Im new to this whole bowhunting game, but up here in canada if you want to shoot a monster deer witha rifle you better hope on getting drawn for your zone. With bowhunting you dont need to be drawn, and also you get to get out there before there is 500 other hunters in your area. (alot of people hunt with rifles up here, and not that many hunt with bows). This next season those mule deer should watch out!