Hunted everyday but two with a bow.. just because I haven't been able to for over a year. Plenty of shots but not the one I'm after. The gun is tempting me but the challenge is not near as great!
I'm having a great season anyway.. good to be back in the game!

Hunt on!

Your name should be Bowdude instead.

Seems to me I would want to finish what I started.....

I vote no gun.

I have tried to go bow only several times. Usually end up with the muzzle loader in hand. I bought a Savage 220 this year for something different. Haven't used it yet...as it gets colder I tend to lean towards the firearms. Sitting in low teen temps and watching them walk because I have too, not because I want tends to make me pick up firearms.

". . . there's more fun in hunting with the handicap of the bow than there is in hunting with the sureness of the gun."

--Fred Bear

I am with Bean on this one. I haven't hunted with a gun the past two years and have not missed it one bit.

It'll either happen with my long bow, or it won't happen. Likely the latter........

You will love that 220 have had mine for 3 years.

I think I am still in the have to get a "big" deer stage. I have only shot a couple really big bucks and feel this odd pressure to get a couple more. I think part of it has to do with missing a few seasons with deployments and such. Shooting does with a gun has lost some of its zip but the big boys still make my heart skip a beat, gun or bow.

Man I envy your situation. I would just like a shot opportunity this year. I have seen a handful of deer this year all button or little bucks. I am at the if its brown its down stage now, time to fill the freezer.
Good luck, if you have meat in the freezer or just want the challenge I say stick it out at least until Muzzleloader season.

Just glad I can pull the thing back after my fall while hunting with sticksender last year.. kinda ruined his hunt and my year!so what bean said... I have gun hunted two days.. the rest with my bow..today I'm hunting bow again..

Its good to be outside!

This is the first year in 4 I havnt used a firearm and that was only because I was drawn to the Dunes Park hunt....I'm done for the year, I have 4 in the freezer and dont need any more(3 bow kills and the one gun)(2 bucks/2 does)....however, I am going thru withdrawls right now..lol........I'll be goin' bunny hunting soon.....

Dude if you are having a blast using your bow then I say go for it and best of luck...

But for me, I look forward every year that I can put my bow in its case and get out something a whole lot better and more worthwhile to use (IMO).... My 12 gauge....

If I could use my gun in October I would sell my bow in a millisecond and never mess with archery again...

No friggin' way B78...I'll take my bow over a firearm any day, any week, any year ....the challenge is way more thrilling...I'd have rather killed my Dunes deer this season with a bow than a fire arm...now I do love my guns and will continue to gun hunt from time to time.....However, I always have and will prefer archery .... anyone....anyone can shoot and kill a deer with a gun, it takes a special person/hunter to do it consistently with archery gear..... bowhunting has honed my skills to where IF I decide use it, I'm a better gun hunter....