Gun Vs. Bow
 

How many Gun hunters are also Bow Hunters?

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i am gonna bow hunt next year and i am also a gun hunter

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I' ve done both and probably will again. I stopped bow hunting for a while because I lacked the time to practice and stay sharp with it .

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A bad shoulder for which there is no cure has ended any chance of bow hunting for me. Rifle only. I quess I could shoot a crossbow.

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I do both and have so for many years,bow,muzzleloader and gun and I get just as much out of one as I do the other,Think I was born with a bow in one hand and a gun in the other.:)
I am in my 60' s and every year I say just let me live through this hunting season.

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I hunt both cartridge arms and bows. (I also hunt handguns and shotguns annually)

But there' s something to be said for the fact that there are four ways to ' gun hunt' , rifles, hanguns, shotguns, and Muzzleloaders, while threre' s really only two ways to bow hunt, predominantly only one way really, compounds, with recurve having a very small following and long bows being almost non-existent.

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I enjoy both, this year im adding muzzleloading to my list of methods.

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I' m strongly considering trying my hand at bow hunting. Last year I had my heart set on getting a bow, but other events syphoned off the money saved for that purpose. Now I think I' m going to start saving again to buy a new bow in the spring.

In Iowa the only legal weapons are bow, shotgun, muzzleloader and handgun. The advantage to bow hunting is that bow season is by far the longest deer season, running from Oct. 1-Dec. 5th, and then from Dec. 22nd through Jan. 10th, pausing in the middle for the two shotgun seasons.

The other bonus to bow hunters is that one can buy two " any-sex" tags, one for bow and one for one of the gun seasons, plus any additional " antlerless-only" tags good for any season. If one just gun hunts (regardless of type of gun), then they can only get one " any-sex" tag.

Mike

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If they had a hatchett season here, I' d do that too.

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I' m a hunter. I don' t consider myself to be a bowhunter, rifle hunter, shotgun hunter etc. Just a hunter. I use a bow during bow season.

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Gun hunter, handgun hunter, and bow hunter! The common thread is " hunter!"
I' ll probably take up muzzleloaders too, whenever Texas lets you take more than does and spikes!
As I said, the common thread is we are " hunters," and just a reminder here....
we all stick together, or we fall one at a time!

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I' ve hunted Bow and Gun in the past. I haven' t bow hunted in the last several years though.We had planed on bow hunting this year but we didn' t make it after all.Next weekend in GA Black Powder season opens. I' ll be there for that.I bought a crossbow at the end of last season. It' s still in the sealed factory box.I prefer rilfes,muzzleloaders,handguns,shotguns and bow in that order.
Ruger Redhawk

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Vapodog,
What grain of hatchet would you use?

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I like to gun hunt and shoot guns but bowhunting is my passion. I' ve been bowhunting now for 22 yrs and will continue to do so as long as i can pull one back. I gun hunt some but i bowhunt more and do a lot of bowhunting during gun season. If there comes a time that o can' t pull a bow back i' d probably look into getting a cross bow, although it wouldn' t be the same to me it would still give me more time in the field.

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Bowhunter first and formost, just gun hunt to top off my season. Then muzzleload hunt to finish it off before serious duck hunting

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Stick and string, smokepole, boomstick I do it ALL!!!

When they start with sticks and bricks count me in for that too! ;)
RA

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My passion is bow hunting but I will pickup a rifle. However sometimes I will bow hunt during rifle season (legal here). I always have my bow with me!

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:D Hey there I make the best of both worlds....an 870 pump gun for deer & turkey during the gunning seasons & an Excaliber Exocet for Sunday Turkey hunting & for the archery season for deer!!!!!!!!!! :D 6 more days for my Excalibur to visit the woods & 25 more days for my 870 pump gun to visit the woods......[:-]..........Good Luck to all...........Brampton Mike [8D]

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Bowhunting is tops for me. I do like taking out the gun and trying different types of guns to take a deer with, but archery is still tops. For all other game besides deer, I use guns.

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Grandma can shoot a deer with a gun!:D

Seriously, I use them all in the appropriate seasons. Some big buck setups just work better with a gun. I still like to take the bow alot in gun season though. It' s just more of a challenge. On the other hand, it' s impossible to shoot a deer with a bow at 300 yards...or 200.. or even 100. So if you can' t get real close, the gun is the way to go.

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Bow, rifle muzzleloader. Don' t have enough time for bow hunting this year as I have a little rugrat to look after now.

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Actually, I did it backwards from most. I started bowhunting and have done that exclusively until now. I' m going to gun hunt this year for the first time!

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I do both but I did not bow hunt this year. I haven' t harvested many bowhunting, but I find bow hunting makes me a much better hunter. It teaches me to cross my T' s and dot my I' s. I started bow hunting with a long bow, hunting rabbits. Now theirs a challange! I still cannot shoot a bow with sites.

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I do both but for the last two years it has been only bow but not on purpose. I love to use my handgun Dan Wesson 445 supermag but have to go to PA to use it as NJ doen' t allow handguns here[:@]. IF they did I would use my bow early in the season and my handgun for the rest of the year.

Brian

I am like most whatever is legal I will be out there as long as I have the proper permits.

Brian

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I like to rifle hunt but bowhunting is more challenging and more fun.

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Most of my hunting is with a gun but I do occaisionally use a bow.So far I have only taken whitetail and mule deer with a bow.

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Gun season is perfect for any frustrating bow season[>:]
I like them both but each in different ways. I got alot more respect as a hunter after I killed my first animal with the bow. It definately makes you do your homework on all the aspects of hunting such as scouting, deer habits, stand & shot placement. I still love both my rifles & bow:D JDinAB

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The only time I actively use a gun is during small game season. If I don' t fill my tags during bow season I' ll resort to firearms. ;)

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Bow, Ml and rifle for mio. I love hunting and any opportunity I can get chasing animals I take, wouldn' t haven' t it any other way!!!