When and How....
#1
When and How....
I was sitting here reading all the topics and such so it made me wonder when and how everyone got interested in bowhunting/fishing. I've been coming here for almost almost two years now and I became more interested in it by reading all the stories in here and in magazines. I have been bowhunting for a year now but haven't been able to pratice as much as i like due to one reason or another. Once the weather gets alittle better, i plan on shooting every other day if not everyday. Thank you in advance.
#2
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Posts: 132
RE: When and How....
I have been hunting for 8 years now. After my first year rifle hunting, I intended to start bow hunting. I bought a bow and started practicing. I was planning on hunting with my brother in law. We had a falling out shortly after and it took me 4 years to be able to do it.
Now that I am into it, the things that get me are watching the Outdoor Channel, this BBS and talking to other hunters whether they are bow or gun. Now I want to hunt more and more often.
However I am in a new state, not knowing where to hunt. So I am doing research on where to hunt and that too is getting me excited for hunting season.
Now that I am into it, the things that get me are watching the Outdoor Channel, this BBS and talking to other hunters whether they are bow or gun. Now I want to hunt more and more often.
However I am in a new state, not knowing where to hunt. So I am doing research on where to hunt and that too is getting me excited for hunting season.
#3
RE: When and How....
My family all hunted when I was a kid but nobody bowhunted. Around the age of 13, my best friend and I were reading the the Arkansas state hunting regs and noticed that bowseason went from Oct 1 to Feb 28th.....5 months of deer hunting. Well, it didn't take us long to save up enough money to buy our first bows, his a pse and my an old Bear Kodiak Magnum. Our dads made fun of us saying stuff like "It's hard enough to kill a deer with your gun, you kids think you are goning to kill one with a stick and string."
It didn't happen right away, as a matter of fact it took me two years of hunting nearly everyday to finally kill my first deer, a small four point. I'll never forget the look on my dad, uncle, and grandpaw's face when I told them I needed help dragging it out of the woods.
It didn't happen right away, as a matter of fact it took me two years of hunting nearly everyday to finally kill my first deer, a small four point. I'll never forget the look on my dad, uncle, and grandpaw's face when I told them I needed help dragging it out of the woods.
#4
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: South Jersey
Posts: 29
RE: When and How....
I've gun hunted off and on for about 12 years, and have always been intrigued by bowhunting. i just started reading the bowhunting forum recently and have become very interested in the added challenge as well as the extended season that bowhunting has to offer. I have yet to buy my first bow, but intend to soon. I hope to be ready by this fall to head out into the woods with my bow in hand. Before I make the purchase I'm trying to find out as much as I can about bows and bowhunting. All of you guys on this forum have been a tremendous wealth of information.
#5
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Bismarck ND USA
Posts: 322
RE: When and How....
My dad got me into rifle hunting as soon as I was old enough. He bowhunted when he was a kid but gave it up at some point. I rifle hunted 3 years without getting my first deer and I just loved being in the woods. That's when I decided that 2 weeks per year of deer hunting wasn't enough for me so I got into bowhunting. It was the best decision I've ever made. Now I have 4 months of deer hunting, and 12 months of shooting to enjoy.
#6
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Florida Panhandle
Posts: 273
RE: When and How....
No one in my family hunts. A friend of mine bought a bow from Wal-mart and though it'd be "cool" to hunt deer with it after he got good enough. Growing up I had a little exposure to shooting a recurve, so I said "sure, sounds like fun".
I bought my first compound bow a few weeks later. This is 2nd season in the woods with the bow. No deer yet!
I bought my first compound bow a few weeks later. This is 2nd season in the woods with the bow. No deer yet!
#7
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Maine
Posts: 3,555
RE: When and How....
I started hunting with family when I was 10. At 16 durring P.E. class we got to try archery and a couple of friends brought in compounds and from the first shot I was hooked. I bought my first bow three weeks later and started bow hunting that fall. That year I bagged a 115lb doe 45 minutes into the season and I've never looked back. This year it's to the point I don't care to hunt with a gun. I'm hooked on the arrow!
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Memphis TN USA
Posts: 3,445
RE: When and How....
I have hunted and fished literally since I was 3 years old. My dad and other family always hunted and fished a lot. So I grew up emersed in the life style. One of my dad's good friends bowfished alot when I was about 13 (17 years ago) and I shot his bow some bowfishing. Well I decided I had to have my own bow. So one of the other guys that my dad worked with at the time was a bow wizard and even invented an electronic rangefinding pendulum sight (Mason Rangefinding Sight). So he talked my dad into buying me a good bow so I could whitetail hunt if I wanted to. So I got the bow and practiced a bunch and wound up killing a 4pt that first year with my bow, which was my first deer. I have been hooked every since then. Ironically I never really got into bowfishing although I did do it some. I always spent more time catching frogs in the summer or I didn't want the batteries to be run down so I could fish the next day.
PS The day that I killed that 4 pt I was about 1.5 miles from our cabin. Well I jogged all the way back to the cabin. My dad said he could hear me coming so I asked him how? He said he could hear me smiling I guess you have to be pretty happy for someone to hear you smiling.
PS The day that I killed that 4 pt I was about 1.5 miles from our cabin. Well I jogged all the way back to the cabin. My dad said he could hear me coming so I asked him how? He said he could hear me smiling I guess you have to be pretty happy for someone to hear you smiling.
#10
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Honeyhole, IA USA
Posts: 494
RE: When and How....
I started bowhunting in 2000. Most of my buddies had been doing it for a while and I was more into pheasants and ducks....not much fun do that by yourself so I gave it a try.
Killed my 1st bowbuck in 2000. he was a 6pt that to this day is one of my most rememberable deer, because he lit a fire in me that no one can put out.
Now, my buddies that got me started are trying to catch up with me!!!!
Killed my 1st bowbuck in 2000. he was a 6pt that to this day is one of my most rememberable deer, because he lit a fire in me that no one can put out.
Now, my buddies that got me started are trying to catch up with me!!!!