Author Topic: Why I took up bow hunting (Read 4469 times)

halflife65 · « **on:** June 18, 2009, 04:17:45 PM »

One of my last years of rifle hunting - shortly before converting to bowhunting. I might cut off my finger with a broadhead but at least I won't slice my forehead open with a scope anymore.

Oh, before anyone asks, NO, I don't hunt with that thing in my ear. That's the thing you stick in your ear after you shoot a small buck so that you can tell your buddy to show up with a packboard and a box of Band-Aids and waste half a day getting your deer out - all the while whining that you just shot a little one. Oh well, it's payback for the many times that I was the pack mule.

Any similar stories out there?

BLKBEARKLR · « **Reply #1 on:** June 18, 2009, 05:01:26 PM »

Ouch. Nice deer though, sorry nothing to add as far as scope bites.

Joe

rasbo · « **Reply #2 on:** June 18, 2009, 05:54:51 PM »

two people Ive let shoot one of my guns have done that,they both looked just like that.

halflife65 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 18, 2009, 09:44:47 PM »

standard deer - I was just looking through photos today and found this. Remembered thinking that it was pretty funny (and I was pretty dumb) at the time. My hunting partner's first question was "did you shoot yourself or the deer?"

sandythebowtotenmama · « **Reply #4 on:** June 19, 2009, 08:42:32 AM »

Nice buck! At least bowhunting won't do that to your forehead:) You may slice your finger or bow slap your arm, but not your head:)

scudmaster · « **Reply #5 on:** June 19, 2009, 08:53:22 AM »

HAhaha too funny. I've been there, only at the range thouugh. Anyone who has been shooting scoped rifles for anytime as done something like that, makes for classic trophy pics though!

rosscrazyelk · « **Reply #6 on:** June 19, 2009, 10:52:45 AM »

I know two guys who did that too. One at the range and one moose hunting

SpokaneSlayer · « **Reply #7 on:** June 19, 2009, 10:55:25 AM »

I got myself with a buddy's 300 win mag. Never shot one before and haven't since. Funny thing was we were just about to leave for a readiness inspection in a couple days. I had a nice little mark for the whole thing. Had some giggles from guys that knew exactly what I did.

backwoods_boy · « **Reply #8 on:** June 19, 2009, 11:13:11 AM »

i still have a scar from my grandpas 30-06 first time i shot it punched me in the face and i had a trickle of blood go down my nose.
haha
good times

ICEMAN · « **Reply #9 on:** June 19, 2009, 01:06:13 PM »

Atleast you are smiling...

I have still yet to get scoped, ever....(knock on wood)....I shoot a 300 Ultramag and imagine the damage would be pretty good.... How do you guys do that?

addicted · « **Reply #10 on:** June 19, 2009, 01:09:57 PM »

funny pic

i think i'd take some scope bite for a good deer just about any day.

whacker1 · « **Reply #11 on:** June 19, 2009, 02:40:20 PM »

I did it in a situation where the sun was starting to set and was trying to get farther into the scope to minimize glare, but I just got myself bad enough to get a little black eye - no cut though.

WaltHenry · « **Reply #12 on:** June 19, 2009, 10:03:55 PM »

Both my brothers have done it. Hope it never happens to me. I would never live it down after all the crap I gave them.

7mag. · « **Reply #13 on:** June 19, 2009, 10:12:43 PM »

Boy, that's a really nice.........scope bite.

At least you hit the deer. Of course, from now on you're gonna' flinch every time you shoot a rifle.

shoot-em-dead · « **Reply #14 on:** June 19, 2009, 10:27:26 PM »

I never have been scoped like that but I did take a guy out that had never shot a rifle before. He kept telling me that he couldn't see anything through the scope. Then he says, "now I see the pop can". BOOM and down goes dads 30-30 lever action to the ground. Good lesson for anyone that is trying to teach someone how to shoot. Make sure their face isn't too close.

halflife65 · « **Reply #15 on:** June 19, 2009, 11:02:35 PM »

I thought that flinching might be a problem and put a muzzle brake on it. It's really load but it's just a puppy to shoot now. Great rifle - Tikka T3 .300WSM. I don't shoot it too often anymore since I mostly bowhunt, but I take it out every once in while when I save up about $1M for a box of ammo.

The saving grace was hitting the deer - because of that I just thought getting whacked by the scope was funny. If I had missed, it would have probably been the worst thing to ever happen to me and I would have cried about it for the rest of the hunting trip.

At least the only bandaids we had in camp were blue with Barney the dinasour on them. I got to walk around with that stuck on my forehead for a couple of days until I got back to town.

cle elum bowhunter · « **Reply #16 on:** June 22, 2009, 06:52:49 PM »

Have a little scar on my forehead from shooting my first scoped rifle when I was about 11 yo. Once I shook the cob webs off, all I cared about was the fact that I hit the bulls-eye. Lesson learned, the stock must be against your shoulder, not in your arm pit. That was 31 years ago, I bow hunt now also.

huntnphool · « **Reply #17 on:** June 22, 2009, 06:56:33 PM »

ouch

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