I started bowhunting to get a few extra weeks in the woods. It's become so much more then that it hard to put it into words.

It's such a rush being able to fet so close to deer with out them be aware of your presence.With the gun you drop them with out that up close and personal contact. I get more excited having a deer come through and not shooting it with a bow then I do on many succesful gun hunts.

It's a great thing to hand down to your kids. My son is still a season away from being able to hunt with the bow. He's knowledge of the woods is better then many 50 yr. olds I know. Can't wait for our first hunt together. He's been tagging along with me since he was in the 2nd grade. It's given us a bond that I hope will never be broken.

It's as much fun as you can have.........................with your clothes on.lol.

Nope. Could kill enough deer during gun season to fill my freezer no problem. Bow hunting isn't all about the kill for me.Honestly didn't care if I got a deer with the bow this year. My back went out in July and really didn't think I'd be hunting. All I wanted to be able to do was get out in the woods with my kid and see some deer up close. There were days when it was warm that anything but a wall hanger was going to walk on by. I would have had to find someone to drag it out for me and hang it etc. It was all about the experience this year. Didn't realize how much it meant to me until opening day came this year and I was physically unable to get into the woods.