SA, I'm not necessarily raggin' on your opinion of gun hunters... But I do feel that the stated opinion does contribute to the elitest attitude. What you didn't answer is that if bow hunting is somehow better or more noble than gun hunting than why don't you do the most difficult form of that?
I think the jump from gun to bow is a tremendous one where I don't see that much of a jump between compound and tradititional equipment. Not to mention all of the extra time in the woods that bowhunting gives as compared to no more difference in time for hunting with traditional equipment. All of the same elements are there but with more inherent accuracy. If I am going to gun hunt it is going to be with the best shooting equipment that I can put in my hands. The same goes for bowhunting. I have had a tremendous amount of big deer withing 40 yards that I was unable to shoot at with a bow. If I had been gun hunting I could have killed 98% of those deer I would imagine. On the contrary, of the deer I have killed with a compouned, 95% of those could have been killed by a competent person with trad equipment. However, I haven't gotten to the point that I am comfortable to limiting myself to the distances at which I am proficient with traditional equipment. But, that's definitely the next level and I am sure that I will end up spending at least part of my season on that side of the fence. Good question though.
1. How many 190 inch deer have you killed in any manor?
I have killed one that grossed in the low 190's but he only netted 176.
2. What do you do for a living? Why do i ask this, if 190's are not a big deal with a gun then go kill the next world record and become a self made millionaire, or would that not be a acomplishment?
I am not proclaiming to be the worlds greatest hunter here. I am sure there are several guys here that are better hunters than I am. However, if someone fancies themselves as a good hunter then why not challenge themselves and pick up a bow. I will tell you that I don't find anything impressive about Milo Hanson considering the fact that he killed a deer that was being driven by other hunters. I don't think that takes any particualr skill set. You put someone else in that spot that was a decent shot and it's called the John Doe buck not the Hanson buck. Where as if it had been taken from a stand by a bowhunter the accomplishment would garner much more respect from me.
Not making stabs at you but it just seems like if you are not a woopty doo bow hunter you are nothing in your eyes, and to be honest with ya i hunt with bow, rifle, and muzzleloader and killed deer with all three this year and are proud of it.
That's good and you should be. However, I will continue to give more respect to those trophies that you take with a bow and less to those that you take with a gun. My opinion shouldn't matter in that anyway and I certainly wouldn't offer anything but congratulations on any of the kills. I just wouldn't put as much emphasis on the acomplishment in my own mind if it was not a bow kill.
I will keep this short and simple, YOU ARE AN IDIOT!
Mic,
I think that if that is the most intelligent thing you have to say then you have already proven who the idiot is. I do have a question for you though. Is everyone that disagrees with you or doesn't have the exact same value system as you an idiot? Good hunting!
