I use my bow. pistol, shotgun, and xbow. Most of my time is spent bowhunting. The areas I hunt allow up to 40 yrd shots at most. My brother thinks I'm nuts but I always try to hunt where the bucks will be hanging out.Mostly long walks back to swamp off of fields. I get does each year and score on a decent buck on average every other year. This year opening day gun season I will be in my stand with my bow since I have had so little time to get out.Opening day it is like a deer highway were I am at. I think if a person is a successful bowhunter you can apply that to any type of hunting for deer. I use my xbow if I am hunting the last of the January archery season in Ohio. I have never taken a deer with it yet.