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

[BOWHUNTER45]

I was born with a bow in my hand  Seriously though being from PA and growing up on some of the best farm land known to man we always were bowhunters in our family ...I started out with a little 25 lb fiber glass bow and wooden arrows ... I would hunt chipmunks and squirrels when I was still in diapers  I was seriously deadly with that bow and then the rest was history from there ...Nothing better than being an avid bowhunter ....Takes patients -skill and woodsmenship to become Robinhood 

[lokidog]

I rifle/shotgun hunted my first two years at 12 and 13.  At 14, I got a bow.  Luckily, where I grew up, I could hunt during archery (mid Sep. to Dec. 30) AND during the "rifle" season for deer and shoot more than one.

I have only rifle hunted one year in WA for elk, the rest of the time I hunt (when I can) for them is with a bow.  I chose to archery hunt for elk when I first came west (OR) because of the longer seasons and getting to hunt during the rut.

[Bofire]

  Hunted all three  ways, killed deer and elk with Bow. Now just hunt modern rifle. Like it best.
Carl

[7mmfan]

I have hunted both archery and rifle. Hunted strictly archery for 5 or 6 years and now hunt archery deer and rifle elk but have thought about switching those two and doing rifle deer and archery elk next year...? I like to blend the two so that I can have the opportunity to hunt something from September 1 - December 31 without buying the multiseason tag.

For those that say they don't see the challenge in shooting an animal at 200 yards, then DON'T. I have shot one animal in WA with a rifle that was further than 50 yards. I killed my elk this year with my 7 mag at no more than 30 yards. The more I hunt, the more I appreciate the fact that when I squeeze the trigger on an animal at 50 yards, they aren't going anywhere but down right there.

Getting away from hunters isn't on my radar either because there are very few where I go, and many of those spots are within an hour of my house. Don't have to go far to get deep   

[GregE]

I started shooting bows in the early 1950s but rifle hunted with family and friends until 1975 when i got my first two deer with a bow.  I haven't hunted big game with a rifle since.

[timmyjake]

I have rifle hunted, but hunting with a bow is much more fun to me. And you can shoot your bow many thousands of time during the year. After about ten shots with a big game rifle like a 7 mag, your shoulder starts to get sore! 

[Wanttohuntmore]

Do all three, or four if you include pistols...  I archery elk hunt to get away from the pumpkins....  I still like using rifles though.  Took my deer with a pistol this year.  Still need to get an elk to keep my streak going!  Getting nervous about that though!

[PolarBear]

I shot competitively both long range rifle and pistol for many years.  Modern deer hunting got boring and not much of a challenge especially in open country so I switched to archery and was much happier.  I HAD to hunt deer with my rifle in 2007 when I had major back surgery and hated every minute of it.  I wound up putting away my rifle and picking up my shotgun.  There is no better feeling than killing a buck or bull that is close enough to look into it's eyes.  My favorite modern firearm kill of all time was the 3 point blacktail that I belly crawled over 200 yards through salal and waist deep grass to get him with one shot form my old side by side Stevens 12 gauge at 20 feet.

[RadSav]

I started shooting bows in the early 1950s but rifle hunted with family and friends until 1975 when i got my first two deer with a bow.  I haven't hunted big game with a rifle since.

Wow.  And I feel like the old fart around here with all the locals calling me "Old School".  I'm a young punk in comparison

[carpsniperg2]

I started because of the challenge but also had friends hunting archery. I am 26 but have been shooting a bow of some kind since I could walk.

[KFhunter]

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[mjgentile]

As my dad put it "I don't like going out there with the drunken Orange Army"

[coxral]

Got my 1st bow, 5# Fg-LB, at age 5. Used to make our own outta vine maple, string, and twigs for arrows and leaves for vanes. Been shoot'n bows most of my life. Prefer Traditional, have hunted with Compounds a couple times. Rifle hunted the early years with Dad, Mom, and Brothers.

[scotsman]

The last time I hunted with a rifle was in Vietnam Nam. There are too many reasons to explain why I bowhunt.... Build my own bows and arrows.... Hunting not just killing... Opening day is QUIET in the woods.... Although I hunt purely traditional I happily share my camp with any ethical hunter regardless of what their weapon preference is...

[buckbuck]

Anyone can shoot an animal with a gun. Takes a true hunter to take one with a bow..... scent control, shooting range.... IMHO..just say'n.

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