Your comment of "like at an arcade shooting gallery would not be much of a challenge" is exactly why I am not in favor of rifles. To me it takes the sport and challenge out of it.
Maybe in the area you hunt a rifle would not be challenging, but again you are suggesting that rifle hunting should be eliminated statewide on the basis of YOUR experience only. If rifle or shotgun hunting would be banned, then the DEC and game management in general would take a huge blow. Not enough successful bowhunters to take up the slack. And NO if I hunted in the area you hunt in I don't think I would be passing up buck after buck in order that I might see the big one. You can if you wish, but big antlers do very little for me. I don't see one bit of difference between the "macho" guy you were talking about in a previous post who kills the forkhorn just to say that he killed a buck or someone like you who somehow feels the need to kill big bucks only. Boosting ones ego comes into play for both just the same and no one will convince me of anything different.