ORIGINAL: mauser06

Jeff, how do you know you wouldnt LOVE to hear the roar of a rifle? hunting one with a pistol?? a big ole plume of black powder smoke and the fresh rotten egg smell of REAL black powder being burnt in a flintlock?

not picking on you...i just dont know anyone that dives head first into hunting like you did...most everyone i know grows up hunting...i just know FOR ME, that although i love bowhunting, probably more than any other form of deer hunting thus far, i MISSED the rifle opener last year because i tagged my buck...in PA its kinda something special...first light in the big woods of the mountains and hearing rifles firing all day...driving by the camps and rubbernecking to see what they got hanging..deer camp PERIOD...i missed it all...i know gun hunting will always be a part of ME. this year i took my buck at a range much farther than id EVER shoot with a bow...i put the crosshairs on his heart and litterally put a hole straight through it...challenging? uhhh maybe not so much as bowhunting...fun? thrilling? exciting? give me a rush? you bet! hearing the roar of MY rifle up the ravine and feeling the recoil is just what gives me that rush...sitting behind the scope and precisely aiming that perfect shot while slowlying squeezing the trigger...Rybo about got me talked into buying a pistol to deer hunt with....

youd be surprised but out of the....13 deer i killed (11 rifle, 1 flintlock, 1 bow kill) ALL except i think 3 were within 40yds...most between 20-30...its just how i love to hunt.

not picking on you...PT started this hijack, but it got me thinking about it...just curious as to HOW you know you wouldnt enjoy a different form of deer hunting...

not to mention still hunting, long range hunting, deer drives, etc etc....

(PS....yes, im the same guy that asks himself "how do you know you love HER and want to be with HER forever?".......i could be single for a very long time! )