Any Bow hunters here?

[justfishin]

I have been here awhile and have not heard much about bow hunting. I am a PSE guy myself and next to fishing I love to bow hunt for whitetail. I love being in the stand behind my house and seeing all the wildlife. Its like they are almost used to me being up there. I see a lot of neat things come around the stand like Coyotes, Mink, Foxes, Turkeys, etc. Anyone else? I have noticed from previous post that there seems to be quite a few in here that don't take kindly to hunting, and thats fine, to each his own, I just wanted to know if anyone else bow hunted.  

[Fish Man]

i just started bow hunting this past year.im not all that strong so i couldnt pull the required weight.cant wait till this year when i hopfully get a new bow,right now im using my brothers old one and cant get a nicer one until i get a little bit bigger.its alot of fun tho.havent taken anything but have had a few close encounters an shotguun hunting is no comparison

[56 crestliner]

Yea i bow hunt, i find myself to be a Fred Bear person. I also love to hunt whitetail with bow we dont have many turkey around here but there has been plenty of times i have wanted to stick a coyote but im afaraid that the one will come in as soon as i stand to shoot.

[frogtog]

Been Bow hunting for a long long time. Fred Bear tought me how to shoot in 1971

I don't even use a gun anymore. I just draw down with my 70# Matthews. 8-)

[telecaster]

I use to work at an archery shop and hunted and shot 3-d for many years, Then I got married, moved and just kinda lost interest in the  sport . Recently(a couple years ago) I got back into it. Talk about a differance in equipment in 20 somthing years.back then 240fps was very quick now they dont even talk fast till yuor over 300. I bought a used Hoyt Viper its a few years old but it s a good shooting bow,If I were to buy a new one I think still Hoyt maybe an Ultra or Pro tech. A buddy of mine,who's quite a shooter in 3-d land,gets sponser bows from Hoyt, so he's sellin a Pearson all set-up Extreem sight,quick-tune,and a stabalizer system (Doinker I think).He only wants 400bucks for it I couldnt buy the sight for that cheap

[Root beer]

My dad, brother, and I all have a bow and a crossbow. But we never go hunting with it. We just hang out in yard and shoot at the target all day lol. But I've been meaning to try hunt with it, but never got around to it, mainly because I dont have time go get a hunters education license. I would like to try it one day. Maybe next season. I know someone with private land.

Anyway my bow setup is kind of old it a fred bear bow from 97 or 98. I'm 17 it was my first bow it got a #60 draw I dont know how many FPS, it not that good lol. I think my next bow will be a PSE.

[Ky_Lake_Dude]

I just got a bow after this past deer season and plan on hunting this year. Its about 50-55 lb draw weight.

[edbassmaster]

I just bought a bow this year but I have not been out yet. Problem is, I dont know much about it and I dont know anyone around here that hunts. Last year all I watched 24-7 was hunting shows ( bow only ) and fishing shows. Hopefully this coming season I will go. Im only interested in bow, I like the challenge and it gives the deer a better chance I think. Missing the deer is just like missing that 5 lber...its part of the fun. Oh yeah, the only game here in Philly is bums and drug dealers.

[telecaster]

I just bought a bow this year but I have not been out yet. Problem is, I dont know much about it and I dont know anyone around here that hunts. Last year all I watched 24-7 was hunting shows ( bow only ) and fishing shows. Hopefully this coming season I will go. Im only interested in bow, I like the challenge and it gives the deer a better chance I think. Missing the deer is just like missing that 5 lber...its part of the fun. Oh yeah, the only game here in Philly is bums and drug dealers.

            Do you have anyplace you can go shoot?Did you buy the bow at an archery shop,so its all set-up to fit you and have the right arrows? This stuff is pretty important if you expect to be able to hit anything. aslo like learning a baitcasting reel practice,practice.practice 8-)

[SPEEDBEAD.]

I just bought a bow this year but I have not been out yet. Problem is, I dont know much about it and I dont know anyone around here that hunts. Last year all I watched 24-7 was hunting shows ( bow only ) and fishing shows. Hopefully this coming season I will go. Im only interested in bow, I like the challenge and it gives the deer a better chance I think. Missing the deer is just like missing that 5 lber...its part of the fun. Oh yeah, the only game here in Philly is bums and drug dealers.

Some of the best deer hunting in PA is in the areas surrounding Philly. I have talked to DCNR guys from my county that said the state will literally recruit people to go into the area to harvest deer, there are that many. Granted, a lot of that comes from "Richy Riches" in the area that dont want the deer to eat their precious flowers in the yard....

As for bow hunting....ABSOLUTELY!!!!!  I have a Browning Mirage that is a tack driver.  Well, last year, that was until you put a live animal in front of me. I couldnt hit the broad side of a barn last year. A few tweaks and I should be back up to form this year.

Wayne

[Siebert Outdoors]

Bow hunting is my second passion right next to fishing.  Its an experience like no other hunting IMO.  Rifle hunting just isnt the same.

[edbassmaster]

I actually bought the bow and everything else from Dicks. The guy that worked with me is an avid bow hunter and told me to bring it in any Sunday and he will fit me and also said he could spend a couple hours with me. Thats pretty cool, I just saw him last week and I will be taking the bow in real soon. I can shoot in my moms back yard. It backs to woods and an open field.

[flechero]

I'm a stickbow guy.  Recurves, longbows and selfbows.  Made several of my hunting bows and make my arrows... thus the nickname flechero.

[burleytog]

Have a bow, get it out every summer and spend a month shooting in the yard, then once bow season gets here I never have time to get out.

[M_Fields.]

I enjoy it alot.  I have a Bow Tech Tomcat and it is a sweet little set up.  I have not been able to get out and hunt as much as I would like.  Due to a 3 year tour to Germany and the tours to the wild, wild West.  Hopefully this year I will be able to spend some in the woods.

M_Fields

[RecMar8541]

I have a bow, but I dont hunt.  I just target shoot with it.  not competition, just for fun.  I shoot a stalker.

[zara spook]

A few years ago my buddies got me back into it and now I can't stay out of the woods in October!! :D

[bassboy1]

I have shot bows for a while.  Or at least untill about 3 years ago when we moved to the city.  Didn't have the time or space to shoot here.  I would really like to be able to shoot again, and have been wanting to be able to hunt, but right now we don't have the time or money.

[SPEEDBEAD.]

A few years ago my buddies got me back into it and now I can't stay out of the woods in October!! :D

Or off your back porch in your underwear......

I will never forget that call.

[Guest the_muddy_man]

Re: Any Bow hunters here? Actually I went  bow hunting for the first time all I found were knots

[Mobydick]

Yup, I bow hunt to. I love it, although I havn't killed one yet. I hit a doe my first year. I like to shoot for fun also, 3D shoots are the best. I have a Grizzly Supreme bow with a set of carbon force 300 arrows.

And for those of you who have PSE bows. You should know what that stands for right: Poor Shooting Equipment.

                                                                     THE NUCLEAR PHYSICIST

[Gatorbassman]

I started bow hunting when I was 12 years old. My dad wouldn't let me hunt with a rifle untill I was 14 so I asked him to buy my a bow. I ended up shooting my first four deer with that little thing. Now I am hooked. I have been doing it for 20 years now and I still love it.

[RecMar8541]

When I was a kid one of our neighbors was a czech.  I guess firearms there were terribly expensive, and he hunted everything with a bow.  I mean everything.  We were avid pheasant hunters then, and he used to go with us.  He could keep up pretty well.  He used an arrow called a fluflu I think.  Very wide feathers, short speed was great, but definitly not long range as the arrows ran out of inerta pretty fast.

Starting off my dad told me to hold back a bit, in order for him to have a chance at the birds.  That soon proved unwise, as he was every bit as fast as we were.  I dont know what ever happened to him, but, we sure enjoyed some great times hunting together, he was also devistating on rabbit.

[GatorBK]

Yep I bowhunt and I hunt on the ground , I usually hunt the mountains of NC and its so steep in a few of the areas I hunt,  a tree stand isnt really needed . I love it and it gives me a much longer hunting season than just rifle. I would love to take a black bear with my bow. In NC the bow deer season and bear season run at the same time.

[flyphisher #]

Country boy, thanks for insulting the bows, some of us shoot :....you Sound like a real expert on the subject, yet you havent killed a deer yet....you should fit in well with the majority here.... :

I would bet I can outshoot you with my Poor shooting Equipment....

Used to bow hunt alot......now i am still fishing when bow season comes around....Looking for a deal on a bowfishing set-up though.....Oconee has some trophy gar now Saw one spawning this year that was a good 4-5ft and 3ft or so in diameter.

Kill a coyote with a bow and you have done something....One of the smartest animals I have encountered....Hope yall are taking them out to, when you do see them... There used to be a mexican that worked on a farm near here that would buy them for non-food purposes :-?