RE: Who here strictly bowhunts?
 

2 years now bow only. I still love guns but not sure if I will ever hunt with one again. Still much to learn bow hunting and enjoying every bit of it. Took 1 doe so far, missed an 8 point and 3 does and lost 1 doe. Have been very selective in shots, though, and have lost count on how many I've passed on. Not as proficient (sp?) as with a rifle, (NOT YET), but cannot measure how much more enjoyable and so glad I will be able to pass on to my kids.

RE: Who here strictly bowhunts?
 

i strickly bow hunt i have been doing it for 4 years now, i have never hunted deer with a gun. I just dont think it gives them a fair chance.

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My sentiments exactly.

RE: Who here strictly bowhunts?
 

I do both gun and bow. If I had to give up one no doubt about it would be the gun. Gun season is here and then it's gone. Bow season here in Kansas started Oct. 1 and doesn't end till Jan. 31. Thats a lot of hunting time. Maybe some pepole only like to hunt just a couple weeks but i would rather hunt 3 months instead of just a couple weeks.

RE: Who here strictly bowhunts?
 

I hunt with my bow 99% of the time go out opening day with rifle
when i hunt with my father and grandfather.
But they also bow hunt but my grandfather is 82 now and anyhunting
i get with him will take wether its a bow or an ax or gun

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Yep. I do. Not that I have any problem with any one smokin one with some really fast lead, but I killed my first deer with a bow last year, and now I even spring turkey hunt with a bow. It's tough, though....I just told myself it was with a bow or nothing at all. This leaves out, of course, small game....I do hunt squirrels and such with a bow, but not exclusively.

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I bowhunt for deer, but shotgun for rabit, squirrel, pheasant, and duck.

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strictly bowhunting for me. I have yet to take a turkey, missed two. A lot more challenging than shotgun. I get a deer every year with my bow, but those turkey are smarter than people give them credit for.

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I have been hunting deer for close to 20 years now and have never used anything but a bow. I live in NW Ohio and the stuff I see during slug law here is sickening. I don't want to be any part of it. I love the up close and personal challenge that the bow affords me. The thought of shooting a deer 100 yards away just doesn't get me pumped at all. BOW ONLY FOR ME!!

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When I was younger I would shake all over when I shot a deer with a gun but the last several deer I shot with a gun I didn't get that it was only the end of the fun and the begining of the work.
A few years ago I started bowhunting, A couple of years later I killed a very small button buck I was shaking all over and laughing outloud, this year I took my rifle only one time when my oldest son was home for Thangiving.
I did kill a nice 8 point with my bow I was laughing so hard when I got home I could hardly tell my wife.