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Title: Bow Only Hunters?
Post by: 3Feathers on December 21, 2011, 05:51:00 PM
Have any bow only hunters out there?Thinking about going bow only for good.To many crazies out there.No fun looking threw a scope any more.More satisfaction when they are almost eye to eye.
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Post by: BowHunterGA on December 21, 2011, 05:55:00 PM
Lots of bow only hunters here. Pretty much switched to bow only myself this season and 90% of my hunting is Public Land. Much more fun than hunting with a gun, you won't regret it.
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Post by: BOWMARKS on December 21, 2011, 05:55:00 PM
Oh I am sure there alot of us BOW ONLY hunters out there,it has been most likely 25-30years for me.
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Post by: Hatrick on December 21, 2011, 05:57:00 PM
Bow only here for big game. I shot 2 deer during the gun season this year with my Hill Country Wildcat LB.

I Haven't had a gun out in years. Can't say that I wouldn't get it out again for pheasants or rabbits if the mood was there but I'll probably never hunt big game with a rifle or slug gun again.
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Post by: Can Hahaka on December 21, 2011, 05:58:00 PM
got rid of all my "far reachin'" guns but still use my CVA mountain rifle (from kit) during the gun season the first two days.
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Post by: don_h on December 21, 2011, 06:06:00 PM
Never hunted any other way, except for ducks and coyotes. Gun hunters scare me.
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Post by: wtpops on December 21, 2011, 06:08:00 PM
I have been bow only all my life, in fact i have never hunted with a firearm.
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Post by: Covey on December 21, 2011, 06:09:00 PM
I been bow only sense I picked up the recurve and even before that. Dont seem right carrying anything else. Killed my first with a gun, that was over twenty years ago. I've never found anything more addictive than traditional archery!!

Jason
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Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on December 21, 2011, 06:12:00 PM
Bow only for me since 2005. I did pick up a shotgun for one weekend in 2005 or 2006 to hunt bear. I haven't touched a firearm since then to hunt with.
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Post by: Possum Head on December 21, 2011, 06:13:00 PM
What Jason said.
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Post by: Ragnarok Forge on December 21, 2011, 06:15:00 PM
Bow only for big game.  To many drunks with rifles out there for me during big game season.
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Post by: hawkeye n pa on December 21, 2011, 06:22:00 PM
Last buck I shot with a rifle was 1978.  

I'm usually the one considered crazy while hunting with the recurve in gun season. With all the "crazies" on public land here in PA.
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Post by: Aunty on December 21, 2011, 06:28:00 PM
Bow only for big game waterfawl hunting with a bow is illegal most small game hunting with bow unless someone wants a culling job done
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Post by: Over&Under on December 21, 2011, 06:30:00 PM
Except for birds behind my little Suzie...it is all bow for me.  In fact I have never had a rifle tag.  Been a few times with friends, but never had the tag. I don't intend on changing that anytime soon.
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Post by: Bill Kissner on December 21, 2011, 06:39:00 PM
Just like wtpops, I have always been bow only....for over 50 years.
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Post by: DuffyRP on December 21, 2011, 06:52:00 PM
bow only for 14 years now all public land.
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Post by: Terry Lightle on December 21, 2011, 06:57:00 PM
ME!
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Post by: habujohn on December 21, 2011, 06:59:00 PM
Never picked up a rifle, bow only since 1969.
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Post by: thumper-tx on December 21, 2011, 07:03:00 PM
Bow only since 1975.
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Post by: elkken on December 21, 2011, 07:03:00 PM
Gave away my rifle in 1977 and never looked back ....    :archer2:
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Post by: wvtradbow on December 21, 2011, 07:06:00 PM
Haven't hunted big game with a gun in 3 yrs,my friend calls me a method hunter an I believe he's right...
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Post by: 3Feathers on December 21, 2011, 07:13:00 PM
You guys are leading me in that direction with no looking back!!
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Post by: Red4arm on December 21, 2011, 07:13:00 PM
I dont even own a deer gun anymore, traditional  bow only!
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Post by: ti-guy on December 21, 2011, 07:14:00 PM
I've undust a shotgun to train my pointer so he can get use to it(if ever I go with my dog with shotgun bird hunters),beside that:TRADBOW ONLY.
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Post by: ron w on December 21, 2011, 07:23:00 PM
I would but the only way I seem to get in bow range of a deer is to carry a gun!
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Post by: reddogge on December 21, 2011, 07:24:00 PM
Not me, I hunt rifle, shotgun, muzzleloader and bow. Enjoy them all. It helped being a big time gun collector over the years. Now the advantage of a large gun collection is selling off the pieces a little at a time and generating lots of cash for bows and bowhunts.
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Post by: michaelschwister on December 21, 2011, 07:27:00 PM
I quit hunting with a gun in 1982.  I even hunt with the longbow during rifle season.  I have picked up a flintlock of 5 occasions since, on special mountain man hunts with a close friend in freezing snow covered WV on the last day of the late muzzleloader season.
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Post by: MTArrowLauncher on December 21, 2011, 07:45:00 PM
i would like to progress to bow hunting all big game, but i love bird hunting so i would never be without a nice shotgun, and im a big predator hunter so my 222 will still get a workout, but im sure look up too the fellas  that bowhunt everything, ans successfully to boot.

Merry xmas guys

Fin
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Post by: T Sunstone on December 21, 2011, 07:57:00 PM
Haven't gun hunted for at least 28 years for big game.  Do a little fox and ground hog hunting but mainly for work.
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Post by: lablover on December 21, 2011, 07:58:00 PM
Been a bow only hunter since I got out of the Navy. Trad only all my bowhunting life.
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Post by: Hit-or-Miss on December 21, 2011, 08:00:00 PM
I love my recurves and spend the vast majority of my spare time shooting and hunting with them. But when it comes to filling the freezer, late in the season, my 1949 Remington 721 bolt action .270, or 1886 .33 Winchester are sure hard to beat. I like the sport and challenge of bowhunting in October / early November,  but I was raised as a meat hunter, and as November draws to the end, with the economy the way it is, my family needs the meat. Even fried in butter and onions, unfilled tags just don't taste quite right.
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Post by: joe ashton on December 21, 2011, 08:01:00 PM
when I shot/then bought my first trad bow, an Asbel big horn recurve, 18 years ago I was a gun hunter and had 15 rifles/shot guns.  I have not shot a gun hunting  since that day.  I now have 2 guns, a .22 and 12ga and a dozen bows.
Joe
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Post by: Knotter on December 21, 2011, 08:11:00 PM
I hunted 2 times with a rifle this year and as soon as go out there I regretted not having my bow.  Something changes in me when I archery hunt.
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Post by: KentuckyTJ on December 21, 2011, 09:39:00 PM
Bow only for me unless i am bird hunting as well as Jake said. Have killed many deer with my bow during our gun seasons.
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on December 21, 2011, 10:30:00 PM
I still like meat in the freezer and am not good enough yet to accomplish it by bow only.
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Post by: Stan the bow man on December 21, 2011, 11:07:00 PM
Trad bow only since 1992. Dove hunt with shotgun. Love the challenge with stickbow and wood arrs.
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Post by: Steve Clandinin on December 21, 2011, 11:17:00 PM
Bow only for longer than I can remember,the rest just doesn't feel right.
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Post by: LITTLEBIGMAN on December 21, 2011, 11:20:00 PM
bow only for life never hunted with a gun either
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Post by: David Yukon on December 21, 2011, 11:57:00 PM
Same as Cyclic-Rivers, I would love to bow hunt only, but so far, never been close a nought to do so... maybe next year. But for me and my family, it is more important to fill the freezer, and the way to do it, as been with a gun.
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Post by: on December 21, 2011, 11:58:00 PM
I have not shot anything with a rifle in about 10 years. I guess that means I'm pretty much bow only.

Bisch
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Post by: Desperado on December 22, 2011, 12:07:00 AM
Bowhhunt for everything!!!No need for "simple sticks"...That's shooting, not hunting!!!
Be safe!!
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Post by: TxAg on December 22, 2011, 12:11:00 AM
bow only here. no offense intended, but it's actually odd to me that people hunt part of the year with a bow and part of the year with a gun (at least in texas). I realize the regs might dictate otherwise in some states.
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Post by: Encino Man on December 22, 2011, 12:56:00 AM
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Originally posted by Knotter:
I hunted 2 times with a rifle this year and as soon as go out there I regretted not having my bow.  Something changes in me when I archery hunt.
I feel the same way. Do do like to take out the ole smoke pole on occasion.
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Post by: 8leg-lover on December 22, 2011, 01:17:00 AM
The only guns I own are work related. That's right...I'm the POPO!!   :D
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Post by: Eugene Slagle on December 22, 2011, 05:51:00 AM
I hunt nearly 100% with a Bow, every once in a while more like once every 2-3 years I'll get the itch to take out my Hawken for a day.

To me hunting with a bow is the best challenge & satisfaction a hunter could want.
Challenge of being skilful & stealthy enough to become part of your surroundings & be close to the animal you are going after.
Satisfaction of being able to achieve the shot at those close distances using primitive equipment couldn't get any better.
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Post by: hardtimes on December 22, 2011, 06:33:00 AM
This year was the first time in 10 years that I hunted with a rifle. It was also the first time in 10 years I hunted somewhere other than public land. I was invited to hunt a private farm with family members during WV rifle season. I harvested a deer but it did not do much for me.

I do a lot of plinking, target shooting and handloading, but In the field, I will take a stick and string over a rifle any day.
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Post by: Bullfrog 1 on December 22, 2011, 06:51:00 AM
Have not hunted with a gun in almost 20 years.    BILL
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Post by: Bill Carlsen on December 22, 2011, 08:19:00 AM
I only own a handgun that I keep for self protection. Never hunted with anything but a bow since 1955.
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Post by: LoweBow on December 22, 2011, 08:21:00 AM
I've been bow only for I believe 22 years now.  I did kill a doe about 10 years ago w/ a pistol on a bet once, but that's the only time I've picked up a firearm to hunt with since making the decision.  Trad only for about 8 years or so.
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Post by: Steertalker on December 22, 2011, 08:33:00 AM
I've been recurve only for 26 years.  I've never owned or shot a compound.

Brett
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Post by: Mint on December 22, 2011, 08:41:00 AM
Bow only for me for big game for the past 20 years.
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Post by: Gray Buffalo on December 22, 2011, 08:45:00 AM
I have hunted with a 50 cal. Hawken cap/ball and killed  a deer at 150 Yards back a bunch of years ago. Didn't mean much so now it's bow only.
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Post by: Jeff Strubberg on December 22, 2011, 08:48:00 AM
Bow only here.  Can't shoot a gun worth a darn and don't trust too many folks, so the emptier the woods the better.
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Post by: centaur on December 22, 2011, 08:52:00 AM
I have a bunch of guns that reside in their cases, never seeing the light of day. I think the last animal I shot with a gun was a deer with a 30 30 in the early 90s. It's bows or nothing for me.
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Post by: Bowana on December 22, 2011, 08:58:00 AM
Bow only here. Love guns. Just don't hunt with em.
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Post by: ranger 3 on December 22, 2011, 08:59:00 AM
Bow only for me
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Post by: PeteA on December 22, 2011, 09:34:00 AM
Bow only here in a bow only county of NY
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Post by: TC in Spfld on December 22, 2011, 10:06:00 AM
I do love to eat squirrel that has been shot in the head, so to that end I use scoped .22s.
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Post by: Bowwild on December 22, 2011, 10:42:00 AM
I had a bow-only (big game)period from about 1984-1995. I do enjoy making a racket from time to time these days.
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Post by: Running Buck on December 22, 2011, 10:52:00 AM
90% of my hunting is with a bow but, I still like to hunt waterfowl and crows with a shotgun. In NJ you can't take a bear with archery tackle ..YET  So I take them with a muzzleloader.
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Post by: Mike Spaulding on December 22, 2011, 11:35:00 AM
Yep, bow only for a few years now.  Not opposed to folks hunting with guns, I just don't get the rush from it I do with a bow.
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Post by: wooddamon1 on December 22, 2011, 12:05:00 PM
Longbows and recurves for me for the last 10 years or so. That being said, I'll make sure my daughters can safely handle and shoot guns.
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Post by: BobCo 1965 on December 22, 2011, 12:09:00 PM
Personally I only hunt with a traditional bow. For some reason, I have a lot of patience when carrying one. I have no patience at all when hunting with any other weapon.
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Post by: J. Holden on December 22, 2011, 12:12:00 PM
I'm bow only.  Got all my rifle shooting itch scratched by the Army.  Don't have to clean and lube my recurve!

-Jeremy  :coffee:
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Post by: PaddyMac on December 22, 2011, 01:58:00 PM
I've hunted deer with a rifle once in the last 20 years or so. It was OK. Kinda loud. I still shoot (or shoot at) any coyote that gets in range of the house and keep an AR next to the back door.

For most of my life I've been a bird hunting fanatic, but not so much since my setter (and psychoanalyst) died. My wife still likes to hunt grouse with shotguns and this year I tried doing it with her with a bow and killed a fair number. One blue grouse treed and would not fly for her, she just couldn't see it, I didn't have flu flus, so I shot it with 1911.    "[dntthnk]"  

But I'll probably not go bang for quite awhile.
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Post by: Tom Leemans on December 22, 2011, 02:01:00 PM
Haven't touched my Charles Daly O/U in many years. I was recently thinking of refurbishing it though. Been bows only for at least 20 years.
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Post by: chopx2 on December 22, 2011, 02:05:00 PM
Yep, even have a special bird bow in production now! Even working on a prototype head for hunting geese and other flying birds over/with dogs.
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Post by: MikeW on December 22, 2011, 02:11:00 PM
Pretty much bow only for 20 years or so, lost the thrill of whacking deer with a gun, just no challenge in it for me. Use to own a bunch of high dollar custom long range guns for coyotes and Prairie dogs but had to sell them all 10+ years ago.

 I'll still pick up a shotgun every once in awhile for Quail & Dove but the last three times I went Quail hunting I did it with a bow..came home empty handed too. I swear missing them by inches is a thrill for me. My brother thinks am nuts.
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Post by: on December 22, 2011, 02:53:00 PM
I have not hunted with anything other than trad bows for many years. I don't like the noise of guns,I don't like the smell, I don't like how so many (myself included) are always trying to force a situation where they can shoot at game, I don't like the way some with guns immediately think they are a tough guys because they have a gun when there are mixed seasons going on, I don't like how people go out into the woods with guns and just shoot at anything and everything.  

However, everyone, and I mean everyone that is not intending on harming their fellow man or property, should have a gun and know how to use it.
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Post by: RM81 on December 22, 2011, 03:49:00 PM
I haven't been gun hunting in about 4 years.  Not saying that I would never use any other type of weapon ever again.  But for now, I'm enjoying hunting with my longbow.
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Post by: DeCurry on December 22, 2011, 04:09:00 PM
Bow only for 2 years now when hunting 4-legged creatures.  I did use a shotgun earlier this year during dove season but have been strongly considering trying out hunting them with a bow for the frustration, er I mean fun, factor.
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Post by: joe skipp on December 22, 2011, 04:23:00 PM
For big game it's been bow only since....1973. I did take 2 deer with my Flintlock back in '84 but haven't used it since. Since Bear hunting in Jersey is gun only, thinking about breaking it out again.

When my 2 buddies get together for our annual squirrel fest, we use .22's to fill the freezer in a hurry, then it's back to bowhunting them.
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Post by: soundman on December 22, 2011, 04:29:00 PM
Bow only. Gun hunted once didn't enjoy the hunt. bow only for 15 years and trad only about 5 years
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Post by: joevan125 on December 22, 2011, 04:30:00 PM
I have been bow only since i was introduced to trad hunting 4 years ago.

I sold 11 guns except for the 2 my Dad bought me when i was 9 and another one when i was 12.

I wanted to sell them both but there's just way to many memories and to many deer deer to count that i shot with one of them.
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Post by: reddogge on December 22, 2011, 04:50:00 PM
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Originally posted by centaur:
I have a bunch of guns that reside in their cases, never seeing the light of day. I think the last animal I shot with a gun was a deer with a 30 30 in the early 90s. It's bows or nothing for me.
Better check em for rust and pitting. That's the best way to ruin one, storing in a closed case.
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Post by: elkhunter45 on December 22, 2011, 05:21:00 PM
For deer I did the bow only thing for 5 years, but went back to shooting a gun some when my son started to tag along when was around 5 years old. He is now big enough to hunt alone, so I am real close to going all bow on the hairy stuff. I am also an avid waterfowler, so I always have shot a shotgun in the flooded timber.
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Post by: bow loving man on December 22, 2011, 05:29:00 PM
Bow only here also!
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Post by: Smithhammer on December 22, 2011, 05:50:00 PM
Bows, and shotguns for upland. Don't even currently own a rifle.
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Post by: stik&string on December 22, 2011, 07:49:00 PM
All bow for me too, very happy my state now allows bow use during the gun season!
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Post by: Chumster on December 22, 2011, 08:03:00 PM
Sold my rifle three years ago, hadn't used it in 35 years.
The rancher I lease from keeps telling me I should use a rife if I want a deer. Still heading to my stand with my bow in hand and high expectations. Three years later no shots but there is always next time.
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Post by: alligatordond on December 22, 2011, 08:54:00 PM
Since 1985
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Post by: Ken Taylor on December 22, 2011, 09:43:00 PM
Strictly bow only for the last 25 years for all big game, small game, and upland birds ... but sometimes shotgun for ducks and geese.
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Post by: Jerry Jeffer on December 23, 2011, 01:59:00 AM
For many years now I have only hunted with the bow. Still own firearms, just don't hunt with them. I do hunt all season possible with the bow.
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Post by: rdoggsilva on December 23, 2011, 02:43:00 AM
I have only used a bow for big game hunting for over 40 years. Only use a shotgun for birds and ducks.
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Post by: hitman on December 23, 2011, 04:16:00 AM
Bow only here.  :archer2:
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Post by: Piratkey on December 23, 2011, 05:51:00 AM
Trad bow only here also   :archer2:
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Post by: 3Feathers on December 23, 2011, 05:42:00 PM
Thanks for the encouragement fellow gangers didn,t realize there were so many hunting bow only.
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Post by: waiting4fall on December 23, 2011, 05:56:00 PM
Trad & public land only here.   :thumbsup:
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Post by: Friend on December 23, 2011, 11:02:00 PM
Don't even own a fire-arm but my kids have them.

Still will guide hunters with firearms and actually used one when both waterfowl guiding and hunting years back.

My decision is purely my perception of personal enjoyment and fulfillment. Grew up in an environment where there was a firearm parked in one corner of every room. I still have the fear that some child may be harmed and besides that I have never been fond of loud noises.
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Post by: MountainManZ on December 24, 2011, 12:50:00 AM
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Originally posted by 3Feathers:
Have any bow only hunters out there?Thinking about going bow only for good.To many crazies out there.No fun looking threw a scope any more.More satisfaction when they are almost eye to eye.
I haven't taken a rifle into the field after big game in about ten years. Nothing against it, I just love archery hunting too much. I have thrown on my orange hat and hunted rifle season with my bow though  ;)
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Post by: Benny Nganabbarru on December 24, 2011, 01:51:00 AM
Nope, not me. My passions are traditional bowhunting, nitro express rifles and the odd stylish single-shot flat-shooter for some jobs.
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Post by: Thumper Dunker on December 24, 2011, 04:28:00 AM
Never had a compound love my trad bows .But I still like rock and roll and machineguns.Still got to shoot the varmit rifles and my six shooters.
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Post by: macksdad on December 24, 2011, 07:41:00 AM
I am hunting bow only, the one exveption I will make is if I can get a kid into the woods I will go during gun season on our own land only. Other than that bow only for me.
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Post by: rraming on December 24, 2011, 07:47:00 AM
I have been for the last 7 years or so, I do have a 10 year old that won't shoot his bow and wants to use a gun, this may have me picking up a firearm again.
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Post by: bobman on December 24, 2011, 09:52:00 AM
I own 8 pointers and my hobby is birddog training so I do a lot of shotgun hunting but my second love is my longbow. I do hunt with my sidelock percussion .54 GPR and plan on getting a flintlock next year.
I dont hunt with my modern rifles anymore but if the opportunity called for it I dont have a problem with using one.

I've killed a lot more deer with my bow than with the rifles.

I just plain love to hunt!
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Post by: Izzy on December 24, 2011, 10:05:00 AM
I'm getting close. I hunt with an old classic rifle when my son asks me to. I don't let him know but I just don't get pumped with the anticipation of rifling a deer anymore. Even so, Id hunt with grenades if it means I get to spend time alone with my boys.
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Post by: ddauler on December 24, 2011, 12:24:00 PM
Bow only here since middle 80's. Just dont hunt as much as I used too.
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Post by: Wiley Coyote on December 24, 2011, 01:10:00 PM
I might,and I haven't lately, used a shotgun for turkeys otherwise all traditional bowhunting.   :thumbsup:
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Post by: CDR on December 24, 2011, 01:33:00 PM
X 2 I'm with Izzy!
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Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on December 24, 2011, 01:41:00 PM
I've been a Bow only hunter since 1990, but actually I'm thinking of adding spears and tomahawks into the picture.   :bigsmyl:
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Post by: smokin feathers on December 24, 2011, 02:28:00 PM
i shoot the bow year round on game,fish and foam, but i still enjoy firearms as well and shoot several different kinds of competition there as well and enjoy hunting waterfowl and upland birds with them. I do not get anything out of hunting deer with one though as i do lots of culling depredation, guide and controll work with rifles and shotguns.

when i hunt for myself i like to get up close and personal and the bow is way to go to get that old lost feeling.I had a buck i was trying to get a shot on a buck yesterday at 15yds broadside and couldnt get drawn on him, i was shaking like a leaf in a hurricane!!! never would have felt like that with gun in hand.
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Post by: kennym on December 24, 2011, 03:17:00 PM
Kirk, you can hunt deer with a spear in MO, but only during rifle!

Well, you could a couple years back, haven't seen it in the regs this year,may have to look now.
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Post by: kennym on December 24, 2011, 03:23:00 PM
OOPS, it is with atlatl..

From MDC page

Methods allowed during all portions of the firearms deer season, except the muzzleloader portion

•Atlatl, which is defined as a rod or narrow board-like device used to launch, through a throwing motion of the arm, a dart 5 to 8 feet in length.
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Post by: Bowjunkie on December 25, 2011, 04:58:00 AM
Homemade selfbows only for the last 13 years.
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Post by: Mark of WV on December 25, 2011, 08:51:00 AM
My first love is guns and shooting but I must admit that this year the luster of hunting with a gun began fading fast. Great for getting meat in the freezer but there is really no challenge to it. But do love any excuse to be in the woods.
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Post by: thunder1 on December 25, 2011, 09:33:00 AM
I've been only for 9 seasons or so. I've been trad only for about 7 seasons.