Ok, my apologies, I didn't read that clearly the first time.....

Ok...here's my thought....Justin, I understand perfectly what you mean....Actually, until I read your post I was really confused as to why in the world it would matter.

Are there any states in which a bow is not a legal method during the firearms season? I ask because I honestly don't know. You're right....."Adam" only gets 1 buck tag in his state, PERIOD. Once he shoots a buck, he's done. Mobow gets 3 buck tags per year, 2 on his archery tag and 1 on his firearms tag...(that's not made up, btw).....

Adam tries to get it done w/ a bow, but doesn't. So he goes out w/ his trusty shotgun and gets it done. Can't enter it in the contest. That's nobodies fault, not even mobow's.....This is an archery contest. What a guy does w/ his firearm, IMHO, should be inconsequential to the contest. Adam don't have a buck tag anymore.....Bummer. He can't help his team, which is unfortunate, but why should it matter?

What about the folks that go on guided hunts every year? Adam can afford to, so he goes down to the 170 inch ranch in Texas and shoots his contest buck, which happens to be a 196 inch 14 pointer. How is that fair to mobow who can't afford a guided hunt? Everyone here knows beyond any shadow of any doubt Adam's chances of killing a very high scoring buck are 90% more likely than mobow, just because that's why he paid for the hunt in the first place. I guess it's POSSIBLE that mobow could kill one that big, but come on....

Guys, please believe me I'm not being rebellious, and I'm in no way shape or form arguing. I'm merely discussing. Like I said in a post the other evening, you can make some of the people happy some of the time, but not all of the people happy all of the time. And sometimes, mobow is the one who isn't happy, and that's ok.