How many are bow only?

[SteveB]

Bow in bow, inline in gun and mz season.
204 for woodchucks all summer.
Enjoy it all.

[Bill Kissner]

I have bow hunted every year since Illinois opened deer season in the early 60's and have never killed a big game animal with a gun. Just never had the interest in it. I have used a shotgun in earlier years for quail and pheasants. I now have a great little Beneli 20 gauge autoloader that I sometimes take out for quail.

[GingivitisKahn]

Currently, all longbow all the time (was all recurve all the time) though, given a chance for some duck / goose hunting, I wouldn't be above dragging the scattergun back out.

[Gehrke145]

I hunt yotes,cats, and other predators with a .17 hmr real close range.  I have a 7mm that my gramps gave to me this year, he wants me to take it out for muleys in a week (I have a rifle tag I normally bowhunt)will see.  I might give it a try for him.

[JSimon]

I will probably be bow only for this deer season. I have a single shot slug gun that doesn't have iron sites and my scope broke while sighting the gun in before last years firearm season. I ended up using my old Mossberg with iron sites and shot a small buck from about 20 feet with it. I didn't shoot a deer with my bow last year and I really debated just taking my bow out for the gun season. Wish I would have. I don't have any plans to buy a new scope so it's looking like bow only this year. I still like to squirrel hunt with a .22 but I haven't done that this year either.

[Brian Krebs]

I use a bow for big game; and grouse when I am bowhunting. For chukars and huns I use my shotgun...my bird dogs would probably eat my bow- if I tried to shoot chukars or huns with an arrow.

[bog monster]

The longbow for hunting, I still hunt the firearms opener and Thanksgiving Day with a slug gun (family tradition). If I was put to a choice the Remington would have to go.

[Big Sneaky]

I have never shot a deer with a gun.  Bowhunting since 1991 at 14 yrs old.  Shot one with a compound, rest have all been traditional.

[myshootinstinks]

I prefer to hunt with a bow for sure, but not to own a few rifles and hunt with a rifle in Wyoming?.....that may be an act of heresy.  Will take a bow any day but our archery season is so short here rifle hunting is a useful option.  

[jtwalsh62]

Can't get that PY if I don't have a bow in hand

[DRR324]

Recurve only for whitetails, shotgun while bird hunting.... my kids are the ones behind the .243 while rifle hunting.  So far- 2 outta 3 have joined the ranks as successful deer hunters.

[myshootinstinks]

A follow up to my previous post. If I lived somewhere where the deer season was 3-5 months long as many of you do, I would sell my rifles and never look back.

[joe ashton]

I gun hunted for 10 years then one day I went to the Colo Bowhunter Asso. dinner, just 'cause and joined, then bought a compound bow hunted with it for one season.. then bought a trad bow.  That 18 years and 25 big game animals ago.  I have not shot a gun since.  Not even at a target. Joe

[frassettor]

Never hunted with a gun, and never plan on to either...

[Follower]

On a bowhunt in 1995 for caribou, I picked up a rifle on the last day of the hunt and killed a bull.  As soon as he hit the ground I said I probably wont ever do that again.  I occasionally carry the scattergun for turkeys in the spring but otherwise stick with my bows from that day on.

[twitchstick]

I hunt with a bow 90% and all but a few big game have been harvested with a bow. Have done it since day one, some trad some wheely( trad only from now on). I do hunt birds a little with a shotgun. Mainly for my lab she's my girl friend as my wife say's. I would probaly hunt more birds with a bow if it wasn't for her(she gets impatient with my misses). Most of her blind commands were learned at the archery range. I will rifle hunt with my dad to keep him in good company but the bow is usally there. I do pull my guns out once a year to dust them off. Nothing agin hunting with other weapons but the flight of the arrow burns my soul.

[Paul WA]

Bow only here, the only gun I own sits on my hip under my coat when I am forced to go down to the city...PR

[Otto]

Recurve only during archery season.  I'll break out the smokepole or the Ruger Redhawk .44 during gun season.  Scoped CZ 453 .22 for squirrels.  Winchester Model 12 for rabbits.  Les Baer .45 for bad guys.

[Bill Carlsen]

That would be me. Have a .45 Smith and Wesson but it is not for hunting. Some of my best deer have been taken during the regular firearms season.

[UCBerzerkeley]

i like shooting my old marlin lever. it's older than i am anyays