Dan,we are ordinarily on the same page with most things but in this instance I don't understand your comments.
Why do you get a kick out of someone who hunts with both bow and rifle going on out of state hunts with a rifle?
Why also is it an indication of a lack of confidence on the part of the traveling hunter?
I hunt in Idaho every year unguided with a rifle,I cover a lot of ground every day in a fairly low density deer herd.(it is not uncommon to go a day or two without seeing a deer)
Why should anyone here have to feel as if they havn't met your standards if they choose to hunt with a rifle?
To respond to the lack of confidence thing,I have shot many deer with a bow,I have shot a non baited bear with a bow,I have shot deer with a bow from the ground.I have nothing to prove to any one with a bow in my hands.
How myself or any one chooses to hunt provided it is legal is none of any one else's business.