Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Shooting and Hunting => Topic started by: barefootbowhunter on September 15, 2011, 12:29:44 pm
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whats your favorite critter to bowhunt and why? for me i hunt anything i can eat, so theres alot of choices but silently stalking rainforest blacktails, selfbow in hand is what i live for
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barefoot....
Here in northern Michigan my favorite is whitetails for big game (Moose and Elk are on a lottery system so I'm too old to get all excited about that happening). But I also enjoy huntin cotton tails and in a pinch jack-rabbits....hunt off of cross country skis or "shoes" that's a real kick. Also I agree with you about the eatin part with the exception of Coyotes and Fox I hunt them to help with the turkeys and grouse. Also have limited experience with Turkey huntin with my bow, and that's a real hoot, along with squirrels.
rich
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i gotta ask are you huntin with those shortbows you build. i have a severe fetish for shortbows
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Whitetail also here in the south, Ilike to hunt small game also ,just do a lot more shooting than killing when it comes to small game. ;) :) :)
Pappy
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If it's spring my favorite is turkeys......if it's fall then deer!! 8) ;)
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So far I've only had a chance to hunt blacktail in the coast range but I'm dreaming of a coastal elk hunt. Joel
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bunny wabbits and squealers. I will hammer a yote ifn I get a chance.Ron
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Tree Rats. Fun to hunt, lots of shots, good eating ,quick to clean and easy to get permission to hunt.
Lane
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White-tail deer, although hearing a bull elk bugle surrounded by the beautiful Rocky Mountains gives me a feeling like no other!
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Rabbits, we can hunt them year round, and hogs, same kind of season.
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Deer first, but there are more opportunities to hunt hogs for sure.
George
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Hogs HOGS Hogs...Drool Drool Drool.
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It has always been deer for me. I've only hunted elk twice and if I ever had the chance to get close to one I know my preference would change...but that is a big if! ;)
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Mountain lions. Ain't even drawn on one yet, much less treed one, but it's had my heart rate up in the "stroke zone" several times.
No dogs allowed for hunting cats here, so I cut trail in fresh snow early in the morning by driving along backroads. When I find trail, I park, grab a backpack with a serious load of survival gear, my bow, and three broadheaded arrows and start chasing along the track as fast as I can go. The idea is to pressure the cat into running, getting mad, and treeing up. Once treed, you can stop long enough to string the bow, nock an arrow and take a shot. Until then, there is no pausing for breath or resting, pushpushpush. I used to try to run 'em with a strung bow, broke a bow and several bowstrings.
I've given up on two cats and lost trails on a few more. It's really tough when you are at the point that you gotta break it off...cuz now you gotta find your way back to your vehicle. AND there is no adrenaline kick to help you back!
That and hunting cottontails, never get tired of that!
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dam jw thats some rowdy stuff ive never even heard of hunting cats without dogs let alone with a bow i would hunt with you in a heart beat. i myself consider cougers to be a sacred hunter with his silent steps and extreme knowledge of his home, prey, and anyone who enters his realm. i have been stalked by this great hunter on many occasions and only knew from his tracks being in my tracks. i await my chance to look the mighty hunter in the eyes with bow in my hand and nature do the rest
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I still don't know if I can take the shot IF/WHEN I ever get one treed. It will be something that I will have to decide at that very moment.
Remember, so far I have yet to actually SEE a cat while hunting. Think of it as forced march thru heavy cover and steep hills with poor footing and nasty cold weather while carrying a 25# rucksack, a bow, and a handfull of dangerously sharp arrows. Don't sound so fun now does it?
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It's been bucks for me sence I was 8 or 9 I just turned 50 on the 17 th. Nows it's mature bucks with a self bow, gobblers comeing in a close second for the last 21 years.