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 Re: Bow Kill vs. Gun Kill?
[Re: DeerKilla]
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11/10/10 07:26 PM
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Bud1
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I bought my bow two years ago. I made a decision at the time of purchase that the first deer I would take, would be a trophy to me! Last season I had a mature 8+pt come in. I never got an oppurtunity for a "resposible" shot before the deer made off. Now if I would have had my rifle, I would have had several opportunities that I definately would have a BBD. Now I have had several opportunities for doe and small bucks with the bow, but I have not taken the shot, do to my decision when I purchaced the bow. So if anything, I have gone the opposite direction, there are deer I would take with a rifle, that I have passed on with my bow. So it goes both ways!
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Re: Bow Kill vs. Gun Kill?
[Re: Bud1]
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11/10/10 08:21 PM
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BowSlayer
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I bought my bow two years ago. I made a decision at the time of purchase that the first deer I would take, would be a trophy to me! Last season I had a mature 8+pt come in. I never got an oppurtunity for a "resposible" shot before the deer made off. Now if I would have had my rifle, I would have had several opportunities that I definately would have a BBD. Now I have had several opportunities for doe and small bucks with the bow, but I have not taken the shot, do to my decision when I purchaced the bow. So if anything, I have gone the opposite direction, there are deer I would take with a rifle, that I have passed on with my bow. So it goes both ways! There is a big difference in passing on a buck and never getting a shot at him.....
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Re: Bow Kill vs. Gun Kill?
[Re: BowSlayer]
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11/10/10 09:43 PM
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cuthand1
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She was coming to a feeder! Deer are always spookier around feeders! Guys at work wanted some meat so I needed to thin some does on this place and killed her at the feeder. No scouting at all except were to put the ladder stand so I would not be detected and make the kill at 15 yards.
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Re: Bow Kill vs. Gun Kill?
[Re: cuthand1]
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11/10/10 10:40 PM
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OkieDokie
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It is also easier pass on smaller bucks or pass on does if you are in a target rich enviroment, but if you have hunted for a month and haven't even seen a deer because of low herd density, that small buck will look pretty good. Now if you join a lease and the rules state that you can't kill bucks under a certain size, then you need to follow the lease rules. Now a hunter new to hunting with a bow will probably miss his first shot anyway. 
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Re: Bow Kill vs. Gun Kill?
[Re: DeerKilla]
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11/11/10 12:44 AM
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Buckshot_Burton
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Im not gonna shoot a small deer because its "with a bow"
that logic is dumb to me. Every deer I ever shot with a gun I would have shot with a bow, vice versa
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