Bow hunting ?

Bujapat · Post by **Bujapat** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:31 am

One of my hobbies is bow shootin'...

Here in Belgium is bowhunting illegal (like moonshining

), but I know there are many archers in the US and bowhunting is legal... I heard something about "two seasons hunters"...

So my question is : are there moonshiners/bowhunters here?

Post by **Grayson_Stewart** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:21 am

I've been bowhunting for the past 20 years. I love it and shooting is something you can do year round to keep in practice.

Post by **Husker** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 1:42 pm

I get about 5 to 9 white tail a year. I bow hunt early, then black powder during late Nov int Dec and early Jan.

Usually get 1 or 2 with a bow, and the rest with BP. This year, I did not get any with bow (only went out 2 mornings, and have nothing in range. I got 4 deer in one morning in Nov, then 2 more last week (struck out in december, which is very unusual)

Needless to say, we eat a LOT of venison here in my house

H.

Post by **Tater** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:09 pm

I bowhunt also.I use a crossbow.

shawnboy101 · Post by **shawnboy101** » Tue May 26, 2009 11:49 am

I scored three whitetail with the bow, and another four with the rifle last year. I probably hunted about 15 hours a week for 3 months. Distilling and bow-hunting are my two favorite hobbies, with fishing a close third. Now that I started wine-making, I'm afraid that I'll have to quit my job to find enough time...

kurgan · Post by **kurgan** » Tue May 26, 2009 6:34 pm

I've been a hunter all my life, of just about every local animal. Bow hunting is by far the most challenging and rewarding I have done. In my experience, it takes lots more skill. Target shooting is also a ton of fun, and a great way to pass the time.

The Tippler · Post by **The Tippler** » Wed May 27, 2009 4:28 am

Yes I hunted with the bow, Black Widow Express, 70 pounds. Game getter 20/20 alloy shaft carrying the Davies Delta broadhead. Taken most of the game Aus has to offer, kangaroo,pig ,goat ,dingo,water buff. Never took the most elusive and hardest ,the deer. I am sure I could not draw the lady to full now ! Guess you could say the widow has webs on her. Even if you came home without anything ,it was still a good day of hunting . These days, squint behind the scope of the 22/250 and take just what I want!......Tippler

birdwatcher · Post by **birdwatcher** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:07 am

I have recently become interested in bow construction. Is anyone into this?

Cheers.

G

violentblue · Post by **violentblue** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:37 am

I love archery, my current bow is a little crappy so I hope to upgrade this summer. My brother is into bow hunting, nothing like stareing down a Moose while only armed with a bow.

Post by **myles** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 4:08 pm

When I was younger I took boar and deer with a crossbow. Not allowed to these days over here.

It is only legal to kill animals with bullets in certain sizes and energy ranges

Don't get me started!!!

Bowhunting is fine in my book but i prefered the crossbow. 120lb draw weight was ample for anything I wanted to shoot. Don't kill it unless you are going to eat it, is my one absolute rule. I shoot rabbits for the pot, but swerve to miss them when they run out in front of the car.

Fecus · Post by **Fecus** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:04 pm

birdwatcher wrote:I have recently become interested in bow construction. Is anyone into this?

Cheers.

G

I have hand made quite a few flat bows along the Meare Heath (sp?) design some years ago though my handles differ a bit in that they have an arrow rest so it's a bit out of tradition. Of all the bows I ever made and used myself though, only the hickory have survived, are the lightest, shoot the hardest and the farthest. It's hard to find good wood without breaking the law around here. I wrapped my own strings out of Spider Wire fishing line on a jig made for each bow since no two were exactly the same length. Gave them as gifts mostly.

Used to hunt like crazy. Now we have deer come up in the back yard every day to eat sweet feed. They didn't much like the batch I dumped out a couple weeks ago that was a failed, messy ferment attempt

. I don't hunt any more but if times get hard I know where they are

This is my favorite bow, limbs covered with mossy oak camo and envirotex epoxy. 60lb, 31" draw.

birdwatcher · Post by **birdwatcher** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:54 am

Thanks Fecus, for you interesting reply and lucky you that you have hickory available. After yew and orange osage, it seems to be the wood of choice for North American primitive bowyers.

There has been a new ground swell of interest in this ancient craft that has been with us and our ancestors for the past 10,000 years in every part of the world. Amazing, if you think about it.

As a matter of fact, a friend contacted me yesterday and has two hickory logs for me.

I have not yet completed a bow. I broke one of maple in the tillering process and I have three underway of white ash.

Thanks again. I was sure there had to be one or more bowyers out there in the distilling world.

G

Fecus · Post by **Fecus** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:47 am

Yep I have broke a few also. As long as you keep the same grain layer on the back free from nicks and such it goes pretty good. I've even left the bark on a couple as experimenting and it (the bark) will crack and eventually peel off altogether but the wood stays intact. I wish you well with your hickory logs!

birdwatcher · Post by **birdwatcher** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:55 am

Thanks for the tip.

I just heard from my friend and he says they are shag bark hickory, known locally as ironwood. About 5'' in diameter.

Cheers,

G

Whohitjohn · Post by **Whohitjohn** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:39 am

I tried to bowhunt, we don't have the game around here to keep me occupied. I placed in a few bow tournaments, that was more fun than hunting. I do love to bowfish though.

Post by **Kiwikeg** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:12 pm

Yep I bow hunt, Got a PSE Nova SU. Shoot ICS bowhunter 400 carbon arrows tipped with 125 grain 3 blade muzzy broadheads. Also love bow fishing too there are so many Koi Carp in the Waikato waterways.

Washashore · Post by **Washashore** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:53 pm

I'm a little obsessed with shootin' bow as well...there's nuttin like it.

Mr.Brown · Post by **Mr.Brown** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:49 pm

Bow hunting illeagal ? boy that's gotta suck. Doesn't even make sense . I enjoy archery season much more than the gun season. There's something about getting close and not rattling everything in the woods when you shoot. There's a lot of pressure on the game around here once the guns come out also. Makes it less about skill & more about luck & filling tags.. Bow is to gun like grain mash is to sugar wash. (although i'm still just a gun hunter in that regard)

texshinner72 · Post by **texshinner72** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:13 pm

bowhunting is the only thing that i love more than stillin and here in texas we have plenty of hogs to shoot at year round they also taste good with bourbon

frozenthunderbolt · Post by **frozenthunderbolt** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:17 pm

birdwatcher wrote:I have recently become interested in bow construction. Is anyone into this?

Cheers.

G

Yep i've played with this in the past, and have both eucalyptus and hicory seasonding at the moment. Having just bought all 3 of the 'Traditional bowyers bible" series i'm fired up something wicked to have another go soon. Bought myself a nice flexovit draw knife ready!

Post by **OlympicMtDoo** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:25 am

It used to be here in Washington State, you could buy a hunting license, then hunt archery, muzzle loader and modern, so I used to start huntin in early September and not have to stop until January. One had to be a bit creative with tags, such as relatives and friends that didn't hunt but still like wild meat. But alas those days are over as they should be, just to many people around anymore, it was different in the 60's and 70's.

Washashore · Post by **Washashore** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:56 am

texshinner72 wrote:bowhunting is the only thing that i love more than stillin and here in texas we have plenty of hogs to shoot at year round they also taste good with bourbon

You can hunt hogs year-round?! Never been hog-huntin but have always wanted to go.

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