ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Greg....for a LOT of people...HOW they hunt defines them as hunters. The end (dead deer down) wouldn't justify the means, to many, if the animal wasn't taken on their terms.
For someone (not saying you do, at all) who views bowhunting as an opportunity to gain more woods time (and who switches off to other weapons as the seasons open)....and nothing else.....I don't see them buying into this train of thought.
Kind of funny. I have never thought about what defines me as a hunter in over 40 years. I guess I just thought that by getting the job done with many different weapons meant that I was doing pretty good as a hunter. I guess I can't relate to the "purist" mentality, I just like to hunt.....period. The weapon doesn't matter to me.