You were sure you could have hit it with your compound too right? If you weren't from what I've read from you I'm pretty sure you wouldn't have taken the shot.

I think the main thing that makes a traditional hunt harder is the distance, somtimes we compounders do wait until a deer is in traditional range but we don't have to and most of the time don't. How many times have we had deer make it to 40 yards and not been able to get a shot. Now think about if you have to get the thing into 15 yards not because at 25 yards he stepped behind a bush so you couldn't shoot. Then when the deer gets to 15 yards you can't draw back when his head is behind a tree and wait for him to clear. I think that makes the hunt harder. How many fewer deer would all of have killed if we were forced to use traditional gear.


The point I still think the OP was trying to make is if you do the things your self the more meaningful the kill becomes. You listen to these folks it a doe with all home made equipment means as much to them as a 140 class buck.

Same thing with a do it yourself hunt vs a guided hunt. Why do most us perfer to do it ourselfifwe can .


Why do most of the folks here hunt with a bow? Because it's harder and more fulfilling the gun kill, that's why I do it.

If it doesn't matter how an animal is killed,why is it when someone shows you a picture one of the first things that go through your mind is what you get it with?

If someone tells me I killed it with a homede bow and arrows and by the way I even made the broadhead, I personally would say WOW and that would register even a little more respect from me.