Bow hunting is MUCH more difficult. A bow is only good for 40 yards in most average shooters hands and your shot placement is more critical.

A rifle is good out to 150 to 200+ yards or more and has a devastating impact on the animal. Much easier to drop them right where they stand.

Bow hunting requires prep work.. You have to be close to the deer where they can smell you, hear you, and see you.

With a rifle, you can be so far away the deer couldn't hear, see or smell you if you stood outside your blind, jumped up and down and yelled at the top of your lungs while sweaty and naked.