Bowhunting

[easy45]

Looking through my picture album the other day and realized I've only killed 6 deer with my bow ever and only 9 with a muzzleloader even though I enjoy hunting with them the most. Guess I just don't know how to scout for those other seasons, anybody else like this.

 

[Shed Hunter]

Never killed one with a bow. Only hunted a few times before with a crossbow and missed twice though.

I've got a few with muzzleoader.

I would liketo get a big one in all three seasons this year.

 

[spoon]

Your time will come grasshopper, always keep learning

 

[BowGuy84]

I'm opposite. Since I killed my first deer with a bow I've killed 29. This is over 7 years. In that same time I've only killed 6 with mzl/gun.

I remember when killing with a bow seemed like a feat that involved great amounts of luck...

Wind, food, funnels and scouting. Same as any weapon just a much smaller margin or error for being off the "x"

 

[easy45]

All 6 with my bow have been does, I get severe buck fever with my bow, missed at least 6 bucks with it

 

[BAMA BOW MERKER]

I've almost retired the rifle, I still do muzzleload a few times, but archery has become my love. Something about keeps me going.

 

[switchbacker]

I agree, i use a shotgun at times a 870 rifled but im pretty much all bow kills

 

[Mr.Bro]

A few with the rifle.

Very few with ML.

A few with the bow.

 

[102]

12 with a Rifle
8 with a shotgun slug
9 with a muzzleloader

202 with a bow

Kinda like the bow best.

But this year, I think I will hunt with all weapons. Just for fun.

 

[Redfred16]

I've almost retired the rifle, I still do muzzleload a few times, but archery has become my love. Something about keeps me going.

I'm the same way. tried bow hunting when I was young, 55lb Bear recurve and hated it. A few years back I got talked into trying it again and haven't looked back. I may never use a gun again, if I score some vension early bow season.

I also took my first turkey this past fall, a head shot at 22 yards.

 

[Tomahawk]

I'm the opposite. I've only killed 5-8 deer with gun (rifle) when I was a teenager. Don't know how many I've killed with a bow but last year alone I killed 9 with bow (3 bucks and 6 does). I missed 4 others due to arrow deflection and deer jumping the string.

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Ive killed alot more with a bow than with the other weapons, the only reason though is because thats the only time we can kill any amount of does where Im at.

 

[Football Hunter]

I kill several does with my bow each year,not sure on the total,but then fewer with the guns,cause I get much more selective that time of year,and just loose interest with the does.

 

[Spikes Tactical]

This post got me thinking. In the 14 years that I have been hunting I have only taken 9 deer.

5 bucks and 4 does.

6 on the with shotgun, 1 with bow, 1 with rifle and 1 with muzzle loader.

7 on private land and 2 and state land.

And 7 of the 14 years I have gone home empty handed and only doubled up twice.

 

[bowriter]

I have no idea exactly how many deer I have killed-well over 300 and probably closer to 400-but by far, the majority have been with a bow. For about 20 years, I hunted very little with anything else. Now I am back to shooting whatever I feel like when it is legal.

I will admit, I do get greater satisfaction from bow kills and then either mzl or rifle. But the real satisfaction comes in choosing the right stand site and hunting it correctly. If I do that, usually the actual shot is anticlimatic.

For me, the greatest thrill in deer hunting is to walk into a piece of timber I have never seen before and hang a stand in the right place, the first time and make the kill the first time I hunt it.

With elk, calling one into shooting range was the thrill. With mulies it was the stalk and with antelope, it was beating the heat and rattlers.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

For me, the greatest thrill in deer hunting is to walk into a piece of timber I have never seen before and hang a stand in the right place, the first time and make the kill the first time I hunt it.

Agreed!

 

[timberjack86]

For me, the greatest thrill in deer hunting is to walk into a piece of timber I have never seen before and hang a stand in the right place, the first time and make the kill the first time I hunt it.

Agreed!

Yep thats the best feeling in the world!

 

[birddog]

im not sure how many ive killed but i would guess most were killed with a bow. however every deer on my wall was killed with a bow. i have yet to kill a good deer with any type of fire arm.

 

[Headhunter]

I am at 135+ deer with a bow and I have killed more with shotgun, muzzleloader and rifle combined than I have with a bow.

Bow is my favorite by far.