Bowhunt?

All I can relate to for "bowhunting" purposesis Elk, Whitetails, Turkey and Black Bear, since these are the only animals I hunt with a bow.

For me personally in my region, with a bow, any whitetail buck from my home area that reaches 5 years and older is the toughest to hunt/kill, especially when your singling out onematurebuck and hunting him specifically.Bucks as they age become very accustomed to moving duringlow light conditions. They just don't move much during the daytime here as they get older and our rut is falls during the rifle season so bowhunting them during the rutcan be challenging with all the gunners.

Second I would say with a bow is agobbler, any 2 year old or older gobbler with a bow is a pretty decent challenge in my book. I leave Jakes out because they are so easy to call in and rarely have any hens to hold them.

Third is a mature bull elk. I feel they are easier than mature bucks with a bow from my experienceandare very close to a wise a ole gobbler, I give the gobbler the nod over the bull because the bull is a much larger target and will often throw caution to the wind during the heat of the rut which our Idaho bowhunting elk season falls during the rut. An old herd bull once he gets his herd established becomes a very formatable opponent though. Bulls and gobblers are actually pretty even in my book.

Bear are easy to kill with a bow if you bait them and stand hunt them, even the older bears, here anyway.... Now spot and stalking bear with a bow in any type of big country, that's a whole different matter. I know, I have done it and oftenhave often came up short.

I am sure every area has it's own challenges. Bowhunting sheep or goats would have to be a challenge just from a terrainstandpoint alone. I would have to think spot and stalking mature muleys in open terrain would be a heck of a challenge. I plan to do that some year when I can get away from my whitetails forweek, that may be a long time!

Last, Ifeel human pressure is probably the greatest factor on all animals when it comes to their behavior and how "tough" they are to hunt. If an animals doesn't recoginize human odor, movement or sound as dangerous, the likelyhood of getting bow-close is elevated.