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My husband told me that he was a hunter when I first met him. He enjoys hunting waterfowl, upland birds as well as other game. His dog was a Labrador retriever and he trained him a lot. As we began to date more often I started learning how to train dogs and found that I have a natural ability of working with animals. We had been dating for several months when he mentioned that he was going to be going deer hunting. I questioned this since deer hunting season was still a couple of months away. He explained to me that he was into archery hunting and that the season started two months before the gun season. I had heard of archery hunting, but I never knew someone that was practicing it. I now knom that this is a whole new world of hunting.

I did not see him get ready for hunting during the year we were dating. I just noticed that We did not spend as much time together on the weekends since he was out hunting. Once we were married I discovered the preparation that goes into bow hunting. First the the clothes he wear is entirely camouflage. My husband insists that the clothing be laundered without detergents and it has to hang outdoor for a few days so there would be no household smells on it. The need for this is that with archery hunting you need to get really close to the animal that you will shoot. Also, he had to practice shooting arrows into a large target that has the form of a deer. This step was to improve his precision at various distances. He also placed a portable stand in a tree so that he may quietly sit and hope for a deer to walk close enough to be shot. He explained that there (exists|is} a method named still hunting in which the hunter is on the ground, but in the early season when there is still many leaves on the trees, the tree stand is a preferred technique of hunting.

I was very astonished at the amount of time to prepare and the force that is required to pull back the strings on the bow. After a few years I started admiring archery hunting and the persons that do it. It is much more of a sport that using a rifle to shoot a deer. The animal needs to be close and the shot needs to be really defined. My husband has shot a few deer as well as two black bears with his bow. Even if is a lot of work and time consuming, it is a sport that he enjoys.