Let's define a couple things.

1. Hard hunt--

2. Easy hunt--

I don't know about ya'll, but I've had some incredibly difficult hunts while carrying a rifle. I don't think it can be broken down as simply as "who's hunt was harder" because by doing that, we're also asking who's hunt was easier....There's SO much more that goes into a hunt than range.

Does the deer have to be closer to kill w/ a bow? Yep. Does that make it"harder?" Yeah, ok I guess you could say it does. But if rifle hunting were so "easy" how come there are soooo many unfilled tags year in and year out?? Is it because every unfilled tag just wasn't used on a deer the hunter wanted to shoot? I HIGHLY doubt it.