Are you a new convert or have you always been one?

[Jonathan_S]

Am I new convert or have I always been a convert?  How can you always have been a convert?   

I switched for longer opportunities.   

[daradke]

I switched for longer season and less people out there. Besides I'm a redhead and orange doesn't look good on me 

[bankwalker]

I've been a archery hunter since day 1. But I switch back and forth between archery and modern firearm deer hunting. Depending on if I have a new rifle or bow that year, who my hunting buddy is that year, or where I decide my hunting grounds will be.

Im Always a archery elk hunter though. Tried modern once and it just wasn't my cup of tea.

[The scout]

archery hunted till they shortend the seasons,virtually taking them out of the rut,now i just hunt deer here and go out of state for deer and elk

[GregE]

STay young at heart as long as you can Rad.  My new knee works great-  fused back not so much.

[BABackcountryBwhntr]

Told my dad I wanted to hunt when I was 11, he said " your going to bowhunt then as rifle hunting is not hunting" his words lol.. he bought me a boy and I killed my first deer at 12 on my first day hunting, been obsessed ever since... I have killed 4 deer and a elk with a rifle and it def is not the same.... I even have a bowhunter sleeve on my left arm.

[BlacktailBowhunter]

I started rifle hunting at 18 in 1988, but I had no idea what I was doing and just drove around hoping a deer would show itself.

In 1990 at 20 I followed the advice of a hunting article and called in a toe head with a grunt tube and fawn bleat. I was shaking so bad I shot the buck in the front leg joint and he started screaming. It was blood curteling and not a good experience. I had happend to pick up a Martin Tiger bow a couple of months earlier from a garage sale and after the broken leg incident, I decided to switch to archer and never looked back.

I did hunt 1 season with a rifle in 2003 when i had no time to practice archery that year.

I also rifle hunt Bear in Oregon, and Antelope with in Wyoming.

It will make you a better hunter and force you to learn how to use the wind, terrain, slow down movement, stand hunt, blind hunt, and overall you need a lot of patience.