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Old 03-08-2010, 02:10 PM
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der Teufel
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I suppose that's really a personal question. If I had to depend upon my (nonexistent) skills with a bow to survive, I'd had starved years ago. Part of the fun of hunting is actually getting something, so I carry a rifle. It improves my odds about ten thousand percent. Where I hunt the territory isn't exactly overrun with hogs, I've managed to shoot four in each of the past two years, despite making over twenty hunting trips each year. If I were using a bow, and if I were 'reasonably' good with it, I'd have gotten maybe two at best. Heck, if I couldn't use a rifle I'd have to find something else to do.

But in the end it's, what do YOU want to do?
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