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What was your reason for becoming an Archery Hunter?

You've always been an Archery hunter.
41 (32.3%)
You switched to Archery for the season length and or opportunities.
24 (18.9%)
You switched to Archery to get away from the "Pumpkin Patch"
19 (15%)
You switched to Archery to further challenge yourself as a hunter.
18 (14.2%)
You choose different weapons on different years based on how you feel that particular year.
25 (19.7%)

Total Members Voted: 127

Author Topic: Are you a new convert or have you always been one?  (Read 6906 times)

Offline Jonathan_S

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Re: Are you a new convert or have you always been one?
« Reply #30 on: November 22, 2013, 06:17:41 PM »
Am I new convert or have I always been a convert?  How can you always have been a convert?   :chuckle:

I switched for longer opportunities.   :tup:
Kindly do not attempt to cloud the issue with too many facts.

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Re: Are you a new convert or have you always been one?
« Reply #31 on: November 22, 2013, 09:13:20 PM »
I switched for longer season and less people out there. Besides I'm a redhead and orange doesn't look good on me  :chuckle:

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Re: Are you a new convert or have you always been one?
« Reply #32 on: November 23, 2013, 08:36:42 AM »
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.

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Re: Are you a new convert or have you always been one?
« Reply #33 on: November 23, 2013, 08:45:08 AM »
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

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Re: Are you a new convert or have you always been one?
« Reply #34 on: November 26, 2013, 12:13:55 PM »
STay young at heart as long as you can Rad.  My new knee works great-  fused back not so much.
Keep 'em Straight!!! (and quiet)

Greg

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Re: Are you a new convert or have you always been one?
« Reply #35 on: November 26, 2013, 06:16:18 PM »
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.

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Re: Are you a new convert or have you always been one?
« Reply #36 on: November 28, 2013, 09:53:54 AM »
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.
Join a credible hunting organization, participate in it, and take a kid hunting. Member of most hunting organizations.

 


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