For those of you who are of this mindset, why do you believe this statement to be true?
I'd love to see some of you pros hunt where I do.,.I know a few on here{ pros} that have hunted the area and refuseto go back..their answer..theres no deer..However ..60 were harvested last year..My area takes serious skill , work and the blessing of God..We can take does during archery but only bucks during general gun..In the Green Swamp WMA any deer is a trophy..you will be lucky to see 10 from your stand in 3 months..

At the same time, is any rifle kill a trophy?
For me...yes not literaaly a wall mounter but diffently one where I call all my friends and post on HNI even if it's a spike..NOW when I hunt in Missouri..NO..we are looking for decent racks..In central Florida WMA..any buck would be great.

Any muzzleloader kill? diffently

Any shotgun kill? yep

Why is bowhunting that much different as far as what constitutes a trophy? there is much more that can go wrong..
a. twigs
b. little bend in the rest
c.little bend in a fletching
d.shakes
e.must be closer so the risk of getting busted
f. I must stand up ...with a firearm I can sit.
g. with my bow the arrow could come off the rest
so the odds of scoring lessens..IMHO


I'm not looking for a debate on why bowhunting is better than any other form of hunting. I'm just curious as to what some of you think about this statement. We hear it often enough, but I've never heard anyone explain why.

As far as trophies..I fish in the bass capitol of the world..so what I consider quality fish is much bigger than my Northern friends..diffently must be 10 pounds or bigger to mount.Our deer are much smaller...a 100 incher is certainly a mounter here..