Bowhunting is not easy

[adk]

You can show restraint with a rifle just as well as you can with a bow. Just because a deer walks onto your corn pile, or past your lock on on a "game trail" on the way to your fancy "Tecomate plot", does not mean you have to shoot him/her. In either situation.

Get your head out of your ass. A dead deer is a dead deer. You arent some lord of hunting ethics just because you use a bow.

[WhitewaterDuck]

People who bow hunt think its the best most purest way to kil a deer. To me no one weapon makes me hunt any different. A lot of times I take a shotgun to my bowstand but I do what I got to do to kill the deer I'm after. But I must say the most difficult way to kil a deer is by shotgun down a road barely big enough for a truck to go down with 10 head of hounds running a swamp donkey at 35 mph.that beats my arrow going through a deer ANYDAY!

Man, I have to agree with you. I don't discriminate, and I will shoot a deer with a rifle in a heartbeat and proudly show him off and eat him with a smile, but I just don't get too excited about going to the woods with a rifle anymore. I'd rather sit with a bow and not get a shot. That might change if I have a year where I don't get any opportunities and its mid December, but I usually get enough action to keep me happy. I do, however, miss the good ol' days of dog driving. When we used to have 6500 to 10000 acres to hunt with thirty or fourty people and plenty of good beagles, a good crisp morning with several races going on and a killer lunch simmering at the clubhouse; that was hard to beat. I miss that action.

[LabLuvR]

Whitewater,

I'm with you two thousand percent. Matter of fact, I was just talking with a neighbor yesterday about the old days of dog driving. We both miss those days a lot. I enjoy still hunting, but I also miss the fellowship that came with dog driving. It's like we've lost a member of the family in the hunting world.

Upon looking back, the memories flood in with the excitement and fun I experienced in those good ol days. You simply don't get that with still hunting. The rides to the stand, the adrenaline rush as the dogs head to your stand deep in the woods, the meals and talk around the skinning shed are very much missed. The loss of dog driving is the probably the worst thing that has happened to hunting in my 52 year lifetime.

[2thDoc]

i, too, miss a good dog drive. I feel certain chessbay or trail n tree will take me this year.

that being said, this thread (now an astounding 3 pages) is about ME killing that ten point. Let's stay focused here.

[DUCK MASTER]

[LabLuvR]

If it ever happens then we will talk about your 10 point. No one believes it will, hence the change in direction of the thread.

Now about dog driving............

[badfaulkner]

in W Va or SC?


Nice buck with any weapon.

SC. Berkeley County (FMNF).

[Dook]

So jew kill that muther yet?

the ten point that is...

and Glenn - who has been lying to you?

[Catdaddy]

that being said, this thread (now an astounding 3 pages) is about ME killing that ten point. Let's stay focused here.

If you put another stand at the end of the plot,that's fine. I would still have the original stand there to.

Mature deer don't do the same thing everyday. He will come back by that stand soon, but the only way to kill him is to be there when he does.

[quack head 11]

i, too, miss a good dog drive. I feel certain chessbay or trail n tree will take me this year.

that being said, this thread (now an astounding 3 pages) is about ME killing that ten point. Let's stay focused here.

Flex them moderator muscles tooth

[buckpro]

he may not have a solid pattern but come the next couple of week he should develope one. I'm sure you did it but check moon, times of high tide, etc, something is there. Keep at it, you'll get him.

On another note, i never got into dog driving..But

There is nothing better than having a pile of does or a big buck jump up from in front of a horse.

[PBiz]

Word. I snipe deer off the ground at 5 to 50 yards with my benelli all the time.

The fact that I doghunt doens't make me better than others.

Being better looking, making more money and having a huge pecker does though.

:antiarchery:

I agree

[PBiz]

i, too, miss a good dog drive. I feel certain chessbay or trail n tree will take me this year.

that being said, this thread (now an astounding 3 pages) is about ME killing that ten point. Let's stay focused here.

NBK Pro Staff Tip of the Day - Step by step process

1. Grab your bow
2. Keep the wind in your face
3. Throw it down in the driveway
4. Let your wife back over it repeatadly
5. Take your rifle
6. Put one in the 10pt's ear
7. Flip him off and take his picture
8. Put your bow back together after he is dead
9. Try to chop the other "shooter" bucks to win the bowhunting
10. Rest alot and call me in the morning

[firemedic]

NBK Pro Staff Tip of the Day - Step by step process

1. Grab your bow
2. Keep the wind in your face
3. Throw it down in the driveway
4. Let your wife back over it repeatadly
5. Take your rifle
6. Put one in the 10pt's ear
7. Flip him off and take his picture
8. Put your bow back together after he is dead
9. Try to chop the other "shooter" bucks to win the bowhunting
10. Rest alot and call me in the morning

Or grab a .410 and a blank shell, chamber it, stuff some wadding down the barrel, followed by the arrow, aim shoot deer with arrow !!

Unless they are there nobody will know the difference

[jwilliams]

I agree

Not really my bidness, pbiz, but why are you all up on glenda argreeing with him bout the size of his noodle?
dat aint right.

[quack head 11]

Not really my bidness, pbiz, but why are you all up on glenda argreeing with him bout the size of his noodle?
dat aint right.

Because he facebooks

[PBiz]

During Eiffel Towers, sometimes you catch a glimpse of the other fellas weener. Kinda like football camp, shit just happens.

[2thDoc]

this thread has gone to hell

[badfaulkner]

this thread has gone to hell

It's the fault of all us SC fans. Riff raff.

[Riggs]

People who bow hunt think its the best most purest way to kil a deer. To me no one weapon makes me hunt any different. A lot of times I take a shotgun to my bowstand but I do what I got to do to kill the deer I'm after. But I must say the most difficult way to kil a deer is by shotgun down a road barely big enough for a truck to go down with 10 head of hounds running a swamp donkey at 35 mph.that beats my arrow going through a deer ANYDAY!

You're right. That is the toughest way to shoot a deer and I love to dog hunt but I love the build up leading to a shot of any archery hunt. It's like fore play.