I love my guns and i love to shoot them, but not nearly as much as my new bow. cant wait to take it out into the woods. 4 more days..

I was a gun dealer for 18 years.I still have them, but, I only hunt 4 legged animals with a bow. No thrill with a gun anymore.

I love to shoot sporting clays and trap and hunt birds. If I have a tag I will go out with my muzzleloader. I have a bunch of guns but for the most part they just sit in the safe.BOW IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO!!!!

I'm into themand have a whole pile of them. I grew up both gun and bow hunting but don't hunt big game with rifles anymore. Haven't taken a big game animal with a rifle in years.

I love to shoot scatterguns and hunt birds. I'll buy shotguns until I'm no longer able.

I still shoot a lot of Prarie Dogs and coyotes with my 22-250 but it is the only rifle that I shoot anymore.

I'm an archery guy. I love taking down big game with the bow. It feels more like you earned it, but I still do my share of small game hunting with the shotguns. I also love target shooting with my bow, but I don't think it beats shooting some clays.

I like the challenge of archery, but to tell the truth I would never hunt with a bow if I could hunt with my rifle during all the seasons.

Wow, I didn't think I would get this many responses! I posted this before I went to bed last night and came back this afternoon to 5 pages! Some really great thoughts in here. It's interesting to here everyone's stances and opinions. I guess when it comes down to it, I like guns for shooting fun, although I will take my bow ANY day over my guns for hunting. I still gun hunt for many of the reasons stated here (tradition, family bonding, etc). I'm a very competitive person and have found that target shooting my bow really tries my patiences, nerves, and overall physical abilities. It's such a challenge to do very well, and I love that. In fact I actually am a general fan of archery shooting even more than harvesting an animal with my bow.

i have been gun hunting for the past 14 years and still love it. ive always had a bow to shoot but have never been bow hunting because the season is always during the time that i have helping my dad harvest his crops. ive decided to get into bow hunting this year and am looking forward to it. i just hope that in 14 years i am still as excited about it as gun hunting. but then again, any time it the woods is better than not being there.

I love my guns as much as I do my bow. Any chance to hunt with gun or bow is a blessing !!!

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just curious, is the stock curly maple? looks great!

AS far as guns vs. archery, I have always liked archery hunting way better. In the last few years i have hunted with fire arms less and less. This season will most likely be all archery. I did drag out the shotgun for some doves the other day.