What got you into bowhunting?
 

Im curios what got everyone into bowhunting? When I was a kid my dad and his friends were the type of hunters that rode the roads, drank, and would kill almost anything that crossed their paths. there were no real hunting skills involved.They would think nothing of shooting at a running deer at 800 yards. They also shot a lot of game out of season. These were normally law abiding, hard working people, but when it came to hunting the philosophy was "anything goes".
I know that this behavior still goes on today by other hunters also because I use to see it all of the time when I was running the county check-in station. As I got older this behavior began to horrify me when I saw it and still does, but that is a whole other topic.
Anyway, I now bowhunt almost exclusively and really only use to a rifle when my kids are involved. They want to get into archery but I dont have the money for the equipment for them yet. I have no desire to do things like my dad and his friends did.
This post is long enough so I will stop now. Please respond

P.S.- I know that some of the things I said here may offend some peoples morals. Please remember that I do not condone that kind of behavior!

RE: What got you into bowhunting?
 

my dad was a really big archer/bowhunter and i got my first bo when i was two and shot archery ever since then. Hopefully this will be my first season!

RE: What got you into bowhunting?
 

My dad and grandfather both got me started in archery and hunting. But neither of them were bowhunters they just liked shooting spots. Ireally took an interest in my fathers recurve and could shoot it pretty good out to 20 yards.That Christmas my parents bought me my first compound bow. With some help from a family friendI got the bowproperly fitand tuned. That summer I was reading my grandfathers outdoor magazines and read a few articles on bowhunting. That fall I decided to give it a try and I have been hooked ever since.

RE: What got you into bowhunting?
 

My father.

RE: What got you into bowhunting?
 

Well its not really a what , its who got me into bowhunting.
Two friends of mine talked me into trying it about 12 years ago and then I pick up a bow at yard sale andI started shooting at a 3D range .
Then I started going in the woods with them and they taught me everything about hunting deer and turkey.
Been hooked on hunting ever since , I learned alot from my friends and I'm very thankful for thier time and efforts.

RE: What got you into bowhunting?
 

I've hunted for many years. My parents first took me out when I was about 4 or 5. My family hunted to survive, not for trophies, so the racks were either left or tossed into the barn, where they still sit today.

I had always wanted a bow, but like Ralphie, in the movie A Christmas Story, I was always told, "You''ll put your eye out!". I finally bought a bow in sept. of 2002. My decision, was based on: 1. I had always wanted one. 2. I was recovering from a rotator cuff injury and didn't think a gun would be a good idea. 3. I can hunt ALL season long, from october to january. On nov. 22, 2002, at 8 am, I shot my first deer! It wasa 6 pt.

I'm sorry you grew up seeing your dad and his friends do that sort of thing. My early hunting years were just the oposite. I come from a family that shoots only during season. Growing up, I was always told, "If you're not going to eat it, don't shoot it." and " You better not shoot anything out of season or the game warden will get you, and throw you in jail...and I won't come get you." lol... here I am all of 13 years old, freaking out and obsessing over what season was in at the time....lol.

RE: What got you into bowhunting?
 

My mother and father were both competition recurve shooters in the mid 60's. My father got me started.

RE: What got you into bowhunting?
 

Extended season , I always hated sitting out 3 months of hunting because I didn't have the appropriate weapon .

RE: What got you into bowhunting?
 

i actually got into it because i wanted to. just like flintlocking and flyfishing. i took into both of them alone as well. dad used to be a BIG time bowhunter. i had people i dont even know tell me stories about how great my dad was..then i told them who i was. when i was very very young i had a little longbow style compound bow id shoot with dad. right before i would be ready for a real youth bow dad got out of archery. he says he just didnt/doesnt really have the time. it was alot of other things as well that got him to hang it up. but i love to hunt..always went to bowhunt...now in less then 2 weeks i finally get to! took alot of hard work and practice but im ready

RE: What got you into bowhunting?
 

My father started bow hunting early 80's, but I took it up about 3 years ago, so still a newby. I like the extra challenge of it, and I like being able to hunt for 3 and a half months and practically any where in the state.