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RE: Do you still hunt with guns
ORIGINAL: atlasman I have always and will always hunt with a gun. I should clarify that 200-300 yard "shooting" type of hunting doesn't interest me at all. I think every deer but 1 or 2 I have gotten with my gun were within bow range. My longest kill was 65 yards. I shoot a smooth bore short barrel Rem870 with Breneke MP slugs. DEFINATELY not the most accurate thing out there........so it is still a respectable chalenge IMO. Most of my early kills were off the ground with open sights...........maybe harder then killing a deer from a stand with a bow IMO. Gun season has a TOTALLY different feel to it.........and I love that too. Perhaps most importantly is the fact that my father gave up archery after a few years of recurves and then one of the first BEAR compounds. Gun season is all he has hunted for years now and there is no way on earth I am gonna miss a chance to go hunt with my dad. I grew up watching my dad shoot his bow, hunt with his bow, and come with animals he killed with his bow. When he decided to get me into hunting, I couldn't yet draw a legal weight, so he gave up archery for the first few years and we hunted with rifles. As soon as I was able to draw a legal bow, he went out and bought us both brand new bows, and we haven't looked back since. I know that when he is no longer able to draw a legal compound, he'll get a disabled/senior permit and shoot a cross bow. Any ideaabout who's going to buy it for him? |
RE: Do you still hunt with guns
Ive been doing both for about 30 years,Ive got 2 sons who also love to hunt.This year they saw the ugly side of gun hunting.Drunks in the woods with guns,I wont even call them hunters.They gang up in 30-40 man bunches and push everything in sight.Public land -posted land-everything.At the end of the day there are wounded deer in the woods,bambies on every tailgate,and a couple big bucks.That is no way to treat something like a deer(mabe a coyote).It just seems unfitting.Id figure the ratio of shots fired to deer harvested is about 10-1. Im sure alot of folks here dont agree with me,But im done with the gun thing.Ill wait till the woods are quiet again and go after them with a bow,when there not running for 9 days without a break.
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RE: Do you still hunt with guns
ORIGINAL: Washington Hunter ORIGINAL: atlasman I have always and will always hunt with a gun. I should clarify that 200-300 yard "shooting" type of hunting doesn't interest me at all. I think every deer but 1 or 2 I have gotten with my gun were within bow range. My longest kill was 65 yards. I shoot a smooth bore short barrel Rem870 with Breneke MP slugs. DEFINATELY not the most accurate thing out there........so it is still a respectable chalenge IMO. Most of my early kills were off the ground with open sights...........maybe harder then killing a deer from a stand with a bow IMO. Gun season has a TOTALLY different feel to it.........and I love that too. Perhaps most importantly is the fact that my father gave up archery after a few years of recurves and then one of the first BEAR compounds. Gun season is all he has hunted for years now and there is no way on earth I am gonna miss a chance to go hunt with my dad. I grew up watching my dad shoot his bow, hunt with his bow, and come with animals he killed with his bow. When he decided to get me into hunting, I couldn't yet draw a legal weight, so he gave up archery for the first few years and we hunted with rifles. As soon as I was able to draw a legal bow, he went out and bought us both brand new bows, and we haven't looked back since. I know that when he is no longer able to draw a legal compound, he'll get a disabled/senior permit and shoot a cross bow. Any ideaabout who's going to buy it for him? I go and sit next to Gramps, we do not shoot anything anymore, we just watch the sunset:) |
RE: Do you still hunt with guns
sure i do muzzle as well . I enjoy both
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RE: Do you still hunt with guns
ORIGINAL: Germ ORIGINAL: Washington Hunter ORIGINAL: atlasman I have always and will always hunt with a gun. I should clarify that 200-300 yard "shooting" type of hunting doesn't interest me at all. I think every deer but 1 or 2 I have gotten with my gun were within bow range. My longest kill was 65 yards. I shoot a smooth bore short barrel Rem870 with Breneke MP slugs. DEFINATELY not the most accurate thing out there........so it is still a respectable chalenge IMO. Most of my early kills were off the ground with open sights...........maybe harder then killing a deer from a stand with a bow IMO. Gun season has a TOTALLY different feel to it.........and I love that too. Perhaps most importantly is the fact that my father gave up archery after a few years of recurves and then one of the first BEAR compounds. Gun season is all he has hunted for years now and there is no way on earth I am gonna miss a chance to go hunt with my dad. I grew up watching my dad shoot his bow, hunt with his bow, and come with animals he killed with his bow. When he decided to get me into hunting, I couldn't yet draw a legal weight, so he gave up archery for the first few years and we hunted with rifles. As soon as I was able to draw a legal bow, he went out and bought us both brand new bows, and we haven't looked back since. I know that when he is no longer able to draw a legal compound, he'll get a disabled/senior permit and shoot a cross bow. Any ideaabout who's going to buy it for him? I go and sit next to Gramps, we do not shoot anything anymore, we just watch the sunset:) Spending time in the woods with loved ones is more important than shooting animals sometimes. :)It's nice to hear you still get out there with him. |
RE: Do you still hunt with guns
Of course I hunt with guns, I prefer to use my AK-47,double-barrelled, laser guided, heat seeking shotgun! ANYTHING TO MAKE IT EASIER![:-]
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RE: Do you still hunt with guns
You go Atlas, umm rrrrr Greg. :D
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RE: Do you still hunt with guns
I enjoy all the seasons. Bowhunting is the most thrilling, though.
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RE: Do you still hunt with guns
[blockquote]quote: ORIGINAL: Greg / MO I've said it before, but when you see an animal with a gun, the hunt's over. When you see it with a bow, it's just starting. [/blockquote] Where did you get that? :) That is the exact statement that was told to me on my elk hunt in 97. I was in town after shooting my bull. A guy approached me and said are up bowhunting elk? I thought, oh here we go....I said yes, prepared and he said, I envy you guys. I asked why. He said and I quote, "I'm a rifle hunter, when I see an animal, I shoot, the hunts over, when you see an animal, your hunt begins." end quote..... [8D] Yeah, right. ;) |
RE: Do you still hunt with guns
Yes.. I enjoy to hunt all sorts of animals and as many ways as I legally can...
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