Yes. You just have to be able to remove some of your deer hunting accessories and replace them with bowfishing accessories, like your sights, rest, stabilizer, etc.

Yes. However, we only accept a handful of bow hunters each year. We schedule those hunting deer, turkey, hog, and/or javelina during the regular bow season. Those that do not want to hunt deer we schedule during the Spring turkey season. For dates, check the FAQ's for buck and/or turkey.

But this question is a bit irrelevant once you consider the question, it's like asking "Will I have to shake hands if I choose to live in New York (Paris, London, Santiago, etc)? Of course, it would be very rude to do otherwise. Do not forget it's a greeting, a "hand shake", with no religious significance what-so-ever, so don't be shy. What is a Sensei? Sen means "before", Sei means "life, birth, living or lived". Thus a Sensei is someone who has experienced something before you.

Bowfishing combines the skill of archery will the thrill of fishing. Bowfishermen use archery equipment (compound bows, traditional bows, and crossbows) with specially designed bowfishing reels and line. A fish is shot with the arrow and then reeled in with the reel. Quite simply, bowfishing is fishing with a bow and arrow.

Availability of deer and turkey hunting licenses is determined by the Department of Natural Resources and can vary from year to year. Licenses can be purchased from any retail outlet in Iowa that sells hunting & fishing licenses electronically.

Check the License and Permit Section (Hunting Page) at http://dnr.state.il.us/admin/systems/index.htm for available permits or call 217/782-7305 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday. Turkey permits are also listed.

You need to bring your driver's license or a past DNR license that shows your permanent DNR number. If you wish to purchase a license for a gift, you will need either a DNR number or their SSN and date of birth.

In 2006 IMB placed 134% of its hunters within 30 yards of a record book buck and gave them a perfect shot. For definitions of success please see the "Success Rates" page.

Priority mail gives the best service for the money. Even all the way across the country unless close to a holiday it never has taken longer than 4 days for deliverey. Our warranty covers any defects in materials or workmanship for the full length of the warranty. It is not pro-rated. We do however, want to see the bow before any warranty will be honored to determine the cause of failure.

Bowfishing tournaments are a lot of fun. There are basically two types, numbers (total number of fish) and big fish, like a Big 20 (biggest 20 fish). It's a great way to meet other bow fishermen and get ideas on boats, etc.

I'd argue that field dressing a deer in an area you want to hunt could actually increase your chances of bagging deer. On various occasions I've observed deer eating the mesentery of another deer I had recently field-dressed. I can't see any negative correlation with a gut pile and the number of deer observed. I prefer razor sharp 3 or 4 blade heads with fixed or replacement blades, and I personally like broadheads weighing 125 grains (e.g., Rocky Mountain Titanium or Phantom 125's).

Most hunts for wild hogs and exotics are “spot and stalk.” We use ground and elevated fully-enclosed blinds for rifle and handgun hunters, and ladder-type stands for archery hunters. << Close Answer

There probably are as many different answers to this question as there are confluence hunters, but here are a few reasons: Confluences are interesting to me because they represent randomness that emerges from strict order. It goes far beyond a silly quest for invisible man-made boundaries.

Yes, as long as you and your bow and arrows meet the specifications in the Archery Rules and Authenticity Guidelines, and as long as you have passed the Archery Safety Assessment.