Advantages of gun hunting:
1) Can shoot at longer ranges ( in New York - shotgun only- that distance is extended by about 50 yards.)
2) still thinking.....
Still thinking, you say? Please allow me to help you out.
3) You don't need to be much of a hunter at all, just a good shooter because most of the deer are terrified and running after having been shot at multiple times.
4) See number one again.
5) See number one again.
6) See number one again.
Surely though, gun hunting is a wonderful exercise in socializing. Guys get together and have a few yucks over the fire the night before, usually drink too much, stay up too late, and then stumble into the woods at first light the next day and stand by a tree, gun ready, trigger finger itchy, and pray that Mr. Big comes a runnin'. They break for lunch and eat too much. They wander back into the woods later in the day and try again. That night, the fire, the beer, the yucks, the food...what's not to love, eh? Hey, sometimes they even kill something too![8D]
Look, I'm obviously no elitist. I completely understand how some guys are easily amused and therefore attracted to firearms. Besides, I'm a patient guy. I know that eventually the
smarter ones will take up bow hunting and leave the guns behind for good.