POLL - How many have you harvested with a bow and arrow?

russ · #1 03-22-2008, 08:36 AM

How many Big Game animals have you harvested with a bow and arrow? (eg, moose, elk, bear, whitetail, muley's, antelope, etc.)

mud slug · #2 03-22-2008, 08:40 AM

whitetail doe - 05
mullie buck forkhorn - 07

Duk Dog · #3 03-22-2008, 09:38 AM

One mulie buck in '06, see my avatar.

Albertabowhunter · #4 03-22-2008, 10:24 AM

Average about 4 Big game animals per season over 12 years of Big game hunting, all with the bow....

russ · #5 03-22-2008, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Albertabowhunter

Average about 4 Big game animals per season over 12 years of Big game hunting, all with the bow....

wow, what a pace. I'll never keep up! Then again, there's only 2 of us in the house now so the freezer fills quicker than I'd like it too! Last year I finished on the 21st of September.

Just realized, I didn't put an option for zero! Can a mod add that one?

gunslinger · #6 03-22-2008, 12:23 PM

whitetail doe-06

hope my luck is better this year

gube · #7 03-22-2008, 02:16 PM

Just under a dozen Moose
1/2 a dozen elk
1/2 dozen deer
4 black bears
1 wild boar
About a dozen yotes and a couple of badgers
Lots of chickens (ruffys)
Probably at least a 1000 prairie poodles (best way to practice)
Started in 1986 and did not connect with big game until around 1990.

Jammer · #8 03-22-2008, 07:39 PM

1- Whitetail Buck this year.

Numerous grouse over the years.

A few gophers when I was younger.

One mouse when I was 10.

Albertabowhunter · #9 03-23-2008, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by russ

wow, what a pace. I'll never keep up! Then again, there's only 2 of us in the house now so the freezer fills quicker than I'd like it too! Last year I finished on the 21st of September.

Just realized, I didn't put an option for zero! Can a mod add that one?

I put in a lot of time, I pass up a lot of game, in hopes to find bigger. I've left both buck tags unfilled many seasons.... I'd rather shoot a few does than a small buck, and if I get a moose or elk, then the freezer's full anyway. And besides, two of my does I take each year are donated to a couple families not so well off.

lynx · #10 03-23-2008, 08:54 AM

Cougar is my only animal and it was P&Y

Islander · #11 03-23-2008, 04:43 PM

2 mulie does and a forkhorn mulie buck, all in fall 07. Plenty of gophers, grouse and a rabbit, but only the 3 big game animals so far. As of May 7/08, 1 black bear as well.

muzzy · #12 03-23-2008, 09:59 PM

15 black Bear and quit hunting them 12 yrs ago 4 P&Y
9 whitetail
2 moose
5 caribou 1 P&Y
1 antelope
lots of critters and chickens

Gotta get an elk

Gord

Cowtown guy · #13 03-23-2008, 10:24 PM

1 Whitetail Buck in 03.
Mulie fork horn in 04.
Mulie 3 point in 05. That deer had bad genes for horn growth. He was 4 or 5 years old and weighed at least 275lbs. It was a pig! Shot him at the top edge of a deep coulee. Bastard rolled all the way to the bottom. Had to drag him almost straight up for close to 300 yards.
In 06 I was 8 yards away from a monster. He was standing in thick weeds that were about 3/4 of an inch wide and 5 feet tall. I couldn't get closer and couldn't ethically get a shot. That deer probably would have been between 185 and 200. I have a hard time guessing when there is extra stuff on the rack.

I can definitely say that I have been able to get way closer than I have ever thought possible. Before I started with a bow I would never try to get closer than 150 yards. If I made it that close I knew it was an easy shot and that was that.
I consider myself to be a much better hunter now because of the bow.

#14 03-24-2008, 07:42 AM

6 muley does
3 muley bucks
1 black bear

claas · #15 03-24-2008, 10:50 AM

2 moose
1 bear
3 deer
lots of gophers!

jaybull · #16 03-31-2008, 02:50 PM

1 doe whitetail
2 black bear
lots of grouse
lots of groundhogs

JohninAB · #17 03-31-2008, 03:12 PM

2 Cow elk
1 6x6 elk
1 mulie buck
2 bull moose
2 calf moose
3 cow moose

cooter 1 · #18 04-07-2008, 06:36 AM

13 elk one that challenge the world record pope and young, love them american politics 2 mulies 2whitetail 3 bears and one swap donkey

russ · #19 04-07-2008, 06:48 AM

ahhh, Cooter - so you are who I thought. Who got the big muley up your way?

cooter 1 · #20 04-07-2008, 04:32 PM

My neighbor down the road got the muley dont know what he scored

Pheasantnut · #21 04-08-2008, 03:18 PM

3 moose
1 wt doe
3 wt bucks

sinawalli · #22 04-10-2008, 05:26 AM

1 porcupine! I suffer from CHS, (Can't Hit *hit)!!

russ · #23 04-10-2008, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by sinawalli

1 porcupine! I suffer from CHS, (Can't Hit *hit)!!

I think you'll find that CHS is often species specific. I have a serious case of CHS when dealing with coyotes. One of the few game animals I've not been able to harvest. Anyone care to guess which animal I need to get for my ABA small game award and the Master Bowhunter Award? Hint - it's not a P&Y young critter.

abrigger · #24 04-17-2008, 09:48 PM

1 Bull Moose!
Gophers.

I have never hunted deer but that will change this year.
Hoping to add 1 mulie and 1 elk to the list this year.

el sparko · #25 04-27-2008, 06:18 PM

8 elk
3 moose
4 mulies
um-teen whitetails
1 antelope

don't shoot what i don't eat...so the bears and bunnies are safe for now.

albertaboy74 · #26 04-27-2008, 07:46 PM

1 - moose
6 - w/t deer includes doe's
1- mule deer
1 - 3x3 elk
5- black bear
and if all goes well, 1 B.C. Grizz this fall

To many gophers, rabbits and grouse to mention.
Been shooting for about 18 years

The Bit Runner. · #27 05-09-2008, 06:53 PM

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izzy · #28 05-11-2008, 01:50 PM

Two mule does

bearbait · #29 05-21-2008, 03:39 PM

2-moose
3-wt does
1-wt buck
1-cow elk
2- bears
1- mulie doe
rob

Stinky Coyote · #30 06-04-2008, 08:46 AM

Love the bowzone antlerless tags, i'm at 16 deer(6 muley's, 10 whitetails) for 5 seasons (4 pope class bucks in there)...can't complain. Slowing down though, and more interest in guns so i won't be keeping that pace anymore. And a miss on a coyote with 4 other draw attempts busted.