encroaching on me.

[Arwin]

Oh yeah!!!!!!!!!!   :cool:

[kbetts]

I bought a new H&R 20 last year with a thumb hole stock and all....topped it with a 4x leaupold......and carried it to the truck.

The bow went from the truck to the stand.

[toehead]

I don't even own a rifle larger than a .22
sold my deer rifles over 10 years ago.

[MnFn]

Yes. I have not taken a shot yet, however.

[KyRidgeRunner]

Taken my Bear Recurve over the Holidays along with my 20ga slugger. With a little luck the deer will read the script and cross within the 20 yard range!    

SWACK over BOOM any day!

[toehead]

I have to brag on my Dad a little.  This was on Day 2 of the Oklahoma Rifle Season (aka if it's brown it's down extravaganza!).

We actually got to work the blood trail together.

Great day!

[ripforce56]

My firearms never leave the my guncase anymore, although I have been tempted this season! My Broinlaw thinks I am nuts for not using a firearm! I only got back into hunting because of the Trad bow I just can't seem to put it down and as stated in an above post I feel strange in the woods when I don't have my bow! After the weekend most gun hunters are finished here in NO MI, my son will be here for Thanksgiving can't wait to bow  hunt and stump!

Gun season opening day is just another Saturday in the middle of archery season to me! I hunt a lot in ground blinds and always have my stick in my hand.

The gun season has been open for 3 weeks here. I have yet to shoot a deer this year but still have not taken a rifle with me out in the woods.

Bisch

[maineac]

This is the first time I have taken my bow out a couple of times during gun season.  Mostly because there are more deer in the expanded zone I hunt than in my usual rifle toting areas.  I truly like carrying the bow way more.  But I can still not pass up the extended range the rifle gives me to put some venison in the freezer.

[Kris]

Yes I do, but hate wearing orange.

Kris

[rlc1959]

That Illinois law is crazy. The lesser weapon law makes more sense. You can buy a shotgun tag but cannot use a bow. Must be firearm .