Any one else like hunting or fishing?

[Gyre]

I generally shoot recerve, around 35lb. (Marten Rebel) but my Black Bear compound is set at 55lb.

Ever bowfish?

[Tori]

I had never hunted until I moved to North Dakota a few years back. I mostly went because, well, hunting/fishing and drinking seem to be the only thing they did for fun there and I don't drink. Going out before sunrise to sit in a slue wearing ten layers of clothes actually got to be exciting. I've always loved target shooting and hitting my first goose was amazing. I don't believe in killing something unless you are going to eat it or know someone that will eat it, so I don't hunt much now that I know what goose and duck taste like....gag. But deer hunting is still exciting. And ice fishing has to be one of the most fun things to do! We would take a small building built on runners and pull it out onto the ice. Set it up and drill holes. I've spent more than one weekend doing nothing but fishing, playing cards, snowmobiling when the fish weren't biting, and sleeping. I know it doesn't sound like much but it was for me.

Tori

[Elliot]

Originally Posted by Gyre

I generally shoot recerve, around 35lb. (Marten Rebel) but my Black Bear compound is set at 55lb.

Ever bowfish?

Well I've tried, I don't have a true set up just a cheap reel with 80 pound test. I have shot a couple of nice fish with it though, but there's no place to do it around here anymore.

[abcat1993]

I wish I had a REAL bow. Mine is just a crappy kid's compound bow with 5 breaking arrows.

[Elliot]

Originally Posted by abcat1993

I wish I had a REAL bow. Mine is just a crappy kid's compound bow with 5 breaking arrows.

haha nothing wrong with that I sometimes still use my little crappy kid's bow to hunt too.

[abcat1993]

Well, that's where we're different. I pretty much only shoot at targets, but now I'm not supposed to shoot at even that. Somehow I got a perfect angle on the metal bar above the target, and it bounced over my neighbors garage and supposedly almost hit one of them. Of course I don't believe them, and neither does my dad, but that's why I have airsoft guns.

[Gyre]

I've never gone bow fishing myself, (I might have better luck with it though.) But it seems like a good first step toward bowhunting wich I plan on doing in the future.

Watch out for those breaking arrows abcat! My brother in law decided to shoot a carbon fiber arrow with a hairline fracture running down the shaft, and he almost lost his thumb... It was not pretty. It's still not too pretty to be honest.

[Elliot]

Yup thats a baaaaad idea with any decent powered bow.

[Gyre]

Deffanately.. I've been shooting for.. six? Yeah, six or seven years now, and I've been certified to teach for about two years. We had to look as some videos and hear some stories of what happens when archery goes wrong.. Yuk.

Anyway.. Most of the accidents involved arrows that were in poor condition or were too short for the archer.

[abcat1993]

Wow, you learn fast. Teachin in four years? Wow.