why should I not wanna learn to archery hunt for next year???

[backwoods_boy]

 
you get a way longer season, early and late seasons.
better options at hunting, not spike only.....
hunt during the rut.
much more of an experience of the hunt with a bow??
better chance to stalk elk without bullets flying.??
maybe less people hunting?

im just thinking about next year already, go figure....
the more and more i think about it i think i want to dive into bow hunting.
i just think that it might be more of my game and it might be more personal than a rifle.
YOUR THOUGHTS?

[.54 THUNDERHAWK]

Has crossed my mind as well...many times.  Being a muzzleloader on the west-side you don't get many options for units to hunt.  The options much more available for archery.   All though its hard to give up the camaraderie of your hunting partners.  Sometimes its not about the hunt but just touching base with the fellas.

[backwoods_boy]

oh trust me i know all about that.
well what we would do is my dad brother and i would all make the switch.
that is really the only guys i want to hunt with until i start my own camp in my 30's ;-)

[waoutdoorsman]

I archery hunt elk and go rifle for deer. But next year i may go archery deer and rifle elk.
I have never harvested an animal with my bow, but i have been within my "comfort zone" on a cow elk, and i would have had a great shot if i could have seen her through the vegetation-she was about 20 yards away. But i tell you what, the rush of the stalk and being that close to an animal, hearing sounds you usually dont hear while rifle hunting (the animal eating, breathing ect) was quite an experience. the seasons are pretty sweet too, but archery hunting requires  A TON OF HOURS at the range compared to rifle, and can be rather expensive, and if you screw your arm or shoulder up, your season goes down the drain. I find myself to be more patient and perhaps a better rifle hunter with the lessons ive learned in my humble two years of archery elk hunting.

[SpokaneSlayer]

This was my first year archery hunting (drew a multi-season tag) and I loved it.  Mostly hunted from a ground blind and was closer to the animals than I had ever been before.  Also saw more deer than I have in the previous 2 seasons combined.  I will probably straight archery hunt next year.

[backwoods_boy]

Thats the whole reasons i got back into hunting was to get close to the animals and experience nature to the fullest.
i think i will look into getting a bow.
plus you can practice year round and not have to go to the range.
get a bail of hay and start flinging them arrows.
i really am going to start to think heavily about archery hunting next year
thanks guys

[Antlershed]

get a bail of hay and start flinging them arrows.

An arrow will pass through hay and into the side of your barn, btw. Don't ask how I know. 

Anyway, I switched to archery this year and I only got out one day elk hunting the early season, but it was a lot of fun trying to get that close and just being in the woods that time of the year. My only problem is my dad and most of my buddies rifle hunt, so I'm not sure what I'm gonna do next year.

[backwoods_boy]

ha ha ha
ok ill get one of those cube thingys
into the barn huh ha ha

[HawkenBob]

Hunting with a bow or ML is all about getting close and personal. Once that Bull gets in range and or closer even but still has no idea your there, thats the payoff. For me I could shoot or not shoot. Or just shoot it with my 30D.

The meat and rack is nice but being able to trick that huge beast in is the addrenaline in my book.

If my left wrist was better, Id get a bow. It just cant take the rigors of over and over practice. Hense the Hawken 50.

[MichaelJ]

I've hunted archery the last two years, this year I went back to Modern to do the Sept high buck hunt...  I then hunted the general season and really remembered why I went archery in the first place!!!  Even though it was october I seen way more deer the previous two seasons with archery tackle and even stuck a doe my first year!  I love archery can't wait for next year!!!

Michael

[jadeball1]

Well, it aint easy, it will test your patience, it requires alot of practice, and you will get so close to animals that you wont be able to shoot, it will make you cry. Other than that, its alot of fun, and you should give it a try! 

[backwoods_boy]

i think i can also attribute some of my feeling towards watching every single primos big bull video they have. and seeing how close they get and how worked up they get i can only imagine.

[MichaelJ]

The first time you slice an animal with archer tackle will blow your mind!!!

Very surreal feeling shooting something with archery tackle for me anyways...

Michael

[Antlershed]

I've hunted archery the last two years, this year I went back to Modern to do the Sept high buck hunt...  I then hunted the general season and really remembered why I went archery in the first place!!! 

That's what I'm afraid of if I go modern next year. I think I will just put in for multi-season and see what happens.

I also still have the late hunt to do, and I'm gonna stick a doe given the opportunity since I've never shot anything with a bow either. I have a feeling that may make me change my mind completely.

[backwoods_boy]

yeah i think i will be hooked..
i think i will buy myself a bow for xmas and see how it feels.
i just want to get close to the animals and call em in during the rut instead of chase them around and duck from flying bullets