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Old 10-23-2006 | 03:14 PM
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Default RE: Bowhunting vs. Gunhunting

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I think you should change the name of your paper. To something more specific. I don't think you can justify bow hunting being "better". It takes more skill in many cases, but I wouldn't use the term "better".

I hunt with a bow, shotgun and rifle. The areas that I hunt have made me always pay close attention to smell and travel routes, beds, food and etc.no matter which weapon I carry. So for me, it isn't all that different other than not being able to take an animal that presents its self further away. The argument that I would present to you, if I were reviewing your paper is - why is bow hunting "better" if you're more likely to be unsuccessful (and in many cases that is true) and the animal is usually put down faster with a firearm, which results in less lost deer, less tracking and it is a little more quick and painless for the animal. I haven't shot a lot of deer with a bow, but there have been a few. None of them have died right where they got hit. When I hunt with a gun, that is normally the case.
Maybe you could name your paper simply "the difference between bow and gun hunting"? That way you could be educate people on both forms and be accurate at the same time. Let them draw their own conclusion.

Well said...couldn't of said it better
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