Good story Snook, sounds like you guys have a lot of game on your place, best of luck to you getting a good un.....Yes..Bowhunting is harder than rifle hunting, thats whatI love about it!!!!Just the last couple years Istarted huntingwith a rifle again after13 years of being archery only. My oldest daughter wanted to hunt and aftertrying the double bull with her at the ripe ageof 5, I quickly realized that we weren't going to see any animals,so we started hunting with a rifle...I enjoy the time spent with my daughter and have found gun hunting to be fun again!!!!! Really was cool last year when she got her first deer (spike), that memory is more vivid and special than my biggest bow kill ever could be....Ultimately, I hope she sticks with shooting bows as she has done for the last 3-4 years and one day she and I will be bowhunting together......