I switch between my bow and shotgun depending on whether I hunt my blind or the climber or just my mood. In the blind I use the shotgun, if I think I can get close enough to the area they are moving I use the bow. Sometimes I just take the shotgun because I don't feel like pulling the bow up and I can lay the gun across the rail of my climber when going up.

Given the choice, I'd rather kill a deer with the bow though. There seems to be something more in being up close and personal.