Hey y'all. New to Hunting, so I thought I'd join a forum with more experienced folks.
I started shooting guns 10 years ago in college, competed in High Power Rifle and USPSA (handguns). Moved around a lot. I became interested in hunting when I moved to New Hampshire in 2006, got my license, but never really got out much. Back then I didn't know many hunters nor did I grow up in a hunting family. In 2010, I moved to the Big Apple, got my New York State license and found a one or two hunters. One of them hunts exclusively with bow, and offered me the opportunity to hunt his land, which is bow-only. So I went to Pro-line, played with one of their rental bows, saw that I could indeed do bow. At the time however, I was doing rehab for a shoulder surgery (I've broken my left shoulder twice, and separated my right shoulder once).
My thought process was wait until my shoulder was 100% before I buy a bow. Six months have gone by. I went out to Oregon, took my first buck:
Now I've been bit by the hunting bug. Here in Southern New York, the options for bow hunting seem quite a bit better than rifle only.
I've got a 7mm Mag for rifle season. I'm probably going to buy my friend's Mathews Z7. It will be some time before I can hunt with it though, so my goal until November 18th is to get ready for November 19th.
My friend in Dutchess county offered to let me hunt his land, but it is bow-only, so that idea's basically nixed this year.
Anyway, my friend recommended I check this forum out, I'm just trying to learn as much about hunting as I can. My goal this year is to take a second deer. In the future I'd like to expand to Bear, Elk, and edible small game. As a bit of background, I'm not a trophy hunter, I'm not interested in getting the biggest rack to hang up. I just really like the idea of being able to feed myself without depending on Gristedes.
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