bowhunters
01-27-2004, 03:25 PM
#3
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 9,175
RE: rifles rule
I like rifles. Especially when they've got nice bluing and mounted in a nicely figured piece of walnut. Not too crazy about fiberglass stocks and stainless steel. Very practical, I know, but I like a bit of the artistic in my weaponry. I love archery and bowhunting, but there are times I get the hankering to 'reach out and touch something.' 
01-27-2004, 05:26 PM
#6
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: California
Posts: 6,440
RE: rifles rule
Well i like shooting because my dad (may he rest in peace) used to teach sharpshooting for SWAT teams and taught me how to shoot it. I am still learning to shoot the bow and i havent had a second though to go back to rifles ever since. Bowhunting is for me now [:-]
And if you are more happy shooting with a rifle then more power to you [:-]
And if you are more happy shooting with a rifle then more power to you [:-]
01-27-2004, 05:34 PM
#7
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Texarkana AR USA
Posts: 423
RE: rifles rule
You changed your original post......................
I love my rifles but I prefer to deer hunt with my bow.....
With a rifle, it's almost like it's a sure thing........with a bow, nothing is a sure thing.
I'd like to get into pistol hunting also.
I love my rifles but I prefer to deer hunt with my bow.....
With a rifle, it's almost like it's a sure thing........with a bow, nothing is a sure thing.
I'd like to get into pistol hunting also.
01-27-2004, 06:43 PM
#9
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Indiana PA USA
Posts: 3,656
RE: rifles rule
Amen Arthur, I know what you mean. I LOVE a nice laminated wood stock, with no flaws and a nice shiney gloss coating, and a great blued barrel.
To me, the looks of the rifle are important. Gotta look good for them deer
Bowhunting is by far my favorite style of hunting, but, just like Arthur, I get the urge to take my rifle out and touch a deer, too bad I havn't shot a deer in like 4 or 5 years with my rifle because I have already got my tags filled or I didn't see any bucks that I wanted to kill.
To me, the looks of the rifle are important. Gotta look good for them deer
Bowhunting is by far my favorite style of hunting, but, just like Arthur, I get the urge to take my rifle out and touch a deer, too bad I havn't shot a deer in like 4 or 5 years with my rifle because I have already got my tags filled or I didn't see any bucks that I wanted to kill.
01-27-2004, 08:10 PM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: NW Oklahoma
Posts: 1,166
RE: rifles rule
I like rifles, especially bolt action. I just started bowhunting 5 years ago and love it for a number of reasons, but when rifle season opens, I grab the rifle. It adds some variety to the long deer season. I also hunt with the Hawken muzzleloader.