I've always hunted with a muzzleloader in the past,and this is my first season bowhunting. I took it up mainly because I wanted to have a longer season to hunt because of my very busy schedule (work full time, part time college and a 8 month old baby at home eat up a lot of time). I also really enjoy archery. But now that I've been out a couple times I've found that I really like bowhunting compared to muzzleloading.It's also the first time I've hunted from a treestand, which I also really like a lot. However, I don't think that I'll completely give up muzzleloading, and if I lived out west and were hunting elk or mulies, I'd probablyuse a rifle. I have no intentionwhatsoever ofhunting with a shotgun duringIowa's shotgun season.Too manyyahooswiththe mentality that if it moves,shoot it.No thanks.

Mike