I have to agree with the exception of guns. I still gun hunt but that is more of a family thing every year during thanksgiving week.
ORIGINAL: Rob/PA Bowyer
Do you expect it to be easy. IF that's the case, I agree with your friends, stay away from bowhunting. It's not for you BUT the reward is so much more rewarding when you do take your first animal etc....there is a reason for the addiction. Bowhunting has more lows than highs depending on how you look at it. I don't view your deer trotting away as a failure but a success at even seeing him while hunting. You'll learn with every success and failure and if your anything like me, your guns will be a thing of the past.