POLL: How many years have you been a bowhunter?

[russ]

How long have you been bowhunting?

[DAVE]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[russ]

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 :lol:

[Justanotherbuck2]

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]

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.:lol:

[ehntr]

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]

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

[gube]

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]

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]

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]

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......