Shoot2Kill
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: GregBickal</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I hear this all the time up here in MN because the gun season is so "short" - that's what the gun hunters say - if you want more time in the woods then start bowhunting or get a muzzleloader and hunt the early or late season. You have a lot more options that just gun season and don't have to wait a full year for the next gun season to come around. </div></div>
As for me bowhunting, I have a torn rotator cuff injury, so don't know as I could do it. Crossbow sure, but Bow Hunting and Shotgun hunting are as different as Catfishing versus Bassfishing.
If I am having trouble taking a deer with a shotgun, what makes you think I would be sucessful with a Bow or Muzzleloader...Jeez... Let me get proficient with one method of hunting before I try to expand my skills.
Bowhunters get 2 full months to hunt, shotgunners only gets 1 week. How is that fair? I think they need to merge the shotgun season into 1 season, and have it 3 weeks long. Maybe that would also spread the hunters out a little more and there wouldnt be such a rush.
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Um - yeah.
You're preaching to a site predominately made up of bow hunters -bow hunters who also gun hunt because they can - but asking how it is "fair" that bowhunters get a longer season isn't going to help you get your point across. It sounds like you just started deer hunting - sit back and learn before you go complaining about things that are "fair". You'll see why things are done the way they are if you hang out here long enough.
I didn't say you were inproficient with the gun, not everyone kills a deer every season every year out, it's hunting, it happens, it's no big deal. How would bow or muzzleloader hunting help you? It would give you much more time in the woods to help you become a more proficient hunter overall. You have much more time to actually learn about deer and their habits when you're hunting an animal that is not being chased by an army of orange.
I know a few bowhunters with rotator injuries - you start small, build it back up, heck, you only need to be able to draw a bow with 30lb draw weight now days to harvest a deer - and with the let offs that bows have you could make it happen.
Anyway - this got off topic.....I'm in agreement with later season not doing much good overall - jkratz hit the nail on the head, but if it gets approved and you get to go, good luck to you.
As for me bowhunting, I have a torn rotator cuff injury, so don't know as I could do it. Crossbow sure, but Bow Hunting and Shotgun hunting are as different as Catfishing versus Bassfishing.
If I am having trouble taking a deer with a shotgun, what makes you think I would be sucessful with a Bow or Muzzleloader...Jeez... Let me get proficient with one method of hunting before I try to expand my skills.
Bowhunters get 2 full months to hunt, shotgunners only gets 1 week. How is that fair? I think they need to merge the shotgun season into 1 season, and have it 3 weeks long. Maybe that would also spread the hunters out a little more and there wouldnt be such a rush.
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Um - yeah.
You're preaching to a site predominately made up of bow hunters -bow hunters who also gun hunt because they can - but asking how it is "fair" that bowhunters get a longer season isn't going to help you get your point across. It sounds like you just started deer hunting - sit back and learn before you go complaining about things that are "fair". You'll see why things are done the way they are if you hang out here long enough.
I didn't say you were inproficient with the gun, not everyone kills a deer every season every year out, it's hunting, it happens, it's no big deal. How would bow or muzzleloader hunting help you? It would give you much more time in the woods to help you become a more proficient hunter overall. You have much more time to actually learn about deer and their habits when you're hunting an animal that is not being chased by an army of orange.
I know a few bowhunters with rotator injuries - you start small, build it back up, heck, you only need to be able to draw a bow with 30lb draw weight now days to harvest a deer - and with the let offs that bows have you could make it happen.
Anyway - this got off topic.....I'm in agreement with later season not doing much good overall - jkratz hit the nail on the head, but if it gets approved and you get to go, good luck to you.