I'm thinking of selling my saxophone, which I'll never learn how to play, to finance a bow!

Deer hunting, eh, maybe. Mostly I just want to learn how to gracefully put a sleek projectile into a target at 20 yards. The romance of people who have done this for a living (i.e. Indians) has inspired me. And hunting is a pretty huge pastime in this area.

really? not a one?

interesting, esp since I heard Prince is going to cover 'Fred Bear' on his next record

I used to do archery at school but I was hopeless no matter how romantic I thought it was!

I haven't shot an arrow in 25 years! I wasn't that great then either

both of my girls are getting bows for Christmas! Something a little different for them this year

abigail05 said:

I do look longingly at all the targets lined up in the field next to the swimming pool

I've always wanted to give this a try.

connorhawke said:

ZombieKitten said:

Not animals!!!! You know I'm a vegelesbian!

connorhawke said:

So you're gonna bow-hunt zucchini???

abigail05 said:

I'm looking in to this as a sport as well... that and I like to eat...

I've been perusing this website...

http://www.bowhunting.net/

connorhawke said:

that's why I give you a PRETEND deer

ZombieKitten said:

Something more like this actually

RenHoek said:

I like the whole "harvesting the land" idea...and free meat is always good.

Not sure I could sit in a tree for 8 hours though

abigail05 said:

Yeah... that parts got me goin' as well...

I'm not a bowhunter but my husband is. He loves it, mostly loves the peace and tranquility of the woods, as the sun comes up or goes down. You don't have to spend 8 hours in a tree if you do a lot of scouting in the off season...but either way you do spend alot of time in a tree.
curious...what kind of bow are you thinking about? you mentioned indians...but the bows today are not like that....I mean you can get a recurve (I think that's what those are called) but most hunters use compound bows. Even in the small area I live in we have an archery shop with a shooting range...I'm sure they'd be more than happy to let you shoot one and see what works for you.
good luck!

Good God, this is sick.

ZombieKitten said:

Shorty said:

thanks!

I'm only starting to do my research but I'm leaning towards recurve. And someday I'd love to move up to longbow. But, one thing at a time.

I considered just getting some cheapie on ebay to try it out - but a friend reminded me I'll really need to get fitted up properly at a shop, or it'll be a bad experience. So I think I'll do that.