DixieTexian
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I can't decide whether I want to buy a bow for bowhunting with, or a Walker. Please discus the merits of each.
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Duncaninfrance
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A Walker is no good for Bowhunting - trust me 
Impossible to compare, at least if you want to do one very well. The skills are very different.
I enjoy bow hunting, but I am just not very good at archery. Hunting with a muzzleloader (I do not yet hunt with the Walker) is much the same and I'm a much better shot with a gun than I am with a bow. I am much more confident in my ability to make a clean kill with a gun than with an arrow, so I enjoy it more.
I enjoy bow hunting, but I am just not very good at archery. Hunting with a muzzleloader (I do not yet hunt with the Walker) is much the same and I'm a much better shot with a gun than I am with a bow. I am much more confident in my ability to make a clean kill with a gun than with an arrow, so I enjoy it more.
DixieTexian
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Well, I don't bowhunt yet, so I would be just getting into it if I got a bow. Eventually I hope to get into it. But I want a Walker really bad. No muzzleloader only season here, so it wouldn't extend my hunting season any. I would like the challenge of taking a deer with C&B, though
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Archery is a lot more challenging than rifle or pistol shooting. Follow-through is more crucial and archery teaches you to be very steady.
Now, as to the CB pistol, is your stalking skills that good that you can use a pistol? If not, get the bow and practice, practice, practice.
Now, as to the CB pistol, is your stalking skills that good that you can use a pistol? If not, get the bow and practice, practice, practice.
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Well with a bow you won`t have to worrie about your arrows getting wet and miss fireing . With a Walker you won`t have to worrie about your bow string breaking ....decisions decisions ..
I'm afraid I must respectfully disagree with our moderator. It very much depends on your on personal skills as to whether archery is a lot more challenging than hunting with a revolver.
With today's compound bows and holographic sights it's a whole lot easier to harvest a whitetail than it was when I started learning archery 50 years ago. I admit I haven't done it, but I can easily see being able to take a longer, cleaner shot with a compound bow/holographic sight than with a Walker using the hammer notch and bead sight. And I'm a better handgun shot than an archer.
In either case, tracking/stalking/camouflage skills are very important. Assuming those are all in place it comes down to how well you handle the weapon of choice, and the bow has a lot of advantages over the Walker for the AVERAGE sportsman.
Now, there are some people who can shoot a gun a LOT better than they can shoot an arrow, and they might not be able to take advantage of the compound bow/holographic sight technology, and for them the Walker would perhaps suffice.
It's just as true that there are people who can put an arrow into a soda can at 75 yards but can't shoot a 6" group at 15 yards with a big bore handgun. Obviously, they'd want the bow.
My point: the choice of bow or Walker is really made by an honest evaluation of personal skills because they are so very different. It's not clear that one is inherently much more challenging.
Anyway, that's my opinion, which is worth about half what you paid for it....
With today's compound bows and holographic sights it's a whole lot easier to harvest a whitetail than it was when I started learning archery 50 years ago. I admit I haven't done it, but I can easily see being able to take a longer, cleaner shot with a compound bow/holographic sight than with a Walker using the hammer notch and bead sight. And I'm a better handgun shot than an archer.
In either case, tracking/stalking/camouflage skills are very important. Assuming those are all in place it comes down to how well you handle the weapon of choice, and the bow has a lot of advantages over the Walker for the AVERAGE sportsman.
Now, there are some people who can shoot a gun a LOT better than they can shoot an arrow, and they might not be able to take advantage of the compound bow/holographic sight technology, and for them the Walker would perhaps suffice.
It's just as true that there are people who can put an arrow into a soda can at 75 yards but can't shoot a 6" group at 15 yards with a big bore handgun. Obviously, they'd want the bow.
My point: the choice of bow or Walker is really made by an honest evaluation of personal skills because they are so very different. It's not clear that one is inherently much more challenging.
Anyway, that's my opinion, which is worth about half what you paid for it....
Steve499
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You can make your own archery equipment, I do. I spend the $$ for guns!
Buy the three volumes of the Traditional Bowyer's Bible, http://www.amazon.com/s/102-0134095-4924174?ie=UTF8&keywords=traditional bowyers% and you'll know all you need to know about how.
Then you'll have both a bow AND a Walker!
Buy the three volumes of the Traditional Bowyer's Bible, http://www.amazon.com/s/102-0134095-4924174?ie=UTF8&keywords=traditional bowyers% and you'll know all you need to know about how.
Then you'll have both a bow AND a Walker!
Jamie C.
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Just got a flyer in from Midway USA the other day.
They're listing Walkers for $344.99
They also list a cartridge conversion cylinder for it at $224.99.
Don't know if these are good prices or not, not having checked around and comparing, but figured I'd pass it along.
J.C.
They're listing Walkers for $344.99
They also list a cartridge conversion cylinder for it at $224.99.
Don't know if these are good prices or not, not having checked around and comparing, but figured I'd pass it along.
J.C.
The least expensive Walker I know of is a Euroarms offered by Jedediah Starr for $279:
http://www.jedediah-starr.com/cap-n-ballrevolvers4.pdf
The rest of these are Ubertis.
Next is $292 from S&S:
http://www.ssfirearms.com/images/07 Cat/SS0752-67.pdf
and $295 from Dixie Gun Works:
http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?products_id=1022
Then $299 from Deer Creek Products:
(765) 525-6181
and from Arms 2 Armor:
http://arms2armor.com/store/product17.html
Jedediah Starr's Uberti costs $300:
http://www.jedediah-starr.com/ubertirevolvers4.pdf
Buffalo Arms charges $320:
http://www.buffaloarms.com/browse.cfm/4,5189.htm
The next one is at $345, and there are several at that amount, so I'll just quit there.
I got one recently from S&S and was very pleased with the gun, although it took longer than I thought it should to get to me (2 weeks).
http://www.jedediah-starr.com/cap-n-ballrevolvers4.pdf
The rest of these are Ubertis.
Next is $292 from S&S:
http://www.ssfirearms.com/images/07 Cat/SS0752-67.pdf
and $295 from Dixie Gun Works:
http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?products_id=1022
Then $299 from Deer Creek Products:
(765) 525-6181
and from Arms 2 Armor:
http://arms2armor.com/store/product17.html
Jedediah Starr's Uberti costs $300:
http://www.jedediah-starr.com/ubertirevolvers4.pdf
Buffalo Arms charges $320:
http://www.buffaloarms.com/browse.cfm/4,5189.htm
The next one is at $345, and there are several at that amount, so I'll just quit there.
I got one recently from S&S and was very pleased with the gun, although it took longer than I thought it should to get to me (2 weeks).
Snaggletooth
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www.ktpguns.com has a used Walker at 90 percent for $250. I bought one from them at 90 percent that had never been fired.
Pulp
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I'd say the two are pert near equal in degree of difficulty. Both are gonna require close shots, inside 20 yards. An arrow hit will leave a much better blood trail, than a round ball hit. That's something to consider, I don't think either is going to cause "Drop dead right now".
Unless you're really good at walking to within 20 yards of a deer, both will require tree stand or blind hunting.
Practice with a bow is obviously cheaper than practicing with a Walker. And most likely, you can do it in your back yard. 'Course if you live in the country you can practice with the Walker in your back yard.
Whichever way you end up choosing, don't attemp hunting until you can hit the kill zone of a deer every shot, and from any angle. We owe the deer that much.
Unless you're really good at walking to within 20 yards of a deer, both will require tree stand or blind hunting.
Practice with a bow is obviously cheaper than practicing with a Walker. And most likely, you can do it in your back yard. 'Course if you live in the country you can practice with the Walker in your back yard.
Whichever way you end up choosing, don't attemp hunting until you can hit the kill zone of a deer every shot, and from any angle. We owe the deer that much.
DixieTexian
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We have plenty of land to have fun on. Really, I have wanted a Walker for a while and the thought of getting a bow recently occured to me. Mostly it would be for fun, since deer season is only a few months out the year. Last year, the deer I shot was about 10 yards away from me. He walked right under the stand, and I let him walk away a bit before shoting him in the neck with a .30-06. Kinda dissapointing to have him so close with only something like that to shoot with.
Shotgun Willy
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DGW has Uberti Walker kits for $225 and another kit from an unnamed manufacturer for the same price, if you want to go that way. Haven't done a kit myself but I'm kinda eyeing the 1851 kit.
DGW has Uberti Walker kits for $225 and another kit from an unnamed manufacturer for the same price, if you want to go that way. Haven't done a kit myself but I'm kinda eyeing the 1851 kit.
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