RE: 36- Team"Bro's B4 Does" Official Thread
Jeff...im not like most gun hunters. i put in as much time scouting my gun areas as i do my bow areas..i put in the time at the range with my rifle and shoot it all year round, i still practice scent control and hunt the wind..
ok...you know i participate in deer drives...but they arent the kind you hear horror stories about. i dont think we had over 10 guys all season. most of the time its only 2-3 MAYBE 4 drivers on a GOOD day with a couple guys..but most the time its just a couple drivers...we have more deer beat us then we kill...and we combined put in more scouting than any bowhunter. we combine all our knowledge of all the areas and where we see the deer, know where the deer will be, knowing the land and where the deer will go etc etc...plus limited man power..we dont have any wounded unrecovered game, noone gets shot at etc..thats just the way we like to rifle hunt...after first light on the first day driving is the way to hunt at home.
but after hunting with both the bow and gun i definently favor bowhunting. much more of a challenge and not BANG splat. what really turned me was last year..i had a group of 6 does come through...one looked like a COW compared to the rest..i wanted HER. if im shooting a doe i generally take the biggest i see..well they all stopped 50yds through the woods..her body was blocked by a tree..she poked her head out and looked back away from me. BANG..right into the back of the head. i didnt even think about it. i KNEW she was meat in the freezer and game over for her. i dont like to hear the average joe smoe taking headshots...but i know my weapon because i shoot groundhogs out to 300yds with it. a deers head at 50yds is a walk in the park...but thats what made me want to bowhunt even more. i get super excited to see a deer with the bow in my hands...seeing them with the mauser in my hands barely speeds up my heart rate. ill get somewhat excited after the shot..but it aint the same!!
im definently ready to pick up the bow again. if nothing else ill accomplish scouting for next season...
oh.....and i cant pick up the bow till after rifle season anyways...i think that would be a killer on the stitches...
just woke up feeling alot better...colds almost kicked!! AND i woke up to the first snow that laid on the ground!! wooohooo!!!