Bow Only Hunters?

[Desperado]

Bowhhunt for everything!!!No need for "simple sticks"...That's shooting, not hunting!!!
Be safe!!

[TxAg]

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.

[Encino Man]

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.

[8leg-lover]

The only guns I own are work related. That's right...I'm the POPO!!   :D

[Eugene Slagle]

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.

[hardtimes]

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.

[Bullfrog 1]

Have not hunted with a gun in almost 20 years.    BILL

[Bill Carlsen]

I only own a handgun that I keep for self protection. Never hunted with anything but a bow since 1955.

[LoweBow]

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.

[Steertalker]

I've been recurve only for 26 years.  I've never owned or shot a compound.

Brett

[Mint]

Bow only for me for big game for the past 20 years.

[Gray Buffalo]

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.

[Jeff Strubberg]

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.

[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.

[Bowana]

Bow only here. Love guns. Just don't hunt with em.

[ranger 3]

Bow only for me

[PeteA]

Bow only here in a bow only county of NY

[TC in Spfld]

I do love to eat squirrel that has been shot in the head, so to that end I use scoped .22s.

[Bowwild]

I had a bow-only (big game)period from about 1984-1995. I do enjoy making a racket from time to time these days.

[Running Buck]

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.