NY...seriously....Do you want me to apologize for having an unpressured (for the most part....except for the poachers that are my neighbors) piece of private land to hunt?

Is what I do not hunting in your eyes? (not that I care....just wanna make sure what you're trying to project, here)

You look it up. My area of NC is unlike many areas across the country. I honestly don't know where I'd have to go to hunt public land. It's MUCH easier, here, to hunt private land.

Again....I only hunt where I do. I can only answer your question for the woods I hunt. If it were allowed, though......the gun would ALWAYS be the easier weapon to kill a deer with. I hunt with a bow through the gun season. Could I kill more/more quality deer with the bow or the gun during this time?

Try as you may.....there's really only one answer to this question.....and it's obvious.