Bowhunt or Gunhunt??
12-27-2005, 09:15 PM
#1
Giant Nontypical
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin/Michigan
Posts: 9,679
Bowhunt or Gunhunt??
Plain and simple, if you could ONLY hunt with a gun or a bow, which would it be??? Crossbows obviously fall under Bow and Muzzleloaders and Pistols fall under gun!
Please give only one reason why you would chose this weapon! Whatever the reason!
Please give only one reason why you would chose this weapon! Whatever the reason!
12-28-2005, 04:59 AM
#5
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Georgia
Posts: 93
RE: Bowhunt or Gunhunt??
I like to hunt with the bow but I do like the gun. probably I vote for gun. Got a couple of old ones my old man gave me and enjoy telling him of what I harvested with his old guns...He gets all excited when I talk to him. He doesn't hunt but maybe once a year with my younger brother. They live in another state. Dad is getting up there in his years and don't like the cold to much anymore. He still fishes alot thou...
12-28-2005, 06:08 AM
#6
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: SW PA USA
Posts: 7,220
RE: Bowhunt or Gunhunt??
Bow, definitely.
Sorry but I cant just give one reason but here are the big ones:
1 Hunting the animal on their terms. Your success more often depends on your talents and skills than on the luck involved when someone boots a deer your way in gun season.
2 The weather is nicer
3 The season is longer
4 Bowhunting requires serious commitment and dedication. While there are some very dedicated and committed gun hunters out there, there arevirtuallyno "one day a year nimrods" within the bowhunting ranks.
Please guys, this is not meant to disparage gun hunters. I would say the average member here is definitely a notch or two above the rest regardless of their weapon of choice.
5 Bowhunting is more laid back. In rifle season, each day past opening day, it becomes tougher to find a mature deer. Each day in early archery, your chances are just as good or they get better.
6 WE GET TO HUNT THE RUT
Sorry but I cant just give one reason but here are the big ones:
1 Hunting the animal on their terms. Your success more often depends on your talents and skills than on the luck involved when someone boots a deer your way in gun season.
2 The weather is nicer
3 The season is longer
4 Bowhunting requires serious commitment and dedication. While there are some very dedicated and committed gun hunters out there, there arevirtuallyno "one day a year nimrods" within the bowhunting ranks.
Please guys, this is not meant to disparage gun hunters. I would say the average member here is definitely a notch or two above the rest regardless of their weapon of choice.
5 Bowhunting is more laid back. In rifle season, each day past opening day, it becomes tougher to find a mature deer. Each day in early archery, your chances are just as good or they get better.
6 WE GET TO HUNT THE RUT
12-28-2005, 06:12 AM
#7
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Wyoming, Michigan
Posts: 268
RE: Bowhunt or Gunhunt??
gun because i just got my first gun for christmas and i like it and want to use it.
and its not like im one of the people that need a high power rifle to shoot 200-300 yds just to kill something, and besides i only get one shot with it its a muzzleloader
and its not like im one of the people that need a high power rifle to shoot 200-300 yds just to kill something, and besides i only get one shot with it its a muzzleloader
12-28-2005, 06:18 AM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Toronto Ontario Canada
Posts: 1,796
RE: Bowhunt or Gunhunt??
Six months ago (when I thought it was impossible to get one with a bow) I would have said gun, but now after taking one with the bow its all I want to do.
The exception is the social aspect, at gun camp (we only get two weeks and one tag each) we see the old gang, work together during the hunt and get to hear alot of stories. Archery is more of a personal thing because not alot of people do it up here and I usually go out alone.
The exception is the social aspect, at gun camp (we only get two weeks and one tag each) we see the old gang, work together during the hunt and get to hear alot of stories. Archery is more of a personal thing because not alot of people do it up here and I usually go out alone.
12-28-2005, 07:54 AM
#10
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Waterford, MI.
Posts: 307
RE: Bowhunt or Gunhunt??
My first deer was taken with a bow 43 years ago,I still gun hunt-I like being in the woods, hopefully when I take my last deer it will be with a bow. Just something about being 10yds away from the animal versus 40-200 yds. that makes it seem more exciting to me.