How many bowhunters have rifle hunted?
12-10-2007, 10:43 AM
#2
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: PA
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RE: How many bowhunters have rifle hunted?
i rifle hunted for...8 years...bow hunted 2 year...hunted 9 seasons now..last year i hunted both bow and rifle season...this year i tagged my buck with a bow so i didnt rifle hunt, but wouldnt have rifle hunted...i purposly screwed up the scope on my deer rifle before the season and told myself "bow or flintlock only" took my buck with the bow...going to doe hunt a little with the flinter in the late season
nothing against rifle hunting, but 10 deer with the rifle, just kinda...lost its spark...
nothing against rifle hunting, but 10 deer with the rifle, just kinda...lost its spark...
12-10-2007, 11:05 AM
#6
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Phoenixville, PA USA
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RE: How many bowhunters have rifle hunted?
I got started in hunting with the rifle. The bow was just a way to extend my season. Now I enjoy bowhunting much more, but I still hunt with a gun, just not as much.
12-10-2007, 11:15 AM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Northern Idaho's Panhandle
Posts: 4,436
RE: How many bowhunters have rifle hunted?
I do it all and plan on getting into muzzleloader hunting next fall. We have a unit here in NI that only allows muzzleloader hunting for whitetails in the rut, no bow no nothing else... I live within 20 miles of this unit and have never hunted it because they dont allow rifle or bow... There are some big boys living in that unit because they never get rifle hunted..
12-10-2007, 11:22 AM
#9
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Jackson, Missouri
Posts: 7,051
RE: How many bowhunters have rifle hunted?
I started off gun hunting, and found no enjoyment in it.
I'm not being deragotory towards others who do gun hunt, and I'll fight with every bone in my body for us to keep that right -- but I grew up with a gun in my hands and became a very skilled marksman. For me personally, it was as simple as if I could see it, I could kill it.
I'm a bowhunter only for everything but squirrels, rabbits and dove. Large game is bow only.
I'm not being deragotory towards others who do gun hunt, and I'll fight with every bone in my body for us to keep that right -- but I grew up with a gun in my hands and became a very skilled marksman. For me personally, it was as simple as if I could see it, I could kill it.
I'm a bowhunter only for everything but squirrels, rabbits and dove. Large game is bow only.
12-10-2007, 11:22 AM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Almost Heaven. Boone Co. WV
Posts: 1,003
RE: How many bowhunters have rifle hunted?
I started rifle hunting and picked up bow hunting so that I could hunt more. I still rifle huint and I am going to start with a muzzleloader hunting next year also.
I like it all!
I like it all!