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Bows are better than guns/guns are better than bows are opinions.

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where exactly is the "city of Iraq " located? i can't find it in my Rand Macnallys guide to the middle east...

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Far as I remember, there aint no fiberglass in nature either...which is what your bow is made out of isnt it ?

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A) Yes, genius, metal comes from nature. What is steel? Well it is made from purified iron, which as far as I can tell, has to be MINED. From the Earth. You're 14 didnt they make you take earth science in the 8th grade?

B) A knife is made of metal

C) Your carbon arrows are synthetic(so's the electrical tape you used on your wood ones)

D)And in a prolonged survival situation, provided I was able to make blackpowder(which is just potassium nitrate, sulphur, and charcoal that isground up) I could build a small furnace and build a crude iron smoothbore firearm.

Please stop trying to prove bows are better than guns, wolf. It's annoying.......I don't really have an opinion on which is better, but it seems to me you are only on this forums so you can argue about that.......................just my $0.02 here..............

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whatever

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Eating glue... trees crying... city of Iraq... Wolf, you're awesome bud. It's been a week since I got that good of a laugh out of something.:)

Oh, and shampoo is better! :eek:Stop looking at me swan!

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Dude whatever just drop it. It's getting you know where.

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i forgot what the question was ....



im in favor of bows being harder to hunt not shoot., where i hunt u can get within a 100 yards and kill the deer/squirril without u knowing its there, with a bow i have to get within 20 yards without it noticing me.


Bows harder then gun for hunting same for shooting.

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NO!!!!!
I thought I closed this argument!!!!!
OK, everyone ignore bowhunterjim(no offense man) and we can all get back to talking about hunting rabbit!!!!!!
This thread is about hunting rabbit!!!!
Get back on topic!!!!!

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thanks deathtodeer.:);)i dont think i got him yet but i gotta check my trap today i left it all weekend on a well used trail on top of a log hed hop over so im gonna go down soon and check. wish me luck

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He wasnt arguing he was just stating that he prefers the bow because its more of a challenge to him. Hes not bashing guns. Hes jus stating his opinion. Oh and btw i would usually go late in the evening but i have football at that time now so i would probably go before school if i wanted to. Also i have killed rabbits with my pellet gun before its a break-barrel gamo that shoots at 1,000 fps if i shoot a rabbit with it i usually try for the head so if i miss the head its usually un harmed or hit in the neck.

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dude i would try some counsoling if u get that worked up over a internet forum.

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Did you get him this weekend Brod?

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no i checked this afternoon and it had been knocked down, so i reset up further on the trail and kinda made a corall with sticks driven in the ground leading to a snare about head high and a littlebigger than his head so we'll see tomorrow.

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wish you luck??

WTF is wrong with you?
NO SELF RESPECTING trapper (or hunter, or human being, for that matter) would leave a set trap out and not check it for a weekend

not only are you wasting game (and don't tell me you would eat a 2 day old dead -in -the -sun animal)

but that animal would be suffering the whole time....you need some seroius guidance, man.

it must be like lord of the flies where you live

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Whoa! A lil' hostility there. [X(]

But, he's right, it probably wasnt a smart idea to to leave the trap unchecked... predators and scavengers could have got the rabbit, or it could have suffered. Or, the rabbit was too slick for your trap :D.

Not a big deal, though.

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okay two things. i went camping all weekend so i couldnt check it, and its a snare so it will kill itself.

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understandable.

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what kind of snare set-up are you using? ive caught hundreds of animals in snares, and 90 percent were still alive. everything from opossums to fox and coyotes. unless you are using a whammy collar or similar device, or deliberately making an entanglement set, little bunny-rabbit will probably be alive. what's the vendetta againt ol bugs bunny anyway? r they in season where u are at? most states have a mandatory 24 hr. check on traps and snares what about yours?

good luck, brian

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then you should have disarmed the trap before you went camping.

And why are you killing things like rabbits and not using them?

Peta loves people like you.

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I hardly ever catch Rabbits in my Simple Snares I set up. Im just not lucky with traps. Im better off killing them with my bow. Thats why broadman should grab a hunting weapon and go get the Rabbit instead becasuea week old trap is obviously not going to be set in the future most likely. And although the Rabbit meat and hide would be worth it, I suggest you use a Air Rifle or that light bow you have Brod Man, ifit is affective with that light of a draw weight (12#). Or make a crude spear and slowly move your way in and try to spear the Rabbit, or make a Rabbit Stick. I don't know just use your imagination dude.

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WolfWithBow...

Just a question... do not be offended.

Are you Native American by chance?

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And why are you killing things like rabbits and not using them?

Peta loves people like you.
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what are you talking about? the only thing i kill and dont use are frogs cause i dont wabt salmanilla, and i dont know how to cook them.

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Chris H- Im only 3% Cherokee Indian. Why do you want to know if im Native American?

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cause you do all kinds of stuff the natives did which is freakin awesome. i never see animals like you do all i ever see are deer, and birds, and frogs.

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I do stuff that is Native American becasue I think it is proper in a way. It's a hard challenge that gets me sick, hurt, anddissapointed. Hunting the way I do and building shelters and making fire with a bow drill and a chunk of flint like I do in the Forest is Primitive and I like to learn about our past and how they survived by doing it myself. I live in a nice home, but everyday for the whole day im out in the woods, having (wanting)to pick berries and hunt and buildmost of my own toolsand make fire with flint or a bow and drill set. My mom sometimes doesn't like it becasue im gone all day, and people call me a freak and stuff at school, but I don't care. Inside I know im tougher than most of those poeple mentally becasue im up for the challenge. Thats all I have to say.

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im beggining to think that that rabbit has smelled me, and has moved so im gonna make a stand or blind there take away my snare, and wait all day, or afternoon.

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Brod Man- It might work if you use a blindbut mask your smell with Skunk Cabbage by splittting the stem all the way down with a knife, and then rubbing the smelly liquid and juice all over your clothes and skin. I do this when hunting and it is affective and works if done correctly. Skunk Cabbage grows near Northern Swamps and Bogs, and is tricky to get to if the ground is thick with mud that comes to your ankles. But there should be a patch near and Swamp or Bog depending on were you live. Also, what I do is take off my shirt and shoes and socks, and cover most of mylegs, arms ,chest ,feet, and hands with handfuls of mud. I have only done this once and is not pleasent but it got me within 8 feet of a Rabbit in the fields. Of course when I got home my mother grounded me for being filthy. Use urine of old kills and smear it onto your skin, it's ok to miss certain areas of your skin becasue the urine would be overpowering in terms of smell than your naturalbody odors released into the air by sweat and movement ( I have never used urine). Bring along a buddy or twoto "herd" the Rabbit for you. What I mean is let them scare it into a direction which is a dead end, and when it is cornered it will freeze in defense, thats when your friend should move to the right of the dead end, and the other friendon the left of the dead end so it can't escape. Thats when you take your shot. Hopefully, you might get it. I use that herding trick with my friends and I took my first Rabbit with my slingshot. Good Luck

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im gonna setup a hamoeade blind, and lay prone till i see mr. bunny-wunny then pop. no more mister bunny-wunny. oh well, its his felt he crossed my path. i dont know what im gonna do for scent control. maybe my dad has some, illcheck.

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I was also wondering because you said "white man." And if you're white, thats kind of contradicting. :D

I have no problem about Native American ways. I don't practice what the Native Americans do. But, I'm out in the woods watching the wildlife, enjoying nature, practicing my survival skills, and hunting/fishing (when its legal; unless I'm in a survival situation) every day. I have 8 of the best friends I could ever ask for, and most of the time I do these things with them.Andno one I know thinks that doing thatis freakish. Why would they? Maybe the people at your school are just asses. BTW, I got lost for about 30 hours at my families property in Virginia. It was an awesome way to test my survival skills. I failed to make fire that night, and the mosquitos were killing me. But, I did manage to find asmall brook... I got water, and I tied my knife onto a long stick and killed a rabbit. I didn't actually stab it; I stunned it with the stick and THEN finished it off. [8D]

The last time, I intentionally got myself lost on my property. That time, I did manage to make fire, and I found alot of wild grapes and I caught a small trout. I wipped out some "man vs. wild" and blockaded the trout on both ends. and I chased it around until I finally just bashed it with a stick.