I no longer rifle hunt, but you must remember that not everyone takes their deer at 200yds. I've killed around 40 deer with a rifle and I would say the average shot was 30-50yds. You still have to put in the same effort to locate a buck, the stand set up is where things get much tougher with a bow.

I typically hunt really thick areas that if you see a deer it will be in bow range. BUT, not everyone hunts that way. Like someone else above stated, he hunts prairie land, no very conducive to bow hunting.