ORIGINAL: kenman
I enjoy both.
You better practice scent control when gun hunting around here or you will get skunked. You will never get a shot that is 250 yards, just too thick. Box blinds, ain't happening? I've shot quite a few and the longest shot was probably 50 yards. Not impressed, sorry. If you consistantly take nice bucks here in the northeast (as I do) you are a better hunter than some stanley in the midwest who plants a treestand above a crop field and sticks a 150 class deer.
Whatever
I used to live in NH and left cause deer hunting was too easy. The real challenge lays in the midwest with the smart, cagey whitetails.
Guns don't do it for me anymore and certainly not the party hunting, making drives, shootem' up style of hunting. Even when I wasgun hunter I did late season muzzleloader and hunted by myself in a treestand. We, as hunters, need to stick together though and never publically bash another hunting method as long as it is legal.
There are many traditional bowhunters that think that compound bows are for wimps and that it is not bowhunting unless it is traditional. They may be right; these compounds are awefully easy ,but I love them. I have traditional archery equipment and have harvested deer with them. There comes a day when some of us like to move on to greater challenges. For me, gun hunting deer brings no satisfaction. If you like it, go for it. There is no wrong or right if it is legal; just what brings you satisfaction.