POLL: How many years have you been a bowhunter?

russ · #1 03-24-2008, 03:31 PM

How long have you been bowhunting?

DAVE · #2 03-24-2008, 03:41 PM

bought first bow in 1984 browning explorer 2 4 wheel nice wood riser still have it take it out every 2 years shoot it a few times

catnthehat · #3 03-24-2008, 07:29 PM

Started in '66 (67?) after I watched fred Bear on the American Sportsman.
They had the 16mm segments on where he killed the elephant with one arrow, and the Admiralty Island bear.
I was sold!
Traded an Iver Johnson SXS 12 for a quiver (still have it), nocks, fletching and burning jigs, shafts, bear razor heads and other stuff, and a Bear deer slayer recurve.
I shot the first three years without a nocking point!!
Slllooowwlly got better, didn't get any lessons till later in live ( about 1983).
read a lot of books in between times however, and still shoot sticks.
Cat

Islander · #4 03-24-2008, 10:17 PM

Bought my first bow in 05, and did hunt with it, but didn't get serious about it until last year. It may be a while before I pick up the rifle again.

gunslinger · #5 03-25-2008, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Islander

Bought my first bow in 05, and did hunt with it, but didn't get serious about it until last year. It may be a while before I pick up the rifle again.

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stiknfish · #6 03-25-2008, 07:03 AM

Since 1989,I was Jealous that my brother got to hunt in September and I had to wait until Nov.

russ · #7 03-25-2008, 07:25 AM

I started in 1980 with a Browning Cobra. That bow is still in the house. Most bows that I like and shoot well I've kept for so long that they're worth nothing. Well except that one, I never did shoot it that well

Justanotherbuck2 · #8 03-25-2008, 08:10 AM

Bought my first bow in 1982 at Timberline Archery in Calgary, also was a Browning wood riser, small wheel compound a whopping 35% let off. can't remember the model though. Did alot of range shooting that year and hunted that same fall. Took four years in the field before my first success a decent whitetail buck from a treestand.

Stinky Coyote · #9 03-25-2008, 08:54 AM

Bought my first late 02 (after hunting season), 5 seasons later and 4 pope class bucks and countless does later i'm still kickin arse and takin names.

CNP · #10 03-25-2008, 09:03 AM

Started in 88....just missed the 21yrs and more category lol (started when I was 30ish). I feel like I missed out on something by not starting out when I was a kid. Haven't hunted with a rifle since I picked up the bow 20 years ago. Gonna get myself a crossbow.........to use in the rifle season lol.

I've had how many bows?...maybe 25 give or take 1. My only keepers are recurves and longbows. They keep there value where a compound bow depreciates like a used car.

hunterboi · #11 03-25-2008, 11:01 AM

Im `19 now and got my first bow at 3 and have been hunting for 8 years

gube · #12 03-25-2008, 01:32 PM

Been at it since 1986. Took up bowhunting after I was shot at from a roadhunter in a motorhome from about 450 yds away. I was wearing bright orange (mandatory back then). Thank goodness he missed. It was a bit un-nerving having dirt fly up from 5 ft away and then hearing the crack of the rifle shot.
Became very passionate with the bowhunting and have been very successful.
Just started playing with the rifles again in 2006.

sharpstick · #13 03-25-2008, 01:54 PM

bought a used Hoyt Ultra Tec 2 years ago to see if I would enjoy it and I'm hooked. Although I still use the rifle a bit, I much prefer bowhunting. It's very addictive but I'm still waiting for my first kill of a big game. Have shot a skunk, squirrel and a grouse so I'm hoping an elk will be no prob if I can get him close enough... haha

u_cant_rope_the_wind · #14 03-25-2008, 02:24 PM

amy ex wife bought me my first compond bow(bear blacktail hunter) for xmass of 1978
and i havent stopped bow hunting yet several mule deer a few black bears a7 moose 9 elk and 17 white tail and i lost count on how many gophers and if memory serves me rt there wuz a few coyotes and 2 lynx and numorous ruffy and spruce grouse

brett01 · #15 03-25-2008, 04:02 PM

Been hunting biggame with a bow since my 12th Birthday, so goin on 8 years now. Got my first bow when i was 2 and Dad started me out of gophers when i was 3. So all in all a total of about 17 years. Seems like alot of guys started out with the old Brownings with the wood riser. The ol man has got a Browning Super Excelerator with the wood lam riser laying around here. They are one of the nicest bows i have ever held onto. chrono'd at a whopping 218 fps! The archery business has come along way......