Originally Posted by Gunplummer

It is harder to kill a big buck with a rifle on public land than to use a compound bow. There is no argument against that. I am against contests and will not enter them because it brings in the worst people and the worst out of them, but look at the huge deer being killed with a bow in the buck pools. The big deer were there years ago but the compound was not. I did not see all kinds of big bucks being killed with a bow back in the day. You are living in dream world if you think bowhunters are limiting shots to 30 yards. I used to hunt in Maryland and the norm was 60+ yards from one hedgerow to another. I may like to bow hunt and I only ever hit one and lost it. I saw it a couple times later on so it pulled the arrow out and recovered. I find dead deer all over the place. I bet for every one drug out there is one hit and lost. Getting close? 30 yards is not much under the average woods rifle shot. If I could not get closer than 30 yards I would quit.