Rifle or Bow?
10-21-2006, 10:20 PM
#3
Typical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Navasota Texas
Posts: 854
RE: Rifle or Bow?
Rifle.I can understand if you want the challenge and more of a season,but when I hunt I want to know that just about anywhere close to where I aimed,will drop the animal.Less hassle,less worry.With a bow, if you are just a hair off you will never see the deer again.
10-22-2006, 01:09 AM
#5
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Saskatchewan Canada
Posts: 6,921
RE: Rifle or Bow?
I use both, went through the bow crazy stage but must admit I now use a gun more than a bow. I actually use my Muzzleloader's the most asseason here runs all of October plus I hunt in the ML zone which it runs trhough till December. My bow is mainly used now forbear, elkand moose it seems.
10-22-2006, 06:38 AM
#6
RE: Rifle or Bow?
ORIGINAL: skeeter 7MM
I use both, went through the bow crazy stage but must admit I now use a gun more than a bow. I actually use my Muzzleloader's the most asseason here runs all of October plus I hunt in the ML zone which it runs trhough till December. My bow is mainly used now forbear, elkand moose it seems.
I use both, went through the bow crazy stage but must admit I now use a gun more than a bow. I actually use my Muzzleloader's the most asseason here runs all of October plus I hunt in the ML zone which it runs trhough till December. My bow is mainly used now forbear, elkand moose it seems.
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10-22-2006, 09:06 AM
#10
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Hoosier Country, Baby!
Posts: 1,710
RE: Rifle or Bow?
I guess I would say I use my bow more often. The season is longer as already mentioned, you obviously don't have 100+ yards to "play" with and I enjoy the challenge. I have yet to take my bow out in place of my muzzleloader (pretty attached to it too), but that doesn't mean I won't.
Once gun season comes in, I'm likely to have a dead deer within a week of hunting due to an extended range and different, accomodating stand locations, so my gun hunting days are usually cut short by success.
Once gun season comes in, I'm likely to have a dead deer within a week of hunting due to an extended range and different, accomodating stand locations, so my gun hunting days are usually cut short by success.