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<blockquote data-quote="JohnGalt007" data-source="post: 1120611" data-attributes="member: 13287">Tex , Thanks for the welcome to the forum. It seems to be quite a wealth of knowledge among-st like-minded men . John Galt is a character in one of my favorite books &quot;Atlas Shrugged&quot; , in the novel he dissapears from a society that doesnt appreciate his value, I identify with that having left the USSA for similar reasons and now live as an expat. I assume you are from TX . I also will always have a place in my heart for TX! Sterling Archer- I reside in Estonia but am an expat &quot;refugee&quot; originally from Texas. I have never hunted with a self-bow or long bow but have interest in beginning. I compete in 3D Tournaments and enjoy it as practice for the hunt. As far as bowhunting in Europe, Hungary, Spain, Finland, Estonia are good options. From what I understand you can bowhunt Croatia behind high fences. I would have to respectfully disagree with your statements about bowhunting and wounded animals. It is my experience that bowhunters tend to be more serious, practice more and respect animals better than Rifle hunters on average. There is no difference between a bad rifle shot wounding an animal and a bad bow shot, the difference is the range it occurred at . Things are changing fast in Europe for bowhunters. Just this year they made it legal to hunt WHitetail deer in Finland with a bow (there is a large population hat was transplanted from the USA).I would be interested in networking with other bowhunters on the forum especially ones that reside in Europe and take the sport seriously.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JohnGalt007, post: 1120611, member: 13287"] Tex , Thanks for the welcome to the forum. It seems to be quite a wealth of knowledge among-st like-minded men . John Galt is a character in one of my favorite books "Atlas Shrugged" , in the novel he dissapears from a society that doesnt appreciate his value, I identify with that having left the USSA for similar reasons and now live as an expat. I assume you are from TX . I also will always have a place in my heart for TX! Sterling Archer- I reside in Estonia but am an expat "refugee" originally from Texas. I have never hunted with a self-bow or long bow but have interest in beginning. I compete in 3D Tournaments and enjoy it as practice for the hunt. As far as bowhunting in Europe, Hungary, Spain, Finland, Estonia are good options. From what I understand you can bowhunt Croatia behind high fences. I would have to respectfully disagree with your statements about bowhunting and wounded animals. It is my experience that bowhunters tend to be more serious, practice more and respect animals better than Rifle hunters on average. There is no difference between a bad rifle shot wounding an animal and a bad bow shot, the difference is the range it occurred at . Things are changing fast in Europe for bowhunters. Just this year they made it legal to hunt WHitetail deer in Finland with a bow (there is a large population hat was transplanted from the USA). I would be interested in networking with other bowhunters on the forum especially ones that reside in Europe and take the sport seriously. [/QUOTE]

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