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travis_ranger2000 10-17-2010 12:31 PM

Here is the question!
 
How many of you have taken more deer with your bow, than with your gun? I have taken more deer with my bow!

V8Ranger 10-17-2010 02:25 PM

More with my gun, but I have been gun hunting allot more years than bow..

birdhunter75 10-17-2010 03:28 PM

I have only been deer hunting for 5 years, but all 5 of my deer have been with the bow. I just got a muzz. over the summer, so I might hunt with it a time or two during the gun season, but I am almost bow exclusive.

HoytMT2332 10-17-2010 04:03 PM

5 with a bow, 1 with a gun. I like shooting them with the bow alot more. I only resort to the shotgun when i'm desperate.:)

WI Bow Hunter 10-17-2010 04:55 PM

More with my gun. I've shot probably, 8-10 with my gun, and 3 with my bow.

I prefer bow, but have been rifle hunting longer than bow.

H.L.H 10-17-2010 05:08 PM

One with my muzzleloader and one with my bow. I'm a youngster!

wallhangr 10-17-2010 05:21 PM

I've hunted with a gun for a few years longer than a bow, but it's pretty close to being even. For the last few years, I've shot a couple with the bow each year and not even shot at one with a gun.

berettaguy17 10-17-2010 05:27 PM

I have killed more with my bow, I have been gun hunting the same amount but Have never killed one with the gun let alone shoot at one. I prefer bow by far, It also dont help that I feel more comfortable with my bow at 50 yards than i do with a slug...

blakefrautschi 10-17-2010 06:41 PM

i've killed more with a bow, longer season helps with that.

obsessed bowhunter 10-17-2010 08:15 PM

15+ with my bow and only one with a shotgun and it was on a quota hunt here in KY.

Canuck_2 10-17-2010 09:24 PM

Like most everyone else here, I far prefer bowhunting to hunting with a rifle. However, bowhunting is a relative newcomer to me and my success with a gun has been much greater. 13 deer (and 1 antelope) via bow, about 60 deer (plus antelope, moose, and elk) via rifle. Some are here:
www.angelfire.com/bc/canuck2/sh.html

Doubled 150 10-18-2010 05:50 AM

Don't know the exact numbers, but I would guess I've killed at least twice as many with a bow due to several reasons.

I live in MO. Where I hunt with a firearm, I can only take one deer. I hunt in several counties with a bow so I can take an unlimited amount dependant upon the county. I also bowhunt IL and I typically do not hunt the firearm season in IL.

ManofTheFall 10-18-2010 06:57 AM

I gun hunted from 1979-2003 and probably took around 10 with my shotgun. I started bowhunting in 1996 and I have probably taken out around 60 with my bow.


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