I'm glad to see some people used thier heads on this question. There is no automatic answer.

I can all but guarantee that if I ONLY rifle hunted, I'd have killeda lot LESS bucks, and have FEWER (if any) of them hanging on my walls.

Depending on time of the seasons, terrain, deer numbers, other hunter numbers, etc. one form or the other could be more or less difficult. Just depends on the circumstances surrounding it.