WOW. Some of the responses are simply stupid. To imply that having backup guns on a dangerous bowhunt is weak or somehow takes away form the hunt blows my mind.

Have some become such "Bowhunting elitists" that you have lost your common sense? We all realize that killing anything with a bow is a greater challenge than with a gun with all other things equal. We get that. This to me is just another "Bowhunt it or don't hunt it at all" type reply that I have gotten used to on here from some.

It's starting to become sickening. Reminds me of a highschool clique.

A bow and aarow IMO will kill dangerous game, but as with any hunt, things can go wrong. Mess up deer hunting and you loose a buck or have to track it for a long time. Mess up hunting dangerous game and you could die and be eaten. I imagine that is why the back-up guns are present. I think we all could agree that we tend to mess up while hunting. Ensuring you don't die from it is an OK practice with me.