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What do you think is more challenging?
02-21-2008 | 01:07 AM
#41
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From: Illinois
RE: What do you think is more challenging?
ORIGINAL: NEW61375
Wow, sorry so long, no one will probably even read that one.
Wow, sorry so long, no one will probably even read that one.
I read it and I couldn't agree more! Kudos for actually THINKING about your answer before typing it.
I'm sure you are just as proud to be a HUNTER as I am regardless of the weapon used.
02-21-2008 | 05:40 AM
#43
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From: Warsaw, MO
RE: What do you think is more challenging?
ORIGINAL: BigJ71
ABarOfSoap,
If you really hunted with both, there is NO WAY you would have posted what you did. Just need to "tidy up" a few things here.
1st. If you "flinch slightly" with a rifle...say you move the muzzle 1/4 inch.....at 250-300yds (effective range) you've just successfully shot about FIVE FEET over the deer!. If you "flinch slightly" with a bow again 1/4 inch at say 25-30yds (effective range) you'd miss your mark by a few inches....you'd still hit the deer.
Why do you thinklong range rifle shooters try to control both their breathing AND heart rate? I'll tell ya, because even something as slight as the shooters HEARTBEAT can cause a complete miss at extended ranges.
2nd. If it's windy it's also extremely difficult to shoot long ranges with a rifle, the bullet will drift obviously a lot further than you think (or even knew) it would.
3rd. You don't have to "usually stand" to shoot your bow, I've killed plenty of deer over the years sitting down.
This is what I'm talking about people...Blanket statements that folks just absorb like some kinda sponge only to spew it themselves for others to absorb at a later date,never taking the time to research whether or not it's even true. It's that, or some are so hell bent on pounding their chests and showing the world in some sort of elitist right of passage that bow hunting is the pinnacle of hunting and that all other forms pale and should just get down on bended knee and tip their hat to the all mighty bow hunter who saunters into the room, that they are willing to say anything true or not in order tofortify their position.
The question posted was "What do you think is more challenging" the operative word being THINK. So the next time someone asks a question like this please put SOME THOUGHT to it before typing.
It's threads like this that absolutely without a doubt show just how elitist bow hunters are. They are so blinded by their lust to show the world just how great of hunters they are and how hard their form of hunting is, that they don't realize they are only hurting hunting as a whole withtheir elitist propaganda.
I'm at a loss.....[:'(]
ORIGINAL: ABarOfSoap
How can you even compare the 2, gun hunting is a million times more easy,(and i do both) you have asight on a gun( zooms in), you can be perfectly steady,you can shoot alot alot further with it, they cant jump the string, you can use the wrong pin with a bow, with a bow they can see you pull it back and get scared, you flinch slightly with a bow, you miss alot more than with a gun, if its to windy its hard to shot with a bow, You usally have to stand to shoot with a bow, the deer has to be alot closer so the deer can smell you.
Just to name a few.
How can you even compare the 2, gun hunting is a million times more easy,(and i do both) you have asight on a gun( zooms in), you can be perfectly steady,you can shoot alot alot further with it, they cant jump the string, you can use the wrong pin with a bow, with a bow they can see you pull it back and get scared, you flinch slightly with a bow, you miss alot more than with a gun, if its to windy its hard to shot with a bow, You usally have to stand to shoot with a bow, the deer has to be alot closer so the deer can smell you.
Just to name a few.
If you really hunted with both, there is NO WAY you would have posted what you did. Just need to "tidy up" a few things here.
1st. If you "flinch slightly" with a rifle...say you move the muzzle 1/4 inch.....at 250-300yds (effective range) you've just successfully shot about FIVE FEET over the deer!. If you "flinch slightly" with a bow again 1/4 inch at say 25-30yds (effective range) you'd miss your mark by a few inches....you'd still hit the deer.
Why do you thinklong range rifle shooters try to control both their breathing AND heart rate? I'll tell ya, because even something as slight as the shooters HEARTBEAT can cause a complete miss at extended ranges.
2nd. If it's windy it's also extremely difficult to shoot long ranges with a rifle, the bullet will drift obviously a lot further than you think (or even knew) it would.
3rd. You don't have to "usually stand" to shoot your bow, I've killed plenty of deer over the years sitting down.
This is what I'm talking about people...Blanket statements that folks just absorb like some kinda sponge only to spew it themselves for others to absorb at a later date,never taking the time to research whether or not it's even true. It's that, or some are so hell bent on pounding their chests and showing the world in some sort of elitist right of passage that bow hunting is the pinnacle of hunting and that all other forms pale and should just get down on bended knee and tip their hat to the all mighty bow hunter who saunters into the room, that they are willing to say anything true or not in order tofortify their position.
The question posted was "What do you think is more challenging" the operative word being THINK. So the next time someone asks a question like this please put SOME THOUGHT to it before typing.
It's threads like this that absolutely without a doubt show just how elitist bow hunters are. They are so blinded by their lust to show the world just how great of hunters they are and how hard their form of hunting is, that they don't realize they are only hurting hunting as a whole withtheir elitist propaganda.
I'm at a loss.....[:'(]
02-21-2008 | 07:21 AM
#44
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Aug 2006
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From: Southern MD
RE: What do you think is more challenging?
ORIGINAL: BigJ71
It's threads like this that absolutely without a doubt show just how elitist bow hunters are. They are so blinded by their lust to show the world just how great of hunters they are and how hard their form of hunting is, that they don't realize they are only hurting hunting as a whole withtheir elitist propaganda.
I'm at a loss.....[:'(]
It's threads like this that absolutely without a doubt show just how elitist bow hunters are. They are so blinded by their lust to show the world just how great of hunters they are and how hard their form of hunting is, that they don't realize they are only hurting hunting as a whole withtheir elitist propaganda.
I'm at a loss.....[:'(]
02-21-2008 | 09:02 AM
#48
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Feb 2007
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From: West Tennessee
RE: What do you think is more challenging?
ORIGINAL: magicman54494
I think driving deer into a box canyon and killing them with stones is by far the most challenging!
I think driving deer into a box canyon and killing them with stones is by far the most challenging!
Edited to add that you could leave the hoist rope attached for that"follow up shot".
02-21-2008 | 09:04 AM
#49
Giant Nontypical
Joined: Dec 2006
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From: Heaven is my home, temporarily residing in WNY :)
RE: What do you think is more challenging?
ORIGINAL: brucelanthier
Thank you! Threads like this leave me at a loss also.
ORIGINAL: BigJ71
It's threads like this that absolutely without a doubt show just how elitist bow hunters are. They are so blinded by their lust to show the world just how great of hunters they are and how hard their form of hunting is, that they don't realize they are only hurting hunting as a whole withtheir elitist propaganda.
I'm at a loss.....[:'(]
It's threads like this that absolutely without a doubt show just how elitist bow hunters are. They are so blinded by their lust to show the world just how great of hunters they are and how hard their form of hunting is, that they don't realize they are only hurting hunting as a whole withtheir elitist propaganda.
I'm at a loss.....[:'(]
I have typed and cancelled responses a few times already ..... trying to be nice ...... but this question is ridiculous