I think this statement pretty much sums it up.
"most people gun hunt because its the easiest way to kill deer"
You have got to be kidding? Is that really how you look at things, and how you think others look at things?
It's not about easier or harder for most folks, it's about enjoying themselves in the outdoors. Most folks hunt with a gun because it's fun, it uses about all the vacaion time they have to spare, and it's how they grew up hunting. They'd laugh about your comment, as most of us are.
It's not a competition, it's not a reason to boost your ego, it's enjoyment of the chase. MaKing excuses about your misses leads me to believe you get soemthing out of the sport that's foreign to me. I'm sure the last deer I missed I could have killed with a 30-06, but I'm not pointing that out to boost my ego, and distract from my mistake.
I don't know aything about no grizzly, I prefer to keep it that way, Too expensive, and dangerous for me and the guide, I'll use a suitable rifle. Doesn't change the fact your friends are unprepared to go afield, and probably use the trad excuse for stretcching their effecive range.
Bowhunting not a herd managment tool????
That's exactly what it is, and archers take a lot more than 15% in every state I hunt(4 states so fa this year). Longer seasons and liberal bag limits??? In the East where I hunt archery is 5 months long, pretty much unlimited bag. Most areas require you take a doe before a buck, if that's not herd management, I guess they just don't like does?


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