I agree. If I had had a rifle throughout bow season this year, I could have easily shot 4 bucks larger than the two I got with a bow. It gives me hope for next year and the sense of accomplishment just would not have been there. Also, the nine point I got at 12 yards with a bow was a thrill that gun hunting will never give me. In fact, if I had a rifle that day, I would have shot him at 40 yards in a hunt that would have had hardly any memorable moment at all, ending a little over 10 minutes after I entered the woods.

I' ll still gun hunt because I do that with my father who only tried bow hunting for one season before giving it up. He saw some deer he said he could have easily shot with a gun, but couldn' t get a shot at with a bow. That frustrated him, I guess. I suppose it is the kill with him instead of the hunt. The sad/funny part is, he' s buying all of these different deer hunting calibered rifles and is excited about leaving to me as a legacy. I' ll be happy to have them, but come hunting season I' ll still be grabbing my old bow first.