Elk hunting definetly bow.
#1 - I get to hunt for an five full weeks if I need to.
#2 - I get to hunt elk during their rut. Nothing compares.
#3 - Love the rush of a pissed off bull coming in to kick your butt.
#4 - I get to hunt when the fall leaves are leaving gold, orange, and red all over the mountains.
#5 - I loose about 30 pounds in September.
#6 - No one else bow hunts in my group so I am in the mountains all by my self.
Everything else it does not matter either way.