HuntingNet.com Forums

HuntingNet.com Forums (https://www.huntingnet.com/forum/)
-   Bowhunting (https://www.huntingnet.com/forum/bowhunting-18/)
-   -   What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun? (https://www.huntingnet.com/forum/bowhunting/283072-what-do-all-you-bowhunters-do-winter-fun.html)

bowmanaj 01-17-2009 10:39 AM

What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
How do have fun in the winter? Shed hunting, indoor leagues, ice fishing, etc..??
For me, I love to ski and scout after a good snow. What do you do?

Colorado trip:






Vito1 01-17-2009 10:53 AM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
Fly fish for steelhead...and shoot indoors.





kdsberman 01-17-2009 11:00 AM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
Ice fishing!!!

Muliefever 01-17-2009 11:24 AM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
I am with Vito! Fish the same waters too!
I also Ice fish, and shoot in an indoor winter bow league. Keeps me fune tuned


bowman15 01-17-2009 11:24 AM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 

ORIGINAL: kdsberman

Ice fishing!!!

X2!!

lrhuntr 01-17-2009 11:27 AM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
Ice fishing, rabbit hunting, yote/fox hunting, scouting/hiking.

Plenty of things to do. I love winter.

Steven McBee 01-17-2009 11:27 AM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
i walk, and walk, and walk every single draw and piece of tall grass on my property lookin for good stand spots and where deer are bedding, also do some trapping and yote hunting

Vabowman 01-17-2009 11:33 AM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
well I will tell ya this, we usually don't get too much of a winter here in this part Va...usually by this time Im catching bass on the James river in my Triton, but this year it has been cold!! and I mean COLD! It was 8 degrees when i got up this morning....it's usually like 35-45 degrees in the mornings and gets up to the 50's in Jan and Feb here, which is a good time to be out and about...this 8 deg crap has gotta go!! usually when it's cold out I will go to the Bass Pro or other stores and find little things to buy or do some Civil War relic hunting with the metal detector..shoot the bow a little, play the kids at home etc..

BowHuntingFool 01-17-2009 11:34 AM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 


ORIGINAL: lrhuntr

Ice fishing, rabbit hunting, yote/fox hunting, scouting/hiking.

Plenty of things to do. I love winter.
X2

ksfowler 01-17-2009 11:34 AM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
I hunt ducks and geese quite frequently.

Edcyclopedia 01-17-2009 11:38 AM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
You guessed it!


130woodman 01-17-2009 11:49 AM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
I ski, shed hunt/ scout, atv.

bloodcrick 01-17-2009 12:03 PM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
beautiful pics bowmanaj I like shed hunting with friends, and scouting new areas. Dont get much good ice for fishing herebut when we do i love doing it. I like to practiceshooting for turkey season to.






bowmanaj 01-17-2009 01:05 PM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
Looks like a lot of us have the same hobbies.. Nice pictures everyone

RidgeFACTOR 01-17-2009 01:58 PM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 

Dozen Arrows 01-17-2009 02:16 PM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 

ORIGINAL: bowmanaj

How do have fun in the winter? Shed hunting, indoor leagues, ice fishing, etc..??
For me, I love to ski and scout after a good snow. What do you do?

Colorado trip:





I hate you. :D

That's some great scenery man! You get to hunt that on a yearly basis too?

Dozen Arrows 01-17-2009 02:18 PM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 

ORIGINAL: Muliefever

Keeps me fune tuned

Obviously :D

Just kidding man :)

bowmanaj 01-17-2009 02:37 PM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
Dozen Arrows---No I dont get to hunt that, I wish I could hunt the Rocky Mountians! Thats a place in Colorado we go every year to ski and hike. I hunt SE Indiana and SW Ohio where its mostly rolling hills and farmland. Hunting out west for Elk is a dream of mine.. I've hiked the Rockies a lot and its the most beautiful country I've ever laid eyes on.

rjdumas 01-17-2009 02:46 PM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
I workout and play Bball hang with the fam. And SNOWBOARD none of this ski stuff. ha ha

Dozen Arrows 01-17-2009 03:06 PM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 

ORIGINAL: bowmanaj

Dozen Arrows---No I dont get to hunt that, I wish I could hunt the Rocky Mountians! Thats a place in Colorado we go every year to ski and hike. I hunt SE Indiana and SW Ohio where its mostly rolling hills and farmland. Hunting out west for Elk is a dream of mine.. I've hiked the Rockies a lot and its the most beautiful country I've ever laid eyes on.
You're alright after all. :D

Ok, I don't hate you anymore. That's something that I have to do even if it is for just a summer vacation.

Dozen Arrows 01-17-2009 03:07 PM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 

ORIGINAL: rjdumas

I workout and play Bball hang with the fam. And SNOWBOARD none of this ski stuff. ha ha
I lift 12 oz weights and beat my kids butts on the Wii.

wis_rifle_hunter 01-17-2009 03:35 PM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
shed hunt, rabbit hunt, video hunt league and four-wheel

NVbowjunkie 01-17-2009 04:25 PM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
I try to ski several times a winter! Utah and California are both close.


J The Deer Slayer 01-17-2009 04:26 PM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
Fox hunting. Find new spots to hunt.

pick00l 01-17-2009 04:32 PM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 


ORIGINAL: bowman15


ORIGINAL: kdsberman

Ice fishing!!!

X2!!
Same here.

early in 01-17-2009 04:53 PM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 

ORIGINAL: Vito1

Fly fish for steelhead...and shoot indoors.




You've got an AWESOME trout right there! That's serious fishing if I've ever seen it. I've always wanted to catch a steelhead.

mossbergman11/OH 01-17-2009 05:34 PM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
at the moment im still bowhunting season goes till feb.1st and otherwise i ride atvs sled ride play in snow:D basically whatver

demoIL 01-17-2009 05:38 PM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
Shoot the coyotes and the squirrels that piss me off during archery deer season..:D

mossbergman11/OH 01-17-2009 05:40 PM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
Deleted for skirting the profanity filter.

JoshKeller 01-17-2009 06:04 PM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
fly fishing for native brook trout, or rainbows. its never too cold to sneak up on a trout in a 10' wide stream.


buttonbuckmaster 01-17-2009 08:40 PM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
Shed hunt, coyote hunt, scout for turkeys, hit the gun shows, and do some woodworking.

ZachCL 01-17-2009 09:33 PM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
Do a tick of preadator calling, I dabble in leatherwork, alot of it is mainly repair due to my work. As far as this particular winter goes, I have a few european mounts to finish up on and have some old racks that I am plaque mounting and such. I like to also organize my hunting stuff before I pack it up, clean everything and so forth.Oh and my favorite part is sit my butt in a classroom for 4 more freaking moths. (Who would have ever thought getting a degree would be so boring, I guess I sholdnt have put all of these freshmen level classes off untill my last semester.)

KodiakArcher 01-17-2009 10:15 PM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
Hyperanalyse and over discuss meaninglessly technical bow stuff on the internet when I should be at work, doing laundry or anything that actually has a tangible end product. ;)But where's the fun in that? Besides, I like you guys better than the people I work with anyway! :D:D:D

GregH 01-17-2009 10:26 PM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
Winter for me is usually over time season. My job affords me as much as I want so Jan. through May I really tap into it. It helps me get things! :D

OKbowhunter20 01-18-2009 12:39 AM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
I like to ski and snowboard, but I didn't make a trip to do that this year..

At the moment I am just taking it easy and waiting for it to warm up a tad. Once the weather gets nicer I will start backpacking down here in this part of the country. As much as I like to hunt, I also like to spend time outdoors simply for the enjoyment....no pressure.

I am also picking up fly fishing. I am pretty excited to learn that.

demoIL 01-18-2009 04:57 AM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 
LOL.. Ya.. now that I think about it.. Me too!:D


ORIGINAL: KodiakArcher

Hyperanalyse and over discuss meaninglessly technical bow stuff on the internet when I should be at work, doing laundry or anything that actually has a tangible end product. ;)But where's the fun in that? Besides, I like you guys better than the people I work with anyway! :D:D:D

Phil from Maine 01-18-2009 07:51 AM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 

Winter for me is usually over time season. My job affords me as much as I want so Jan. through May I really tap into it. It helps me get things! :D
It has been about the same for me only all year long.[&:]I am hoping to get some icefishing in as wellas a little rabbit hunting with my bow.. I do not mind all the ot right now as we are looking at shutting down some of this spring and summer. I hope we are fortunate enough to be able to start back up during some of next year anyways. The only reason we are running right now is because of the cold weather. It would cause to much of a problem when every thing freezes up. Also I do a little fly tying for this springs fishing season..;)

cptleo1 01-18-2009 07:52 AM

RE: What do all you bow hunters do for winter fun?
 
Go surfing

Good excessive.

hardcorehunter 01-18-2009 08:19 AM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 

ORIGINAL: lrhuntr

Ice fishing, rabbit hunting, yote/fox hunting, scouting/hiking.

Plenty of things to do. I love winter.
yep

lifesadrag 01-18-2009 08:26 AM

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 

ORIGINAL: Vito1

Fly fish for steelhead...and shoot indoors.





Great fish and fantastic pics! here's what I do....






All times are GMT -8. The time now is 01:24 AM.


Copyright © 2026 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.