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Old 12-11-2011, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by JeffHoskins
I was just looking at the pictures and I was shocked to see your comment about no bowhunted bucks in the thread. Yes, I agree there should be different threads for each. But for entirely the opposite reason. Bowhunting is much more difficult. Getting a trophy within 30yds is nothing compared to shooting one over a corn pile, like most gun hunters do, out to nearly a half mile. I am a talented gun and bow hunter and gun hunting is hardly a sport compared to bow hunting. You don't even have to worry about scent elimination or getting close to a trail or food/ water source. Not to put down the sport, gun hunting is the best way to get meat, thats about it. Just not much thrill in KILLING with a gun, get a bow and actually go HUNTING. Again, not to put down the sport, but the first thread started it. I assume you were joking because it is such an absurd notion, but I'm not.

I agree that the comment caught me off guard a little. I also gun and archery hunt. I love gun hunting, but archery is a totally different ball game. I can't count the number of times I've watched a buck while early archery hunting and said to myself, if it was rifle season, that buck would be done for. Totally different sports. Like both of them,just don't understand the animosity between the sports.
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