Based on what you just said, with PRESSURE being the focus of your opinions, the difficulty of one method over another comes down to the area you're hunting. And not just to say 'Illinois' or 'Pennsylvania', but the specific area, to the 1/2 mile.

One guy can be in a highly pressured bow area and have another hunter bump him a booner on the firearm opener, while maybe 1 mile away another hunter is in a totallyopposite situation,and doesn't even see one deer during firearm season. Who's to say what's easier?