Katniss Everdeen, she's why. J/k. It's too easy to tag an animal with a gun, especially with a scope. Bow hunting gives you a longer season and it's more challenging. I've been shooting rifle for quite some years thanks to uncle sam and my current job; it's helped me a lot with shooting a bow, but trying to get an animal within bow distance is tough. I'm fairly new to the bow, but now it seems like hogs are the only things I'll be taking with ma trusty ol remington.