When I started hunting 30 years ago, the herd was smaller, and it was mostly buck. Things have changed since then. Perhaps the most significant is that we can now use a rifle. Also, 30 years of experience has helped No matter what, I think it's still a challenge, when it comes down to it, you still have to execute, and some people do that better than others. Not to brag, but I've had as much success with shotgun as with rifle, like I say, experience/execution. I like my odds every year.

There are two parts to hunting, the tribal part : My friends and family come together for a week or so every year to enjoy the great outdoors. Nothing beats that, period, it's our heretage. Part two is the hunt, secondary, but we all do have that testoserone in us. Must....get....bigger....buck. It's only natural.

I found myself getting so angry at the hunting practices of my party that it was really getting in the way of what was important.

The solution, I took up bow hunting. I get all the time I want to spend hunting the way I want to hunt, yet get the whole hunting experience with my friends and family. Not to mention that bow hunting presents a much greater challenge.

The best of both worlds.