Bow Kills Are Easier....
11-25-2007 | 05:26 PM
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Fork Horn
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RE: Bow Kills Are Easier....
Here in wisconsin the deer are presured big time I saw 10 deer my dad 2 and my brother a tail of one and we hunted all day all 9 days givin it was on public land but we dident get a deer or even a shot at one. with bow I shot at many hit one but but was to nervos and got a horable shot and saw lots of deer all in the sam spot that i hunted for gun.
11-25-2007 | 05:35 PM
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Dominant Buck
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RE: Bow Kills Are Easier....
What's the range on a modern ML?
I saw a guy take a shotgun shot at 150 yds on TV, recently.
I don't post my Compound kills on the trad board (although I now shoot a longbow) out of respect for their weapon of choice. I wouldn't dare compare the two pursuits, either.....having done both, now.
I saw a guy take a shotgun shot at 150 yds on TV, recently.
I don't post my Compound kills on the trad board (although I now shoot a longbow) out of respect for their weapon of choice. I wouldn't dare compare the two pursuits, either.....having done both, now.
11-25-2007 | 05:37 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Bow Kills Are Easier....
I understand all the points made and all of them make sense. In my area of New York State I have killed bigger bucks and seen many more bucks in archery season than I ever see in rifle season.Once you reach a certain level of proficiency with a bow you are far more likely to kill a big buck in my area with a bow than a rifle.You practically always have a much more complete sense of what you are shooting rack wise with a bow versus a rifle.Unpressured and in close proximity.
Killing big bucks is rarely "easy" regardless of your weapon of choice.On my recent annual unguided out of state hunt I killed two bucks,one on day eight and one on day eleven,rifle in hand hunting my tail off,easy,I don't think so,but certainly easier than if I had my bow in my hand.
Killing big bucks is rarely "easy" regardless of your weapon of choice.On my recent annual unguided out of state hunt I killed two bucks,one on day eight and one on day eleven,rifle in hand hunting my tail off,easy,I don't think so,but certainly easier than if I had my bow in my hand.
11-25-2007 | 05:41 PM
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RE: Bow Kills Are Easier....
i agree buck magnet i have hunt anew place this year i scouted once before hanging my stand and three time since i have had three deer at 15 yards two at 35 or 40 two of the 15 yard deer i shot at and missed
all though if i had a shotgun i think i would have had my 4 tags filled
but i for me it is about the same i will not take a shot out past 50 yards with my soon to b new shotgun and right now i am at 25 with my bow
there is no one hunting with a gun on this land but since gun season started they have bee more alert and on my last hunt i had a small buck run off that was working down to me because i made a slight off noise with my rattle bag
i think it is just as hard to take a deer with a gun given the same distance say 50 yards since when you have a gun there more alert
i do not see a bow Kill any of a high achievement then a gun kill
all though if i had a shotgun i think i would have had my 4 tags filled
but i for me it is about the same i will not take a shot out past 50 yards with my soon to b new shotgun and right now i am at 25 with my bow
there is no one hunting with a gun on this land but since gun season started they have bee more alert and on my last hunt i had a small buck run off that was working down to me because i made a slight off noise with my rattle bag
i think it is just as hard to take a deer with a gun given the same distance say 50 yards since when you have a gun there more alert
i do not see a bow Kill any of a high achievement then a gun kill
11-25-2007 | 06:31 PM
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RE: Bow Kills Are Easier....
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
I'm missing the point of your post TJF. Why can't things be "equal"?So...ANY day of the season....if you're given the choice of weapon (1st day of season or last).....and there's a $500 check waiting for you if you take a deer......what weapon do you take?
Which one is easier to kill a deer with?
What does my "bowhunting only paradise" have to do with this question?
Lisa and I were talking about this, last night. If I had been gun hunting, last year.....I would have bagged the buck that's on my wall on Thanksgiving Day......the first day I saw him. I saw him again the day after......and I've have bagged him, then, too. I saw him one more time before I finally took him the first weekend in December. IfI'd have been gun hunting.....the buck I took Nov. 6th of this year would have been taken by me in 2005. if I'd been gun hunting....I also had 2 opportunities to kill him, last year.
So again I ask......You're hunting SC.....and opener is opener for ALL weapons. If someone told you there was a $500 check waiting for you to kill a deer that day.....what weapon do you leave the house with?
I'm missing the point of your post TJF. Why can't things be "equal"?So...ANY day of the season....if you're given the choice of weapon (1st day of season or last).....and there's a $500 check waiting for you if you take a deer......what weapon do you take?
Which one is easier to kill a deer with?
What does my "bowhunting only paradise" have to do with this question?
Lisa and I were talking about this, last night. If I had been gun hunting, last year.....I would have bagged the buck that's on my wall on Thanksgiving Day......the first day I saw him. I saw him again the day after......and I've have bagged him, then, too. I saw him one more time before I finally took him the first weekend in December. IfI'd have been gun hunting.....the buck I took Nov. 6th of this year would have been taken by me in 2005. if I'd been gun hunting....I also had 2 opportunities to kill him, last year.
So again I ask......You're hunting SC.....and opener is opener for ALL weapons. If someone told you there was a $500 check waiting for you to kill a deer that day.....what weapon do you leave the house with?
Add 10 - 20 others hunting yourparadise. Do you think the same scenario would have played out ?? Throw in duck hunters stomping, driving and shooting up the place2 months before. Still think you willget the same senario?? Your buck didn't know pressure in the least or very little. Not even sure if you have a clue in all honesty.
I couldn't take you up on the $500 on any given day here. I didn't draw a buck tag for the general season this year in my state. In the last 6 years, I've drawn3times. I can get a bow tag every year. Harder to kill them with rifle when you legally can't do it 3 out of the 6 years.
While the act of shooting maybe easier with rifle then bow... it wasn't what Buck Magnet was getting at in his original post... there is much more to it.
Tim
11-25-2007 | 06:56 PM
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RE: Bow Kills Are Easier....
I don't think things can truly be compared for the situations I hunt.
Bow season-I control the destiny of my season to a larger extent. I'm hunting less pressured deer for a longer period of time, and during a period where mature bucks actually move on thier own during daylight hours. I have a short range weapon.(30 yds and under)
Gun season-I control very little of my destiny. I have 3 days to hunt, the woods are a zoo of people and deer running for thier lives. I can use a longer range weapon(225 was my farthest gun kill)
I dislike gun season for the circus that it is, not for the weapon that I take into the woods.
Bow season-I control the destiny of my season to a larger extent. I'm hunting less pressured deer for a longer period of time, and during a period where mature bucks actually move on thier own during daylight hours. I have a short range weapon.(30 yds and under)
Gun season-I control very little of my destiny. I have 3 days to hunt, the woods are a zoo of people and deer running for thier lives. I can use a longer range weapon(225 was my farthest gun kill)
I dislike gun season for the circus that it is, not for the weapon that I take into the woods.
11-25-2007 | 07:02 PM
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RE: Bow Kills Are Easier....
ORIGINAL: rybohunter
I dislike gun season for the circus that it is, not for the weapon that I take into the woods.
I dislike gun season for the circus that it is, not for the weapon that I take into the woods.
11-25-2007 | 07:05 PM
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Dominant Buck
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RE: Bow Kills Are Easier....
We just talked about it. She says gun is easier, hands down.
What difference does it make what you add into the scenario???? Add all things in EQUAL....and then tell me which weapon is easier to kill a deer with (look at the thread title).
What difference does it make what you add into the scenario???? Add all things in EQUAL....and then tell me which weapon is easier to kill a deer with (look at the thread title).