This is my first season bowhunting -- I've passed on several yearlings (15 yards or less) and had a couple of does that were just outside of my comfortable shooting range (about 35 yards), so I didn't shoot -- maybe I could have made the shot, maybe not -- the last thing I want to do is wound one and lose it. Been busted a couple of times early in the season before I learned the difference between scent control for gun hunting and scent control for bow hunting.

I did kill a turkey with the bow on my first bowhunting trip back in early October. Since gun season came in two weeks ago, I've put one nice fat doe in the freezer. I'll bang another doe with the .243to get the required minimum of venison in the freezer and then bring the bow back out. Late bow season in my county runs until the end of January. Still shooting my bow on my "indoor range" 3-5 times a week.