bow only this year

[jdbuckshot]

I plan on making the commitment to go bow only this year, I will probably accompany a few folk on gun hunts - buddy hunts, but as far as my planned set ups I am going to shoot my brids with a bow this year.

anybody else chasing them with the bow ?

[ufgators68]

Not I. I have a hard enough time killing them with a shotgun.

[Harper]

Bow only here on our lease. Tough when the leaves are off the trees and temps are cold. Hard to put on enought clothes and still draw a bow quietly. I airballed an arrow over one this year after hitting my sleeve. Also tough watching bucks out of range, try to move a climber in close to where you have seen them and never see them again. Patience stinks. Kinda got to me this year. I didnt kill a buck all year but thats part of it. The hardest part is when you see your friends killing bucks by sitting in a warm box stand somewhere. It sure is nice though to sit on a place and not hear a gun shot all year long.

[Harper]

Forgot to mention, going to try the birds this year. A couple guys have tried it over the years and I know of only one bird killed. Not sure if I am going to try a blind or what tactics. Sorry I filled the last post w nothing but deer info.

[greenheadgrimreaper]

You are a better man than I, JD.

Although I am looking for a double barreled black powder scatter gun to hunt them with.

[msudawg8087]

Not I. I have a hard enough time killing them with a shotgun.

Ha bingo! One step at a time.

[jdbuckshot]

I thought I knew a lot about turkeys, how they react to calls, decoys, etc.

But when I started bow hunting turkeys what I thought I knew about turkeys was totally wrong. I got chances to watch turkeys at fairly close distances for long periods of time. and a good many of them. There were times had I been hunting with a gun I would have already shot the bird and my hunt been over, but I got to watch them for longer periods of time.

great experience and learned a lot last year. can't wait till this year.

[three11]

I hunt the early Kansas bow only season every year. No blind. Use a decoy and hide behind a tree big enough to draw without being seen. Got one or two every year for the last 6 years.

[swamprooter]

My 11 year old wants to kill his FIRST gobbler ever with his longbow. where in the heck he got that idea i do not know.. He has been practicing hard.

[missed mallards]

My 11 year old wants to kill his FIRST gobbler ever with his longbow. where in the heck he got that idea i do not know.. He has been practicing hard.

I like his style

Get em in close!

I have a hard enough time just trying to get one to act right, no need and trying to even put that stress on my shoulders. Good luck to yall

For those that will chase with a bow. Will ya'll do so out of a blind? Ground?

[dchughes]

Bow only, NO. I will try and get a couple killed with a shotgun and then go bow only for the last bird. I killed a couple merriams in Nebraska last year with my compound bow but I think that gave me some inflated confidence. Looking for a humbling experience trying to self film a bow kill in MS this year I cant wait. And I will be hunting out of a ground blind.

[champcaller]

Bow only, NO. I will try and get a couple killed with a shotgun and then go bow only for the last bird. I killed a couple merriams in Nebraska last year with my compound bow but I think that gave me some inflated confidence. Looking for a humbling experience trying to self film a bow kill in MS this year I cant wait. And I will be hunting out of a ground blind.

It's gonna be here before we know it!

[mshunter77]

Bow only, NO. I wigll try and get a couple killed with a shotgun and then go bow only for the last bird. I killed a couple merriams in Nebraska last year with my compound bow but I think that gave me some inflated confidence. Looking for a humbling experience trying to self film a bow kill in MS this year I cant wait. And I will be hunting out of a ground blind.

It's gonna be here before we know it!

Getting close now. Weather has been exact opposite of last year. I wonder how they are going to be acting that first week or two.

[dchughes]

Bow only, NO. I wigll try and get a couple killed with a shotgun and then go bow only for the last bird. I killed a couple merriams in Nebraska last year with my compound bow but I think that gave me some inflated confidence. Looking for a humbling experience trying to self film a bow kill in MS this year I cant wait. And I will be hunting out of a ground blind.

It's gonna be here before we know it!

Getting close now. Weather has been exact opposite of last year. I wonder how they are going to be acting that first week or two.

I cant wait until February is over, I think its going to be perfect this year not too early not too late. Could be wishful thinking though