Thread: Bow Hunt Report (Week 1) AKA My Elk, His Deer and The Shot I Did Not Take

If anyone has questions on bow hunting, please feel free to ask

Quote: Originally Posted by OneWhoKnows You can spend $100 on a used recurve if you wanted, but you need to get REAL good at calling, tracking and masking your scent. Typically, for a decent compound bow that's new, you're looking at $500-800 with all accessories. Shit, I hardly ever buy anything new anymore unless it's electronic. I'd rather get something thats been used a few times and get it for half off. Buying new is...

Quote: Originally Posted by OneWhoKnows 4x4 means the number of prongs on its antler. For deer you'd call a 4x4 an 8 pointer. For elk (on the Oregon west-side, at least) it's a number for each side. You can have a 2x1 spike, for example. ahh, makes sense

Quote: Originally Posted by Social Misfit Will be my first time too. Not going for bow though, rifle only this season. I'm having to buy my first deer-sized weapon and i'd rather have a new rifle than a bow or muzzleloader. I'm planning on hunting the Three Rivers WMA down in SE OK, near Broken Bow. I'm not crazy enough to go on public lands during rifle season... That's insane in this state!

Quote: Originally Posted by matt00926 Good story - I wouldn't want to go hunting with your friend again though. Not because he was willing to shoot what you weren't, but because he didn't even bother to listen even though you had a more accurate depiction of the scene. True. It sounds like he was too caught up in bagging whatever he could find and didn't stop to think of the consequences. The OP however sounds like the...

Quote: Originally Posted by k1114 I'm not crazy enough to go on public lands during rifle season... That's insane in this state! This. Misfit, hate to be the bearer of bad news. But my dad has been shot at twice hunting in SE OK. Both times with his orange on and one took a good chunk out of his leg.

you should step it up a notch from bow hunting and just sneak up on animals and strangle them

Quote: Originally Posted by MadDog Interesting, what does 4x4 mean in relation to the bull that you could have shot? The number of points on the "rack" of antlers.

You should have used an RPG

Good story - I wouldn't want to go hunting with your friend again though. Not because he was willing to shoot what you weren't, but because he didn't even bother to listen even though you had a more accurate depiction of the scene.