I hunt public land and by the time gun season comes around there have been so many other seasons that the mature buck are so far back in the boondocks it would take days to drag them out....lol Usually the deer arent spooked in archery either. So it is alot easier to shoot a deer at 20 yards standing still than it is shooting a running deer at 100 yards. But with that being said, I think archery is more of a challenge because you actually have to "hunt" for your trophy. In gun season alot of times it is luck. Deer are running frantic, they dont follow trails and just go anywhere. I have almost gotten to the point where, I just wanna archery hunt and not gun hunt...........I said almost.