i dont hate any other hunters,unless they shot a bigger deer then me,just kidding. I like when i see other people hunting.

Nahh, it don't hurt as long as it aswarped as was stated.

okay bob, warped and wrong, i dont want a pissing match, I've said what Ive seen in many circles i've traveled in,but your right you must know exactly what happens in all traditional circles. I'm not proud of it but i've been party to it. I've even witnessed a tradition vs compound agument at a trade show. it all started with a traditionalist boothcalling a compound booth, cripple sticks, it esculated from there. the compounders didn't start it but i guess it didn't happen either right. again, I didn't accuse anyone but have seen it as a whole. it's not right, just apparant.

I believe you are correct, you have seen what you have seen, and I have seen what I have, so let's not get real general then and give a bad rap or make accusationssuch as the"worst" to any one particular group.

FWIW, accuastions like that cause more problems then solutions.

agreed bob, like I said, my heart is in my recurve but the tribute puts my venny on my table.

And hence where the aforementioned attitude comes from.

What about the normal pattern of a deer in bow-season vs the 1 million hunters that hit the woods opening day of gun season? Do you think the gun hunter can just climb up in his everyday treestand and see deer?

The bow hunter is not superior. The average guy hunts the same area, maybe the same stand an entire season. He feels superior why? cuz he sees an unalarmed deer going through there normal routine?

Kid yourself all you want..you are not looking at this with an open mind..this is why many, even among our own ranks, think we are self righteous horn tooters.

It's not apples to apples..that deer you see 300 times in 46 sittings is not coming through on opening day of gun season to nibble on the lush grasses. It is in survival mode.

The rifle hunter to be successful needs to know where alarmed deer are going..not just pattren it, day in and day out..

I hunt gun and bow..and I agree as someone said earlier..the gun is more of a family thing and the bow is more of an individual thing. I prefer Bow Hunting. That's me..I'm not better than say Jim Shockey ..just because I do, and I'm also not better than Joe down the street.

Next time you think Gun hunting is so easy..go down to the regional forums and mention to a guy in PA how easy it is with a gun.. That will be a 40 page post!

He did not say it was easy, he said it was easier to kill a deer with a gun. Think about what he said, and not read into it he is correct.

Now you made some great points about the what is different between the season, I think he was just talking about killing.

Killing?? It's easier with a car..but if they are not jumping in front of you on the road you can't run them down.

Not in Ohio

I see your point, but if welook at numbers. Why are their more gun hunters? Why more compounders then trad?

I do not think he was saying it "was easy", one form of hunting is easier then others.
IMO stalking with a Shot gun is harder then shooting a deer with a bow from a tree stand.

The common trend here is to read to much into what is written. I am as gulity as the next guy

And gun hunters are a defensive bunch, too!

This one's about halfway to hell......