but again I feel like the compound levels makes hunting whitetails inherently more challenging yet still provides you with an extremely accurate and deadly weapon.
right, I know what you mean by that. Who can disagree that you can shoot at a deer at 100 yds. away with a rifle and with a bow you can't... My point is that it's more of a personal preference and not so much an elite bowhunters and lazy rifle hunters type of an attitude.
I still think finding the monsters (since that was what the original post was about) is the hardest thing to do. So if you do than I say take it and be proud, regardless of the mans.