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  • firehawk47
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      in reply to: Why do you hunt? #37065

      I Grew up in a small town (30 000 people). Nobody in my family hunt just a few far uncles. For me hunting was a big person thing. And so it was for my childhood.

      I grew up. I’ve met people who hunt at my work and I,ve always been intrigued by hunting. It was something I wanted to do. One guy I knew was compound hunting and I been hooked: the quietness of the woods, the time spend to ‘meditate about life’, time to stop and think… So I wanted to hunt me too.

      I waited maybe 9 years, got married and 2 kids (dauther and son).

      4 years ago, I was playing video game and I got tired of dreaming my life and I wanted the live my dreams so I built a pvc bow, shot it until it slap in my face. I looked video of archery on the internet, I took a few lessons and I bought and old Bear Tigercat 45# and I shot some arrows (a lot). Last year, I got a hunting initiation licence and I’ve seen plenty of deers, I almost had a shot on a spike (3 pointer) at 7 yards, but I let it go away. He never knew I was there. It was awesome! So I got hooked for hunting.

      A few weeks later I went rifle hunting and saw no deer but 1 coyote and I shot it at 40 yards, no challenge, 10 seconds earlier I didn’t know he was there and he’s lying dead… I didn’t like it.

      I also try compound bow in a exibition and I also didn’t like it, too much gadget, sights, release, trigger, scope!!! Shoot a rifle instead! So traditional archery is my thing, we hold the weight we pull, no sights, no forgiveness. Everything today is too easy. I want to work to earn what I get. I hunt for pleasure, for hardship, to learn to trust my instinct, rely on myself, Clay Hayes said that hardship forge our charater, and of corse for the beauty of nature (I work a garage, lot of noise, dirt, odor solvent chemical…) so traditional bowhunting is just me against the beast.

      When I’ll harvest a deer, I’ll be very proud.

      I think that it but not all. Archery is so immersive that I could write about it a lot ( I didn’t talk about tournament and friends and my new Firehawk longbow ((yeah, my user name is my bow, sorry for the lack of inspiration)).

      Good hunting,

      firehawk47
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        Not for now. Unfortunatly, hunting season close tomorrow for a few weeks and I work so I won’t be able to go. I’ll go hunting in late november. But I have some post I’d to to ask, like: Why do you hunt with trad bow and arrow?

        Have good time.

        firehawk47
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          Yeah I laught at myself because I hunt for spending time in the woods, the pleasure to see the sun rise in the trees and the morning mist. When i realise that i couldn’t shoot that doe the best to do I think is laughing. I don’t hunt to kill but harvest (I’ve never harvested a deer or other game but I try). If I don’t shoot me and my family (wife and two young kids) will eat anyway, there is plenty of meat at the super market. So enjoy life, enjoy hunting and all the blessings we receive!

          firehawk47
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            in reply to: Discouragement #29295

            Thank you. I was pretty sure to have rush in my track. I was so exited because other hunters (crossbow and gunpowder) told me that it is impossible to kill a deer from the ground with traditional bow because they never were succesful. And now I have shot a deer from the ground at 9 yards and I couldn’t find it! And where I am (Quebec) it’s still pretty hot for fall maybe 66 degrees F. So maybe i rushed to get the deer as soon as possible to keep the meat fresh. But thank you for yours advice.

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