Man onlybow i felt kind of special to have my own topic posted.but i would have come back to the screech one.
In arkansas archery season starts oct1 and runs till feb 28. our gun season runs from nov 9 til dec 20 and has a few days around x mas. muzzleloader gets about three weeks in there also. so you see in some parts of the country firearm hunting is in during the rut. but actually in arkansas they rut just a hard in jan . but the office biologist in our game and fish who lives in suburbia little rock doesn't seem to take this into account. those biologist know lots about deer. yeah
i hear rifle hunting is so easy. humm then why is it like only about 20 % of gun hunters are successful? and for bowhunters, even with there longer season ,is lower than that.
i do bow hunt and yep i own a crossbow also and hunt with it also. i muzzleload and rifle hunt. now i love rifles and am a certified gun nut thus i would prefer to gun hunt. but yes i bowhunt also. now i am not going to represent any method as being better than the other . if i was yes it would be rifle hunting . WHY ? i think it is more ethical due to it usually produces a quicker cleaner kill. less chance for a mistaken bad shot, shot placement is more certain at the time of pulling the trigger, tissue damage to the aniaml is far greater thus causing it to expire much more quickly.
I prefer a shot at the base of the neck severing the spine causing instant incapacitation. no tracking and the animal didn't suffer. that is the the point where the shoulders and neck begin. i have great luck with these shots.
my purpose when i shoot a deer is to put meat in my freezer . my family loves it and we will eat on it a large portion of the year. if i wanted to watch deer i could just sit outside my house and sooner or later they will come around. as i joked with ruger redhawk the other day i was hunting in my living room ,cause of rain, and yep i saw a deer. not everybody has this great pleasure and for that i am sorry. it is a great way to live , in the woods.
What rubbed me wrong was the impression i got that to you felt that bow hunters were better. i get real upset when i see that tone. it's just me i guess . i don't condemn anybody for there method heck if your good with a spear go for it. just make it clean and quick for the animal.
if you are a "bowhunter" only ,fine! but don't give the impression that you are better or know more than others. cause i can assure you there are a few on here that know their stuff.
oh and i am relaxed . cyber tension is much different than actual tension. i am not offended , opinions are what are expressed on here and everybody has one. and we all from different parts of the country and world for some. we all have different well ......opinions. i like to argue on here cause we can't throw blows that hurt. if words hurt someone then maybe they should stay unregistered.
and i am sure we will disagree again and that is ok.
we will just express our opinions and experiences and possibly learn something .

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