I think it matters to a lot of bow hunters. It does to me. After starting bowhunting I don' t look as forward to rifle season as much as I used to even though I love to shoot a rifle or shotgun. Part of it has to do with the flood of other hunters, many of them (in my experience) are loud(I shot this and this and this), smelly (no idea what scent control is), lazy(I' ll drive my pickup to the edge of the field and sit in it to shoot my deer), whereas during the bow season I rarely see anyone else, if I do he/she is usually trying their best to be quiet etc. The other part is just as you were explaining. Is he close enough, is he at 25 or 32 yards, will the wind swirl, wait until he looks away to draw the bow, steady now, pick a spot, he needs to take a half step to expose his heart, crap that doe is looking right at me... All of those things add up in the bowhunting experience. With a rifle, shotgun, muzzleloader. 100 yards, point and shoot, Now I' m not saying that it is always that way with a gun, I' d be a fool if I said it was, however it is almost always that way with a bow. There is an added thrill to the kill. If you don' t bowhunt, you can' t understand all that is involved no matter how good of a gun hunter you are.