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You take gun or bow

ricky racer said:
"I'm a bowhunter through and through " I think you answered your question right there!!! What's more important to you, bringing home meat or the hunt? You can buy meat at the store.
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Both moose is great. Experience would be great with a bull.in rut 25 yards off

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Being from Alaska and having hunted both moose and caribou I recommend taking your bow. Why? It sounds like you're wanting to make memories and have an adventure. You'll definitely get that with a bow. You might eat some tags but you'll have a $h!t eating grin from ear to ear.
With a gun, meh. Sure you'd bring meat home but you'd be thinking the whole time wow, I shot a cow at 300yds.
 
Exhumis said:
Being from Alaska and having hunted both moose and caribou I recommend taking your bow. Why? It sounds like you're wanting to make memories and have an adventure. You'll definitely get that with a bow. You might eat some tags but you'll have a $h!t eating grin from ear to ear.
With a gun, meh. Sure you'd bring meat home but you'd be thinking the whole time wow, I shot a cow at 300yds.
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Is caribou good?

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Blinginpse said:
Is caribou good?

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Very. It's very lean but in my experience hasn't been tough. It's tender. Depends on what they've been eating, say a woodland vs tundra caribou but it doesn't adversely effect the meat, I find it adds subtle flavor. I have some Inupiat friends who say rut meat doesn't taste good but what I've eaten I couldn't tell. If you get the chance eat some Ptarmigan, it tastes kinda like grouse.
 
I would take both. Where are you talking about and what kind of terrain? If choosing to take your bow can you limit it to just moose or caribou and save some cash? There’s not too many places I would try to hunt both out of one camp with a bow.
 
EricS said:
I would take both. Where are you talking about and what kind of terrain? If choosing to take your bow can you limit it to just moose or caribou and save some cash? There’s not too many places I would try to hunt both out of one camp with a bow.
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Newfoundland. Yea I can pick 1 or the other if I want figured I only going once so would try both and not be very picky

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Well my “long bow” is a 300 Jarrett, I am probably the odd man out but I love rifles, I also can appreciate a person sticking to what he wants and if a bow kill is your passion then thats what is most important, I have a die hard bow hunting friend who brings his bow during gun season. I like the sounds of that 7mm STW LOL.
 
Topdog said:
Well my “long bow” is a 300 Jarrett, I am probably the odd man out but I love rifles, I also can appreciate a person sticking to what he wants and if a bow kill is your passion then thats what is most important, I have a die hard bow hunting friend who brings his bow during gun season. I like the sounds of that 7mm STW LOL.
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fbwguy said:
I sure love a 7 STW!!! It gets my vote!!!
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That stw is 1 of the Remington 700s in stainless they stopped making several years ago. Has a brake on it. Its a shooter. Likes the 160 accubonds

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As a 30-year-old guy, I'd take a bow. If I got skunked and just HAD to kill one before I got too old, I could always plan a rifle trip until I'm probably 60+. Would be awful tough to do the reverse--take a gun now, wish you'd taken your bow, and then take a bow trip later in life. I've had many close encounters and near-misses bow hunting that rivaled or exceeded my gun kills.
One possible middle ground would be to take a muzzle loader, which forces you to get much closer than a rifle, but provides a security blanket if your guide can't seem to get anything to closer than 100 yards.
 
I fire form my jarrett brass from 7mm STW, I have a friend that worked at Remingtons custom shop in Ilion, he had a STW, it was super nice. Good luck on your choice!
 
TNbowhunter said:
As a 30-year-old guy, I'd take a bow. If I got skunked and just HAD to kill one before I got too old, I could always plan a rifle trip until I'm probably 60+. Would be awful tough to do the reverse--take a gun now, wish you'd taken your bow, and then take a bow trip later in life. I've had many close encounters and near-misses bow hunting that rivaled or exceeded my gun kills.
One possible middle ground would be to take a muzzle loader, which forces you to get much closer than a rifle, but provides a security blanket if your guide can't seem to get anything to closer than 100 yards.
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Smoke pole wouldn't be a good idea i feel because Newfoundland is known to a very wet climate. Will rain at times nonstop..they recommend top.end rainwear

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I would talk to your guide before going to see if you took a bow what is your realistic chance of having an opportunity. Another thought but what would it cost you to take both weapons. Is that an option for additional $$$? For what you have wrapped up already in the hunt that may be a relatively cheap additional expense.
 
Ive never hunted out of state so i dint know how the tags work, but would you have more options for other game with one of the two weapons?

Say the moose tags cost the same. Is there a difference in/option for an additional wolf/bear/caribou/etc tag with a gun vs bow?

My opinion would be to take whichever gave you the most opportunity to stack up critters, if thats an option. In my state i just buy a license and they give tags out, so i rarely "target" animals i just go hunt and anything in season is fair game.
 
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