I agree with everyone else (well, almost everyone. Jeeze Jim, your last three posts that I've seen leave alot to be desired).

BowhuntingIS hunting, to me, but I've been thinking about the muzzleloader lately. Percussion-cap, round-ball, not the modern ones. I'd give it a go with a nice Hawken. But that's the only firearm I think of hunting with. I agree with you Droptine, that drivers and most rifle-hunters don't get the same experiences bowhunters do as far as the up-close-and-personal attributes of the hunt. But, if I just wanted to make meat, I'd grab a rifle. Bowhunting is making me into a much better hunter than I'd ever become if Ihunted with a rifle. To each their own and I'm not slighting anyone for how they hunt, but getting close enough tohear their breathing, watching a doe groom her fawn at 15-yards,that's the hunt for me.