A bowhunting course before a bow license would be a great idea in my opinion.

Wolfen, i'd still rather be around all the new "idiot" bow guys in the woods that all the new "idiot" gun guys. If somebody were to just start hunting, and had the metality of I know nothing but want to hunt, i'd rather give them a bow before a rifle, even if they had a safety course.

The problem lies to both rifle and bow hunters. I've put a lot of scopes on rifles for people, along with boresighting them. All that boresighting does is put you in paper at 100 yards. I make sure I tell these guys that, but I know many won't shoot their next shot until it's at a deer. A bad deal, some people just need to be informed more on hunting, along with more safety and education classes for all kinds of hunting sports. Since a lot of the hunters out their are city hunters, who didn't grow up around hunting as a lifestyle. Educating people is the key!
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