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Little John:
I have not seen where hardly anyone is planning any primitive hunts this year. Surely we are all about ready to head out into the woods after bow killed game. Lets hear about your plans and dreams for this years season. I hope we all harvest some of natures bounty in a rewarding and traditional experience.                Kenneth

bowandarrow473:
I actually am on my way back from a hunting trip to SC now. I didn't get anything but I did get to watch some deer and that's enough for me. Planning to head back up next weekend and get everything ready for when I decide I wanna hunt with the selfbow(which will probably be next weekend). This season id just like to kill a deer, any deer, as the saying goes"you can't eat horns".

aaron:
In Sept. I am heading out to long island in willapa bay here in the rainforest of coastal washington state. It is a bow hunting only unit, accessable only by boat. The island is 5x2 miles, and has deer, elk, bear. theres also a grove of old ceadars there, 15 foot diameter! Gonna spend a week out there camping.

ajbruggink:
I'm bowhunting with a primitive bow this year, this will be my second year doing so. The archery season doesn't begin until September 12 in WI but I'm a little behind in preparation. In October I'll be going on my first black bear hunt in Maine but I'll be using a rifle for that hunt. The rest of the archery season I'll use every opportunity I can get to be out in the woods with my bow. My goal is just to take a legal animal with a primitive bow. One of my hang-ups right now is whether or not I should use a bow that I made or one that I bought. I have 3 primitive bows, only one I have made and it is my weakest bow and has the slowest cast but I'm most accurate with it. I have been shooting a 50# Rudderbows hickory ELB for the past two months to build up my strength but I'm more accurate up to 15 yards with the 40# cherry bark-backed red oak ELB I made last year, my first bow, at 20 yards though my 50# bow is more accurate for me. I feel like the 40# would be the better choice but I can't get this quote from a chapter written by Stewart Edward White out of 'Hunting with the Bow & Arrow' out of my head: 'Do not linger with a weak bow simply because it is easier to draw...". I'll have to make that decision soon.

Good luck to all the hunters out there,

Aaron

Pat B:
I plan to go on a few hunts in GA and SC this year, Kenneth. I do wish I was coming back out to hunt with you again. Real estate is picking up so maybe next year.  ;)

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