Whats the defining difference between a bow hunter an a gun hunter?
04-03-2007, 08:06 AM
#23
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Morgan County, IL
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RE: Whats the defining difference between a bow hunter an a gun hunter?
Different season dates?
I've always wondered why I go from being a stealthy, respectful, well manneredbowhunter on one day and a slob, trespassing, unethical gun hunter the next. Something about wearing orange turns me into a downright ruthless outlaw.
It's not the type of weapon that 'makes' a hunter, it's the man shooting it.
I've always wondered why I go from being a stealthy, respectful, well manneredbowhunter on one day and a slob, trespassing, unethical gun hunter the next. Something about wearing orange turns me into a downright ruthless outlaw.
It's not the type of weapon that 'makes' a hunter, it's the man shooting it.
04-03-2007, 08:33 AM
#24
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: S. Illinois
Posts: 1,325
RE: Whats the defining difference between a bow hunter an a gun hunter?
i hunt with a gun and a bow.(bow 10 yrs and gun 16 years)..i enjoy both....it takes a better hunter to kill a nice buck with a bow on a regular basis. just think of how many times while bow hunting a nice buck has come up to about 60 yards and out of range for a bow.
If i shoot a 140 class with a gun i am almost as happy as if i had used a bow.
Now for those who say gun hunting is cheating or too easy.....well MOST of those people probably dont have anything on the wall to begin with.
If i shoot a 140 class with a gun i am almost as happy as if i had used a bow.
Now for those who say gun hunting is cheating or too easy.....well MOST of those people probably dont have anything on the wall to begin with.
04-03-2007, 08:41 AM
#25
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Almost Heaven. Boone Co. WV
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RE: Whats the defining difference between a bow hunter an a gun hunter?
It's not the type of weapon that 'makes' a hunter, it's the man shooting it
04-03-2007, 10:23 AM
#27
Join Date: Feb 2007
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RE: Whats the defining difference between a bow hunter an a gun hunter?
I hunt both ways. Both are just as fun and exciting to me. They each have their own excitingadvantages.
I have gone home many times empty handed while rifle hunting, but just being out there is all that really matters, so I don't really think there is a difference for me in the enjoyment factor.
I have gone home many times empty handed while rifle hunting, but just being out there is all that really matters, so I don't really think there is a difference for me in the enjoyment factor.
04-03-2007, 10:43 AM
#28
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Balt, MD (orig: J-town,PA) The bowels of Hell!!!
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RE: Whats the defining difference between a bow hunter an a gun hunter?
That's a great response. We are all hunters. I do both and love to do both. Archery lets you sit in the woods earlier in the year and watch the squirrels act like nuts. For me a solitary thing that lets me get away from it all. Rifle is usually more of a group thing with family. Both have merits. Both are hunting.
04-03-2007, 10:44 AM
#29
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Balt, MD (orig: J-town,PA) The bowels of Hell!!!
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RE: Whats the defining difference between a bow hunter an a gun hunter?
My response was to this.
ORIGINAL: cr422
You might want to rethink that. My daughter, who is 16, a little less than four foot eight, and about 73 pounds, got her first deer day after Christmas with a 28 lb bow from about 15 yards. (No minimum draw weight in Michigan, fortunately.) How's that for manliness? 
ORIGINAL: greenboy
it takes a real man with true grit too kill deer at 40 yards and less.
it takes a real man with true grit too kill deer at 40 yards and less.
You might want to rethink that. My daughter, who is 16, a little less than four foot eight, and about 73 pounds, got her first deer day after Christmas with a 28 lb bow from about 15 yards. (No minimum draw weight in Michigan, fortunately.) How's that for manliness?