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...My biggest reservation has and continues to be the number of animals I see wounded and not recovered....
GWB
... I know gun hunters also wound and don't recover occasionally BUT IMObervations the % is higher than archers. Ditto that. My hunting buddy has, to my knowledge, never lost an animal he shot with a rifle. Most I�ve watched went straight down with the notable exception of a cow elk he neck shot � she made it 120-150 yards. By contrast, he has poked several deer with an arrow and not recovered any of them.
Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!
No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.
A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.
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Campfire Ranger
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Bow hunting, or archery in general, is a damn disease worse than any rifle affliction.
Broadheads, sights, rests, releases, shafts, feathers/vanes in whatever shape......
Then the fuggin bow seems outdated by the time you get your string broke in!
You go to sell a three year old bow and its worth a third of what ya paid for it.
Hell, just thinking about it, my wallets starting to squeal.
Unless you go trad........
Have fun Lt!
“Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
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I don't get caught up in that "newest and best" archery thing. My Hoyt is probably 5 years old and I use Muzzy broadheads. Kills them quick if I take my time. When I was younger I wounded a few deer. One really made me sick. I shot to far and it hit a buck right above the knee on a front leg. Cut it clean off and deer limped away. Man I felt sick after that. Thought about quitting. I was 17 probably. I know when to shoot and when not to now. Sure do see alot of deer during bow season
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Campfire Tracker
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Committing myself to bowhunting...they're in the classifieds. I will take the gold plated, ivory handled, Jimenez 25acp with "bad mutherphuker" scrolled on it.
Last edited by rkamp; 06/19/13.
"Knowledge is good"
� Emil Faber
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I love bowhunting. Although, when I can start throwing "HOT LED" I put those sticks down.
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Campfire Ranger
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I know you're correct...but as a cop, it actually behooves me to buy new guns! Yup. Tax write off....training expense
The government plans these shootings by targeting kids from kindergarten that the government thinks they can control with drugs until the appropriate time--DerbyDude
Whatever. Tell the oompa loompa's hey for me. [/quote]. LtPPowell
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Campfire Ranger
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Are you going to keep at least 1?
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Sweet Jesus, people [bleep] baffle me.
"Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"
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