Doesn't change how I hunt at all. Just means that the hunt is over sooner or with a more definitive result.

This year was a prime example. I went on a hunt in Sept. in which I hunted a certain near B&C buck everyday with my bow and never got a shot at him. Last day of the hunt and facing going home empty handed after dropping $1200 on a Beaver flight I decided to grab the camp gun and head out to put some venison in the freezer. There was no question of coming back to camp empty handed after I loaded a .375 round into the chamber rather than nocking an arrow. I was going to shoot the first buck I saw and eat well. 2 hours later I stalk over a ridge and here's the monster I'd been hunting all week laying in his bed at 40 yards looking the other way. Slam dunk with the bow and I've got the rifle in my hands. Blam! He's done and my bitching and moaning at myself starts. It's the first animal that I've ever killed with a centerfire rifle. Why the bitching and moaning? Not because I shot it with a rifle vs. a bow but becasue, if I had stuck it out and persevered as bowhunting has taught me to do over the years, I'd have had that trophy that I went on the hunt to get. I wouldn't care if anyone else had shot him with a rifle, or crossbow or muzzleloader but I was pissed that I lowered my own standards and didn't persevere. Does that make me elitist? No! I'll never pass judgement on anyone else for how they choose to hunt (as long as it's legal). But by picking up that rifle I failed my own set standards for how I hunt. Same would hold true if I started a season out with the intent of taking a buck with my longbow and ended up shooting him with my compound.