I knew you guys would help me see this clearly. I guess I'm a bit selfish in my desire to hunt strictly with a bow. After all it is "I" that gets the most pleasure out of that type of hunting. In my neck of the woods bow season is pretty long and firearm season is quite short. The time I sacrifice from bow hunting in reality is little compared to what I get out of hunting with my old man. I guess I just need to be slapped every once in a while to see clearly.

Thanks guys,
I plan to continue to hunt with my father as I have in the past years. I really like some of the suggestions on how to "make it more sporting". I espically like the idea of "drawing my gun". I'll definately have to try that next fall.