Ok silentassassin just for sake of arguement you guys talk elitism and ethics.
Humm lets take you . You are a acomplished hunter from what I get from you you have walked a lot of ground been around awhile .

You know when you shoot a bow lots of things are against you maybe a loose knock you know equipment failures ( we all have had them ) wind, distance, weather , some times just the slightist thing means bad shot .

Some of that stuff goes for gun too but not so much. Guns are alot more forgiving and reliable so a deer at 30 yards with gun or bow the possibility of a clean kill with a gun is a lot more probable than with a bow most rational pepole will agree with me that thats the case ( RATIONAL).

So if you are proficient with a bow and take the same effort with a gun the probaility of a humane kill is in the use of a gun in your hands .

So this Elitism with a bow has some Q:

SO are you ethically obligated to hunt deer with gun instesd of a bow?

So with ethics throws this elitism out the window.

Elitism = SNOBBERY

Iam a life long bow hunter live for it I'm not on either side yes it does mean more to take game with a bow because of its primitive challenges but that goes against ethics. (this ot to get you guys going)