How many days did you bow hunt this year?
01-11-2002, 10:08 AM
#11
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Waukesha Wi
Posts: 137
RE: How many days did you bow hunt this year?
on my 5 day of bow hunting i shot a 10 pointer so my archery season was a short one but did hunt for a doe and spent about 10 more days bow hunting..gun season i spent 5 full days in the wood out of 9 and saw one deer(it happened to be the biggest buck i have ever seen, 10 points with at least 12 inch brow tines and very tall and of coarse i missed him, my bullet deflected off a tree or he would have been mine) bad new about that is he was later shot by the neighbors...green scored over 160 and was 24 inches wide..
01-11-2002, 12:40 PM
#13
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Denver CO Denver, Colorado
Posts: 10
RE: How many days did you bow hunt this year?
Montana Turkey Archery Spring - 3 hunting 4 helping others.
Wyoming Elk archery - 6 hunting 10 helping others (wilderness self pack trip)
Montana fall turkey (archery) - 2 hunting
Montana Rifle (took son) 6 days (wilderness self pack trip)
Montana Rifle deer (took son) 6 days
Colorado 6 day rifle trip elk/deer combo
also went duck/goose hunting (shotgun obviously)several times
One coyote archery (2 days) montana 1 day rifle (2 dawgs)
Fishing packtrip in wyoming - - 4 days (elk scout too)
this year was awesome for me - but budget will slow all this down for next year! Darn the bad luck...going archery elk Colorado and archer elk Montana 3 wks total + MT turkey spring archer - would never miss that!
Wyoming Elk archery - 6 hunting 10 helping others (wilderness self pack trip)
Montana fall turkey (archery) - 2 hunting
Montana Rifle (took son) 6 days (wilderness self pack trip)
Montana Rifle deer (took son) 6 days
Colorado 6 day rifle trip elk/deer combo
also went duck/goose hunting (shotgun obviously)several times
One coyote archery (2 days) montana 1 day rifle (2 dawgs)
Fishing packtrip in wyoming - - 4 days (elk scout too)
this year was awesome for me - but budget will slow all this down for next year! Darn the bad luck...going archery elk Colorado and archer elk Montana 3 wks total + MT turkey spring archer - would never miss that!
01-11-2002, 12:55 PM
#14
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Frankfort IL USA
Posts: 143
RE: How many days did you bow hunt this year?
Not enough!! I don't have an exact count, but probably about 15 mornings or evenings. Limited because of land to hunt, but next year I am leasing some land so it should definitely be more. I still have this weekend and plan on getting out twice.
01-11-2002, 03:19 PM
#19
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blair Co., PA USA
Posts: 537
RE: How many days did you bow hunt this year?
I hunted 27 days out of a possible 39 I think. The other days we're spent chasing turkeys and small game. I killed a doe on day #5 and had countless oppurtunites after that. No buck luck though, I had to wait till firearm season.
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01-11-2002, 03:23 PM
#20
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Michigan
Posts: 55
RE: How many days did you bow hunt this year?
I had an outstanding season. I hunted 4-5 days a week from Oct.1st-Nov.26th. I seen over 250 deer, just a few bucks tho. I seen a ton of turkeys, even had 2 tags for them and still didn't hunt for them. In early Sept. I got to see my friends hounds put a nice bear up a tree and helped poke it in the butt with a stick to keep it up the tree long enough for everyone to get to the tree and see the bear. Now that was a rush. Nothing like catching a hound under a tree with a bear comming down on top of you only 8 feet above your head, popping his jaws and slapping the tree. Gotta love that. The best part was letting "him", yes i was a boar, got to run another day. If we would get any snow up here I just might be able to see those great hounds put a bobcat or two up a tree.
LIVE TO HUNT,HUNT TO LIVE.
LIVE TO HUNT,HUNT TO LIVE.