I have sinned...a Confession
 

So after passing on a few deer earlier this year, seeing many more and never getting a shot and with the season ending on Tuesday here in Michigan... I took the slug gun<img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_dissapprove.gif border=0 align=middle> I took a nice doe at about 15-20 yards from the ground and as much as I like the jerky and Venison neck and Green chili tacos, I didn't get nearly the same rush as just SEEING one with the bow. I feel dirty<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

So after only my second year hunting deer, next year it's bow only. The wife's going to think I'm crazy for selling the gun I just bought last year...but I feel I must atone for my sins<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

On the upside, I did make a good shot...I'll try to post a pic, but I never seem to get it right

I will be back out on the 1st(last day) with the bow to try to rectify my ineptitude!<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Trushot }}------>

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what ever you do don't sell the gun. I have sold a few and regretted every one of the sales.
you sell it and next year you will wish you had it back.
a deer with the gun is still a good deer harvest.

I am not a hunter I am a whitetail population reduction specialest

remember keep your back to the sun, your knife sharp, and your powder dry.

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I did the same thing as you. I went out last year for the first time and shot a buck with my bow(opening day actually). Then this year no shots during bow season, could have shot a few does, but passed. I sort of regret that now, I had two doe tags I should have filled. But I did manage to get a nice buck during gun season with my REM. 700ML.

Like you, I would have like to get one with my bow, but meat in the freezer is meat in the freezer. It was still pretty exciting getting one with the gun.

Paul

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Take heart my son. You are forgiven your transgressions. For your pentace, you must now shoot 20 arrows a day until the beginning of bow season next year. LOL

Really though, don't sell the gun. It will help you keep the freezer full during the lean years. The only reason we have venison in the frezzer now is because of my stepson and his shotgun.

KEEP IT LEGAL. KEEP IT SAFE. OR WE MAY NOT GET TO KEEP IT AT ALL.

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I agree with the other's,Don't sell it You will want to use it again Sometime in the future.
Congrat's on the deer,,My son and I are still Bow hunting for another doe but they don't seem to want to co-operate when we get a chance to go out.

BOB
BE SURE OF YOUR SHOT&WHATS BEHIND YOUR SHOT.,,MAKE A QUICK CLEAN KILL

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What Budbowhunter said is good advise sold my
guns and was lucky enough to get to buy them
back dont use them but nice to have them in
the gun cabinetagain!

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OH come on! any deer taken with any weapon legally is a trophy and should be honored and respected.I shot deer with 4 different bows,inline muzzys,flintlocks,pistols,rifles and slug guns and I dont feel like I have sinned.This year I shot one with my crossbow,a inline and a slug gun and thank God for all of them

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Well Trushot...as a man of the cloth, camo cloth that is, in order for you to repent, you must send me your slug gun!!!!!!!! LOL...a kill is a kill....Brampton Mike

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WHAT EVER YOU DO DON'T SELL THE GUN. IF YOU HUNT IN MICHIGAN YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS THIS YEAR. I THINK THAT THERE WAS A UFO THAT CAME IN AND TOOK ALL THE DEER. FROM WHAT I HERE YOU SHOULD BE GLAD THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO EVER HARVEST A DEER.

HUNT ON HUNT HARD EAT WELL

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If it makes you feel that guilty then maybe you shouldn't have done it. I'm not sure why it makes you feel guilty but I'm not you. If you really feel that bad you could donate some of the meat to hunters feeding the hungry. If anything is going to make you feel better I would think that would.

The spirit of the woods is an old good friend

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Hey Guys, I meant no disrespect to gun hunters...kidding around mostly<img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle>And thanks for all the advice about not selling the gun. I mentioned it to my wife and she said I should hang onto it and pass it to my son when he gets old enough. He's only a month and a half now, so I'll have the option for a while!

Trushot }}------>

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Hey Trushot, I'll give ya a buck for it!<img src=icon_smile_clown.gif border=0 align=middle>

FOOLPROOF?
Never underestimate the power of a fool!

What if the &quot;Hokey Pokey&quot; really is what it's all about?

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heck i'll give you $2 for the gun but you have to pay S&H<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle>

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man bowhunting...there's nothing like it. but don't sell your gun. you can use your gun for more than just deerhunting. small game hunting for one and you never know, you're feeling like you do right now, but next year if you don't have your deer by the end of bow season you might just want to go out again w/a gun....gonna be kinda difficult to do if you get rid of it. you'll kick yourself this time next year if you sell it.

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Yep, don't sell the gun. We never sell guns anymore. They'll be hard to come by sooner or later, so I figure that we'll keep the ones we got.

Just bow-only with guns in the house. You just gotta...have enough will-power to trust that you won't pick up the gun and head to the woods. I don't have the strength yet, but...maybe someday.

Good luck with the bow! And enjoy that jerky!

Peace Through Strength

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AMEN FROMAN you had better keep what you have.
if you do not have it how are you gonna teach the little one? i am like everyone else i would much rather make my harvest with a bow but last year the old shotgun covered me for the winter. it is not gonna cost anything to hang on to it.

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Trushot don't sell the gun and do not feel guilty about an ethical kill with a gun. I, like you am finding myself leaning more towards my bow and am finishing out my season with a bow, but if I do not have one by this Friday I will be going out with my gun Saturday to try and put at least one more in the freezer.

The Tazman aka Martin Price
Founder and President of
Virginia Disabled Outdoorsmen Club

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SELL THE FRICKIN' GUN!!! SELL THE FRICKIN' GUN!!! SELL THE FRICKIN' GUN!!! SELL THE FRICKIN' GUN!!! Don't apologize to these half-hearted bow hunters...follow your heart...sell the frickin' gun! You should feel blessed that your feelings are what they are...congratulations...sell the frickin' gun!!! And when your son gets older...buy him a BOW and sell the frickin' gun!

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If I had a late gun doe season,, the bow wouldnt see light of day until next year!

And if you REALLY feel bad about it,, Ive got room in my freezer!!

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I hunt by all means available to me. When it is gun season I usuall put the bow up and gun hunt and never feel bad about it. Feeding my family is just that by whatever means, as long as it is legal. Keep your guns, while you can.

I couldn't get your link to work or even find picturetrail.com,,,send the pic to me and I will get it up for you. That site may be having problems. Try http://www.imagestation.com

The best of luck in all your hunting endeavors!!!

God Bless,
Dave

Edited by - deerdust on 12/30/2002 10:54:26

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Little Carol who lived next door when I was a kid will say I've sinned.... but not because I killed a deer with a gun. Sometimes it's nice to hear BOOM. I didn't hear it this year.

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I usually don't post twice on a thread but I felt complied in this case.

WOLFEN, I suppose when you go fishing, you only use 1 lure or 1 bait and fish the same spot the same way every time.

I am a bass angler as well as a bowhunter. I fish through the spring, summer and fall. I bowhunt only because that's the only avenue open to me at this point in my life. If I were allowed to, I would hunt with a gun also. The point is that we hunt to fill our freezers and feed our families. And just like in angling for bass, we need to use all the different methods that are available to us to achieve that. Also if we are trying to conduct some form of QDM, then part of that management is population control, whatever the means. If I don't shoot enough deer on my proptery with my bow and they start getting over populated, then I will invite other hunters onto my property to hunt them with a gun. I agree that bowhunting is much more satisfying that gun hunting, but so is catching bass with a topwater lure. Does that mean that I only fish with a Hulapopper? No. Sorry, I'll get off my soapbox and stop preaching now.

KEEP IT LEGAL. KEEP IT SAFE. OR WE MAY NOT GET TO KEEP IT AT ALL.