#2063584 - 09/09/10 11:33 AM
Esplain me sumpin???
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bowriter
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I have heard or read this statement or somethng like it many times. "I passed him up with a rifle/mzl but I would take him with a bow."
What's the difference? He is dead either way and his antlers are the same size either way. yes, a bow is more challenging to the hunter but it does nothing to change the size or trophyism of the animal.
If I would kill him with a bow, I'd dang sure do it with a rifle. So what's up with that?
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#2063588 - 09/09/10 11:36 AM
Re: Esplain me sumpin???
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Who knows?!?!
I just enjoy killing deer. It is very satisfying.
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#2063594 - 09/09/10 11:39 AM
Re: Esplain me sumpin???
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tndrbstr
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some times its more about the zone to me then just killin the critter(buck or doe)....I might make an attempt at a deer with a bow at 25 yards that I wouldn't shoot with a gun at the same yardage...but put the same deer out there at 175 to 225 yards and I just might decide take it out with the gun then...or not...hogs are a differant story...
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#2063643 - 09/09/10 12:21 PM
Re: Esplain me sumpin???
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WRbowhunter
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I bow hunt the entire year with a few exceptions. Last year I bought a MZ and hunted the two week season. Killed a 4 point with it because my son was with me and he said "shoot". Plus it was fun. Then killed a nice 8 point 2 days later. then the following day had another 8 about the same size stop 20 yards away. Could just not bring myself to tag out on bucks with a gun. Now if that same buck had come on the following week when I had a bow in my hand I would had flung and arrow. To me it just means more with a bow. Yea they are dead either way but its not the killing thats fun its the hunting.
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#2063691 - 09/09/10 12:48 PM
Re: Esplain me sumpin???
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I think that statement would be about "personal bests" and challenges. Each person hunts and either shoots or passes on deer for their own reasons/abilities.
The harder a challenge becomes, the "bigger" a trophy gets. If its easy to shoot small bucks at distance with a rifle, the challenge is not there for that individual. Bring them in closer with a bow and the challenge becomes greater.
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#2063693 - 09/09/10 12:50 PM
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I know why I say it. It's b/c I've killed much bigger animals with firearms than with a bow, and to catch up with my firearm kills, I have to start somewhere. A nice little forky or six pt will be in danger of getting an arrow flung at it by me, whereas I would pass now with a firearm.
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#2063694 - 09/09/10 12:50 PM
Re: Esplain me sumpin???
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For those who place more emphasis on the process than the possession, I believe it has to do with each individual deciding what constitutes an acceptable level of challenge given the circumstances. Shooting a buck with a rifle from 200 yards away is simply not as challenging as getting close enough to kill it with a bow.
Kinda goes back to what someone here (can't remember who) said about doing whatever makes you happy.
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#2063697 - 09/09/10 12:54 PM
Re: Esplain me sumpin???
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oldmanelrod
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"Killed a 4 point with it because my son was with me and he said "shoot". Plus it was fun. Then killed a nice 8 point 2 days later. then the following day had another 8 about the same size stop 20 yards away. Could just not bring myself to tag out on bucks with a gun."
If it was still MZ season when you passed on "another 8 about the same size stop 20 yards away" you did yourself favor. The limit is two with any one type of weapon per year.
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#2063703 - 09/09/10 12:58 PM
Re: Esplain me sumpin???
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I have heard or read this statement or somethng like it many times. "I passed him up with a rifle/mzl but I would take him with a bow."
What's the difference? He is dead either way and his antlers are the same size either way. yes, a bow is more challenging to the hunter but it does nothing to change the size or trophyism of the animal.
If I would kill him with a bow, I'd dang sure do it with a rifle. So what's up with that?
Well on my perspective I havn't had a chance at a trophy(to me) with a bow so that would be my thought process on the topic . Well I fibbed a little , I shot one down here at the plant once that was a good one but never did find it after looking all day . Down to drops of blood but he went on to the adjoining property and I think one of those guys found him (anyway that's what a friend of mine said that lives close to the plant). Not to hijack this thread but larger bucks during bow season seem to always elude me and that maybe the case to some of these hunters that state this phrase ! Who knows .
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#2063705 - 09/09/10 12:58 PM
Re: Esplain me sumpin???
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Andy S.
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you did yourself favor. The limit is two with any one type of weapon per year.
This regulation was not in place last season, nor is it this season.
Edited by Andy S. (09/09/10 01:02 PM)
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