I'll take what ever weapon I feel like for that day. This spring I'm looking to leave the compound at home and take the Longbow and Shotgun. I don't like pop up blinds, run and gun, spot and stalk anything but a blind! I don't need to kill anything, there's more to it than that for me, thats the same reason it doesn't matter what weapon I hunt with, as long as I can hunt! I'm pretty open minded!