ORIGINAL: PreacherTony
ORIGINAL: PreacherTony
I wonder if you guys that hunt with a bow and gun (blackpowder, shotgun, pistol, et al..) if it's different, or the same with just a different weapon.
Let me explain. For me, although I bowhunt with most of the guys I gun hunt with, bowhunting is more of a personal, solitary deal.
Gun hunting, for me,is so steeped in tradition ..... sighting in guns, running to the store for the sales with your buds and/or kin ... the preparation before .... the unknown of what is gonna run by you as it escapes the neighboring property .... drives set-up .... meeting for lunch ..... guys hunting on adjoining properties...
Then there is bowhunting .... preparation is mostly year round ....all day sits....calm deer ....you know what animals you are hunting (for the most part), ....
I think bowhuntingis my favorite, because it is therapeutic .... but I could NEVER give up the tradition of gun hunting ,,,it is just too much fun!!!
Can anyone else relate to this???
Why are some of you turning this into a bowhunting vs gun hunting deal???
Um Tony.........because you are asking if hunting with a bow is different or the same experienceas hunting with a firearm, thus comparing the two.
I felt it was a great opportunity to try and shed some different light...a new perspective if you will on hunting as a whole and my disdain for anything or anyone who tries to separate us as hunters simply because of the "tool" we choose to utilize. Let me answer your question more directly, better yet let me put it to you this way......
If you askyourquestion to a gun hunter only,you will most likely get a favorable response to most types of hunting and the traditions that go along with them. If you ask this question to a bow hunter only you will most likely get a completely different view of your fellow hunters....Makes you wonder huh?