Bow hunting is a fantstic sport. I have learned more about how big game behaves and reacts in the past 10 years of archery hunting than the I could learn in 100 years of rifle hunting. Archery hunting has helped me "read" sign and trails better. Understand that scent and wind direction rules over all else. I have seen mature whitetail bucks pick up the scent of a hunter that had past over a trail 8 hours earlier during a day of driving rain........and avoid the area! Amazing. Archery hunting has made me a better rifle hunter. I enjoy both seasons.

Do you have bows down under? If so, the easiest way to get into the sport is with used gear. For some reason many archery hunters, at least here in the states, are so caught up in new technology that they go out and buy new bows every year or so. The resale value of used bows is not real high because of this practice. You can pick up top of the line bows that are 4-5 years old for 1/4 what the price of new bows are. These "used" bows kill animals just as dead!

I have been thinking of trying traditional archery next season. Up until now I have used compunds for 99% of my hunting. I view the traditional move as the "next step" in the archery challenge for me. I have taken over 50 deer with my bow and a nice bull elk. The rush that I get from a successful archery stalk/ kill is amazing. It is why I hunt.