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Just wandering if anybody out there bow hunts all season long. The more and more I get into bow hunting, the less I want to hunt with a gun. I haven't taken my muzzleloader out of its case since I cleaned it last year. I probably won't break out my high power either. I've always quit bow hunting the day it ends and picked up the ML, then gun. This will be the first year I bow hunt all year. Just wondering if anybody else is ate up with the bug as bad as me.
 
My family eats about 3 deer a year. So, once I can get that feat accomplished I'm open to hunting the rest of the year with the bow - I still love the whack! Only thing that might stop me is if I know I'm hunting where I've seen or know of mature buck(s) in the area, then I still need all the help I can get to reach out and touch someone.
 
I have one spot I can hunt with a bow only so I will be hunting there all season with the bow and possibly also on a bow-only WMA. but as for Yanahli and my Williamsport quota hunts I will be putting lead into deer.
 
If I kill one or two early I will stay bow all year, but if I need to get some meat in the freezer I'll grab the handy dandy rifle.
 
I bow hunt through mzl and bow hunt most evenings during rifle. I usually take a gun up the tree with me too though just in case ol' mossy rack walks by out of range.
 
I have bow only hunted for the last 3 years only because we only had spots that are small and could not use firearms. This year we have a couple spots that we can use them so I will lay the bow down while hunting those spots.
 
Bowhunting is my favorite but I'm not to the point of using it all season, love my muzzleloader and rifle still
 
NateUK said:
I bow hunt all season. I don't have any desire to hunt with a gun.
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Same here , no desire to hunt with a firearm , now I do enjoy shooting them , just not hunt with him.
 
bow huntin till gun then muzzleloader but no gun an accurate shot at 400 yds can kill deer in the right hands. bow 30 yds muzzy 75 yds
 
Bow for me too...wife has taken over my ML. It wouldn't have done me any good though even if I had been hunting with the ML, as that great transition period has evidently taken place. All the deer I had been seeing early on, have vanished, and now people are seeing deer that in the early season, weren't seeing anything. I've not seen a deer in my last 4 hunts.
 
I have Bowhunted exclusively for the past 6 years or so . It can be frustrating as much as rewarding . This year has tested my dedication to bowhunting as I have actually thought about hanging it up for good , yet I stick it out in hopes of a tougher , yet more rewarding experience in the end .
 

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