08-19-2010, 07:55 PM
For big game its all about archery. I reload and all that but its the intimacy with the game that makes archery my choice. I was telling a co worker the other day, you havent lived till you have an 900lb bull heavy in the rut pissed off and on the other side of the tree from you. And the challenge of not only getting close but getting a good shot. Ive had a dozen 6x6 under 20 yards and havent been able to get the shot Ive wanted with my bow and let them walk.
When Im out with my rifle I feel like im cheating, last elk I shot was at just over 450yards and I didn't enjoy it half as much as the archery killed animals I have harvested. With the state of our herds right now though I have to say Im a bird hunter for the most part right now, still put in on some select hunts but I look forward to the first sat in Oct when I can start decoying quackers and chasing roosters.
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When Im out with my rifle I feel like im cheating, last elk I shot was at just over 450yards and I didn't enjoy it half as much as the archery killed animals I have harvested. With the state of our herds right now though I have to say Im a bird hunter for the most part right now, still put in on some select hunts but I look forward to the first sat in Oct when I can start decoying quackers and chasing roosters.
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