I killed my first deer with a bow and went through a phase where I rifle and bowhunted both and kill a lot of deer with rifles and shot guns w/ slugs but I just prefer to kill deer with a bow now. The experience means more to me personally when I kill a deer with my bow.Now I have a hunting partner that is exactly the opposite. He truely derives no more pleasure or since sense of satisfaction from killing a deer with his bow than he does with his rifle. To each his own. If it's legal and it makes you happy then that's all that matters.