Do you bowhunt?

[IowaDeerHunter]

Who on here bowhunts? how many deer have you sht wth it? What kind of set up do you have? Do you prefer tree stand or ground blind. For me i shoot a golden eagle Obsession with g-5's, trophy ridge sight, and wisker bisquit rest. I have been bowhunting since I was 11. I have only shot one buck before, but that will change this year http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif I prefer a treestand at about 16 feet. It also depends what kind of area I am hunting in. Right now we have no stands set up so we hut from the ground, which has its advantages sometimes.

[Ashley]

I do, I do! Have shot 2 bucks and 2 does in 3 yrs. of hunting (am only 15, BTW)........shoot my deadly Hoyt Magnatec 15 or so ft. up in a ladder stand on our farm property, about 325 acres......got a couple does this season for Earn-A-Buck, now on to the bigguns, I hope!! http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[IowaDeerHunter]

I was replying to your post before and couldnt figure out why you dleted it, I see now! LOL always happends with my brother and I to. You are a few steps ahead of me, i have shot a buck and.... well thats it and i am 16! LOL http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif This year I could have had a doe or two but passed waiting for the big boys also!

[NiteRunner]

I just got my compound, But I did use a Crossbow, but I like to wait for the big one, whether he comes or not. So I haven't taken any by bow, YET.

[The_Kat]

been bowhunting for 5 years now, and seriously bowhunting for two. So far this season I have harvested a mature doe. I have passed a few small bucks and does. I am now waiting on a mature buck to come by.

[lil hunter]

I have the past 2 years, but not going to this year. Right before football season my serving got all messed up, and I never got a chance to fix it. I would like to get into some traditional shooting next summer. I think it'd be more fun. I wouldn't hunt that way though.

[Chrud]

Bowhunting is the only way to go! http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif I like gun hunting too, but bowhunting is my passion.

This my 3rd year bowhunting (I'm 19) and I've shot one doe last year. I've been real close several times.

My setup is:
- 2004 Hoyt XTEC
- Cam & 1/2 Performance System
- XT 1000 Limbs
- Realtree Hardwoods Green HD Camo
- 65 Pounds at 28"
- 75% Let-off
- Easton C2 Hardwoods Green HD 400's (27 1/2")
- Muzzy 100's 3-Blade Broadheads
- Team Extreme Sniper XLT Sight (Black, 3 Green 0.019" Pins)
- Trophy Taker Original Rest (Camo)
- Vibracheck Isoflex Stabilizer (Hardwoods Green HD)
- Sims Camo Ultra LimbSavers
- Sims Super Stealth String Leeches
- Fletcher Hunter Tru Peep
- Release Loop
- Scott Little Goose Release

Plan on 70 pounds, 65% let-off modules, new string, new arrows, new release and maybe a different Vibracheck stabilizer this spring.

Summit treestands are the only treestand I use. My favorite is a Headhunter Lite hang-on with a Swiftree Ladder, about 14' to the bottom of the platform. I also have Bucksteps for crooked trees or other trees where a ladder isn't workable. I have a Viper XLS climber and waiting for things to go through for a Viper X4.

I also like groundblinds. I have an Ameristep Doghouse in Advantage Timber. Looking at the Brickhouse TSC in Max4 HD or Hardwoods Green HD.

[chicks_hunt_to]

i am still practicing with my bow so i have only shot targets

[Nick]

This is my 8th season bow hunting ( im 19). This year im shooting a Mathews Outback 70# 29.5" draw with a Trap Door rest, Trophy Ridge Matrix sight, Doinker stabilizer, sims products, Easton Excel 400's, and a G-5 Montec. With this set up which is brand new this year I have killed a 6 point and a doe.

[HOYTUSA2008]

I am 14. I've shot 4 deer with a bow. Right now i shoot a Hoyt USA '04 Ultramag.

[matt01]

hey crud i take bowhunting very seriously like you(i can tell by your great bow set up) I use a trophy taker reat, muzzy 100s, release loop, sims limbsavers, sim string leeches, easton customized arrows, fred bear bow, nap stabilizer, alpine detachable quiver, set at 29 inch draw and 63lbs. I am 15 have never taken a deer yet but have passed on many and waiting for the big one.

[Chrud]

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im also 14 and shoot a renagade alpha 1 but wish to get a hoyt xtec or vipertec next year to stick one next year

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Well, I didn't want to come right out and say it. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

If you want an XTEC or ViperTec, better buy it in 2005, I wouldn't bank on it being around in 2006. I'm probably going to go with Mathews this spring. I don't like what Hoyt is doing with the Advance Tec risers at all. They look more dangerous to use than to shoot an animal with. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif Points (or warts as JB says) sticking out in every direction, flames in the riser...ugh. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif The previous "standard" Tec's don't look bad, but I don't like the new ones at all.

[buckchaser]

iv'e been bowhunting since i was 12 it's a great sport! i'm 32 now and still enjoy it i shoot a mathews outback have you tried turkey hunting by bow?iv'e shot probably a couple dozen deer by bow they have all been taken out of tree stands i'm just getting in to ground blind hunting

[timpat]

no deer with mine yet since this is my first year bow hunting
i shoot a Jennings Black lighting,
any camo i can find at the time
67lb with a 30 in pull
BSA laser scope
carbon fiber arrows
115 grain broadheads
walmart climbing stands (lol)

[coles]

i have been bowhunting for 4 years. i have a matthews fx. 100gr muzzy 3-blade, easton carbon arrows, cant remember what sight, and a whisker bisket rest. i ahve shot 3 does and a bull elk with it.

[Grant-KS]

I try sometimes. I've only shot one buck, a puny little 8 pointer, but he was legal and it was my first. I didn't even hunt one day this last season. I had no time, and no land to hunt on. Also, I didn't have my bow setup right, tuned, and all that, and I hadn't practiced much with it for months. So there was no way I was going to hunt this season. Last year I hunted two days and couldn't get a shot on a couple does 7 yards away coming down the trail I was hunting, then a poacher came through during rifle season and spoiled the rest of the bow season. Anyway...
I'm 16, and I shot a:
'02 Bowtech Patriot Infinity 65% 25/60
Copper John DN Pro
GKF TKO
GKF Tranquilizer
Berry Strings
Fletcher Tru peep
Magnocks
PSE Carbon Force Dominator 200 arrows
Muzzy 90 grain 4-blade heads
Limbsavers
T.R.U. Ball Loopmaster
D-loop
Doinker module and dawg weight on back of riser
I'm switching shotgun and bow shooting to left hand because of my left eye dominance, so I'll need to get 2 new bows (hunting and target) and a new shotgun........$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ YIKES! http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

[Grant-KS]

Yeah, I could do that I suppose, but that still doesn't change the fact that I don't pick up the peep as well with my right eye as my left.

[chicks_hunt_to]

not yet but getting better